Wells Fargo International - R2

May 02-05
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
$7,900,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

McIlroy is five shots off the lead heading into the weekend at the Wells Fargo Championship (Jason E Miczek/AP)

Rory McIlroy insists he is “still right there” at the Wells Fargo Championship despite heading into the weekend five shots off the lead following a disappointing finish to his second round.

McIlroy, who shared top spot after an opening 66, looked set for another good day as he moved to nine under with two holes remaining at Quail Hollow on Friday.

However, the Northern Irishman slipped back towards the chasing pack after dropping three shots on the final two par-fours and having to settle for a one-under-par 70.

Rory McIlroy shot a second-round 70 at the Wells Fargo International (Chuck Burton/AP)

That left the world number four on six under overall and in a share for fourth place, five shots adrift of pacesetter Jason Dufner.

Despite the gap, McIlroy is remaining optimistic at the midway stage in Charlotte.

He said on pgatour.com: “I’m still right there going into the weekend. I just need to try and shake off that bad finish and get off to a good start tomorrow.”

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⛳️ 12 on the Stimpmeter@McIlroyRory ties the @WellsFargoGolf lead.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/gJJN8I3pEp
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 3 May 2019

McIlroy had carded five birdies and one bogey in his opening 16 holes but much of that good work was undone at the death.

On the short eighth – his penultimate hole of the day after starting on the 10th – McIlroy found a bunker off the tee and, despite being only 55 yards to the green, conspired to take another five shots as he recorded a double-bogey.

The four-time major champion, looking to celebrate his 30th birthday this weekend by winning this event for a third time, also bogeyed the ninth – his last – after missing the green and failing to get up and down.

McIlroy was better off the tee on Friday than he was on Thursday but ended up scoring higher.

He added: “Golf. It’s a funny game.

“I stood up here (Thursday) night talking about how I got the most out of it yesterday, and today was the complete opposite. I turned a 66 into a 70.”

American Dufner followed up his opening 68 with a superb eight-under-par 63 that included an eagle, seven birdies and just the one dropped shot as he moved to 11 under.

Max Homa also signed for a 63 – his blemish-free – to sit alongside Joel Dahmen in joint second place on 10 under.

Dahmen, who was overnight leader alongside McIlroy, shot a second successive 66.

Patrick Reed (69) is on six under with McIlroy, while England’s Justin Rose (67) and Ireland’s Seamus Power (68) are among a group of four players a further shot back.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Jason Dufner	USA	-11	68	63	131
T2	Joel Dahmen	USA	-10	66	66	132
T2	Max Homa	USA	-10	69	63	132
T4	Rory McIlroy	NIR	-6	66	70	136
T4	Patrick Reed	USA	-6	67	69	136
T6	Justin Rose	ENG	-5	70	67	137
T6	Seamus Power	IRL	-5	69	68	137
T6	Jason Day	AUS	-5	68	69	137
T6	Pat Perez	USA	-5	69	68	137
T10	Brendon Todd	USA	-4	68	70	138
T10	Sebastian Munoz	COL	-4	68	70	138
T10	Martin Laird	SCO	-4	67	71	138
T10	Kyle Stanley	USA	-4	69	69	138
T14	Sung-Jae Im	KOR	-3	70	69	139
T14	Fabian Gomez	ARG	-3	70	69	139
T14	Aaron Wise	USA	-3	69	70	139
T14	Jhonattan Vegas	VEN	-3	72	67	139
T14	Lucas Glover	USA	-3	70	69	139
T14	Richy Werenski	USA	-3	70	69	139
T14	Vaughn Taylor	USA	-3	68	71	139
T21	Tom Hoge	USA	-2	70	70	140
T21	Kevin Streelman	USA	-2	71	69	140
T21	Jim Knous	USA	-2	68	72	140
T21	Jason Kokrak	USA	-2	70	70	140
T21	Paul Casey	ENG	-2	69	71	140
T21	Matt Jones	AUS	-2	70	70	140
T21	Doc Redman	USA	-2	70	70	140
T28	Alex Prugh	USA	-1	73	68	141
T28	Adam Long	USA	-1	70	71	141
T28	Rickie Fowler	USA	-1	71	70	141
T28	Tony Finau	USA	-1	72	69	141
T28	Chez Reavie	USA	-1	70	71	141
T28	Henrik Stenson	SWE	-1	74	67	141
T28	Jimmy Walker	USA	-1	71	70	141
T28	Bill Haas	USA	-1	69	72	141
T28	Beau Hossler	USA	-1	69	72	141
T28	Shawn Stefani	USA	-1	76	65	141
T28	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	-1	67	74	141
T28	Wes Roach	USA	-1	70	71	141
T28	Adam Schenk	USA	-1	67	74	141
T28	Brice Garnett	USA	-1	70	71	141
T28	Trey Mullinax	USA	-1	72	69	141
T28	John Senden	AUS	-1	68	73	141
T28	Colt Knost	USA	-1	73	68	141
T28	Nate Lashley	USA	-1	71	70	141
T28	Kramer Hickok	USA	-1	72	69	141
T47	Byeong-Hun An	KOR	Par	72	70	142
T47	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	KOR	Par	72	70	142
T47	Webb Simpson	USA	Par	69	73	142
T47	Daniel Berger	USA	Par	73	69	142
T47	Sergio Garcia	ESP	Par	69	73	142
T47	Adam Hadwin	CAN	Par	73	69	142
T47	Nick Watney	USA	Par	70	72	142
T47	Harris English	USA	Par	71	71	142
T47	Roberto Diaz	MEX	Par	70	72	142
T47	J. J. Henry	USA	Par	70	72	142
T47	Rory Sabbatini	SVK	Par	76	66	142
T47	Brendan Steele	USA	Par	72	70	142
T47	Keith Mitchell	USA	Par	68	74	142
T47	Brandon Harkins	USA	Par	73	69	142
T47	Nick Taylor	CAN	Par	67	75	142
T62	Luke List	USA	1	75	68	143
T62	Matthew Short	USA	1	76	67	143
T62	Ollie Schniederjans	USA	1	74	69	143
T62	Ryan Blaum	USA	1	71	72	143
T62	Hideki Matsuyama	JPN	1	73	70	143
T62	Brian Harman	USA	1	68	75	143
T62	Gary Woodland	USA	1	73	70	143
T62	Cody Gribble	USA	1	71	72	143
T62	Bud Cauley	USA	1	73	70	143
T62	Joaquin Niemann	CHI	1	73	70	143
T62	Hank Lebioda	USA	1	71	72	143
T62	Chase Wright	USA	1	71	72	143
T62	Julian Etulain	ARG	1	73	70	143
T62	Zack Sucher	USA	1	72	71	143
CUT	Adam Svensson	CAN	2	73	71	144
CUT	Brandon Hagy	USA	2	72	72	144
CUT	Denny McCarthy	USA	2	72	72	144
CUT	John Chin	USA	2	75	69	144
CUT	Keegan Bradley	USA	2	70	74	144
CUT	Martin Trainer	USA	2	73	71	144
CUT	Sang-Moon Bae	KOR	2	71	73	144
CUT	Zach Johnson	USA	2	70	74	144
CUT	Anders Albertson	USA	3	73	72	145
CUT	Ben Crane	USA	3	72	73	145
CUT	Benjamin Silverman	CAN	3	71	74	145
CUT	Cameron Champ	USA	3	72	73	145
CUT	Carlos Ortiz	MEX	3	72	73	145
CUT	Dominic Bozzelli	USA	3	71	74	145
CUT	Ernie Els	RSA	3	74	71	145
CUT	Jim Herman	USA	3	73	72	145
CUT	Joey Garber	USA	3	71	74	145
CUT	Kelly Kraft	USA	3	73	72	145
CUT	Peter Malnati	USA	3	74	71	145
CUT	Roberto Castro	USA	3	71	74	145
CUT	Rod Pampling	AUS	3	74	71	145
CUT	Roger Sloan	CAN	3	74	71	145
CUT	Ryan Armour	USA	3	72	73	145
CUT	Tyler Duncan	USA	3	71	74	145
CUT	Brady Schnell	USA	4	74	72	146
CUT	Cameron Davis	AUS	4	75	71	146
CUT	Chad Collins	USA	4	76	70	146
CUT	Charles Howell III	USA	4	73	73	146
CUT	Peter Uihlein	USA	4	73	73	146
CUT	Robert Streb	USA	4	76	70	146
CUT	Russell Henley	USA	4	71	75	146
CUT	Sepp Straka	AUT	4	74	72	146
CUT	Sung-Hoon Kang	KOR	4	70	76	146
CUT	Ted Potter Jr.	USA	4	74	72	146
CUT	Broc Everett	USA	5	78	69	147
CUT	Chesson Hadley	USA	5	71	76	147
CUT	Chris Thompson	USA	5	74	73	147
CUT	David Hearn	CAN	5	74	73	147
CUT	Harold Varner III	USA	5	77	70	147
CUT	Hudson Swafford	USA	5	73	74	147
CUT	J. T. Poston	USA	5	74	73	147
CUT	Jonas Blixt	SWE	5	70	77	147
CUT	Michael Thompson	USA	5	72	75	147
CUT	Phil Mickelson	USA	5	71	76	147
CUT	Sam Saunders	USA	5	75	72	147
CUT	Scott Brown	USA	5	72	75	147
CUT	Tom Lovelady	USA	5	75	72	147
CUT	Alvaro Ortiz	MEX	6	77	71	148
CUT	Cameron Tringale	USA	6	71	77	148
CUT	Chris Stroud	USA	6	73	75	148
CUT	Danny Willett	ENG	6	75	73	148
CUT	Johnson Wagner	USA	6	79	69	148
CUT	Kyle Jones	USA	6	76	72	148
CUT	Meen-Whee Kim	KOR	6	73	75	148
CUT	Scott Stallings	USA	6	76	72	148
CUT	Billy Hurley III	USA	7	79	70	149
CUT	Jose de Jesus Rodriguez	MEX	7	75	74	149
CUT	Josh Teater	USA	7	77	72	149
CUT	Nathan Stamey	USA	7	77	72	149
CUT	Nicholas Lindheim	USA	7	75	74	149
CUT	Wyndham Clark	USA	7	74	75	149
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	IND	8	79	71	150
CUT	Chip McDaniel	USA	8	75	75	150
CUT	Derek Fathauer	USA	8	78	72	150
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	CAN	8	75	75	150
CUT	Padraig Harrington	IRL	8	75	75	150
CUT	Matthew Every	USA	9	75	76	151
CUT	Curtis Luck	AUS	10	71	81	152
CUT	Danny Lee	NZL	10	75	77	152
CUT	Martin Piller	USA	10	79	73	152
CUT	Scott Langley	USA	10	78	74	152
CUT	Seth Reeves	USA	10	76	76	152
CUT	Steve Scott	USA	10	75	77	152
CUT	Mathew Goggin	AUS	11	76	77	153
CUT	Fredrik Jacobson	SWE	12	77	77	154
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	GER	12	76	78	154
CUT	Tyrone van Aswegen	RSA	12	79	75	154
CUT	Will MacKenzie	USA	12	75	79	154
CUT	Jonathan Byrd	USA	15	78	79	157
RET	J. B. Holmes	USA	Par	80	-	80
RET	Sam Burns	USA	Par	77	-	77

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