{"id":1249738,"date":"2024-03-02T00:49:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T00:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rory-mcilroy-three-strokes-off-the-pace-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T08:24:33","slug":"cognizant-classic-2024-r2-rory-mcilroy-three-strokes-off-the-pace-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/cognizant-classic-2024-r2-rory-mcilroy-three-strokes-off-the-pace-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy three strokes off the pace in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rory McIlroy carded a four-under-par 67 for the second successive day to finish three strokes off the pace following round two of the Cognizant Classic in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Irishman McIlroy is among eight players tied for sixth place, alongside Ireland\u2019s Shane Lowry and England\u2019s David Skinns, after hitting six birdies and two bogeys on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy said that while he \u201cdidn\u2019t get off to the greatest of starts\u201d, he bounced back to finish strongly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is just one of those courses where you have just got to stay super patient, knowing that the scoring is good, but people aren\u2019t going to get away from you here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I did a good job of staying patient until the end and that patience was rewarded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Highlights | Round 2 | Cognizant Classic | 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UL-ZV_PaPcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lowry has also posted consecutive scores of 67, while world number 278 Skinns, who is without a top-10 finish on the PGA Tour, posted a two-under-par 69 following his opening-day 65.<\/p>\n<p>Bud Cauley leads the way on 11 under par, with fellow American Austin Eckroat and South Africa\u2019s Garrick Higgo each one shot behind.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Cauley was in the top five after any round was at the 2020 PGA Championship<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/sdc-championship-2024-r2-daniel-brown-takes-three-shot-lead-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Belgium\u2019s Thomas Detry is in last position \u2013 11 over par \u2013 after he six-putted the 461-yard par-four sixth hole from 57 feet, despite knocking his first effort to eight feet<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old finished with a quadruple bogey and the most putts on one hole on the PGA Tour in four years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content_link_1249734\" class=\"ct-div-block content-link_wrap\"><a class=\"ct-link content-link_image-wrap\" 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