| -15 D McCarthy (US), K Bradley (US); -13 C Reavie (US); -11 E Cole (USA) |
| Selected: -10 A Scott (Aus); -8 R McIlroy (NI), V Hovland (North), X Schauffele (US); -7 S Scheffler (US), A Rai (Eng), S Lowry (Ire); -6 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Thomas (US); -4 H Hall (Eng); -2 J Rahm (Spa) |
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Rory McIlroy moved into contention with a six-under 64 in the second round of the Travelers Championship.
The Northern Irishman sits tied for 10th at eight under par, seven strokes behind leaders Denny McCarthy and Keegan Bradley.
McIlroy, who started on the 10th hole, made five birdies at the turn and three more over the next six holes.
But he came back with a double-bogey on the eighth, his scene hole-in-one on Thursday.
“After the hole-in-one on eight yesterday, to make a double bogey there today seems like two threes,” said McIlroy.
“Overall, better, better on the greens and I played a good round of golf to get myself back into the tournament today.”
While McIlroy enjoyed a good day with putter in hand, world number two Jon Rahm had one to forget.
The Spaniard, who won the Masters in April, failed to hit a putt longer than four feet and his two-under score means he will miss the cut for the first time since September 2021.
Rahm has made 25 consecutive cuts which is the longest active streak on the PGA Tour.
McCarthy followed up his opening round 60 with a five-under 65 and tied for 15 under – with the lowest opening 36-hole score since the event moved to TPC River Highlands in 1984 – at the 2011 US PGA Champion Bradley, who made a bogey-free 63.
Chez Reavie is two shots back and former Masters champion Adam Scott is at 10 under, with the chasing pack also including Norway’s Viktor Hovland and four-time major champion McIlroy.
World number one Scottie Scheffler is seven under with the likes of England’s Aaron Rai, Ireland’s Shane Lowry and fellow Americans Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay.
