Regardless of a careless surface and more attention over a juvenile trick, Tiger Woods will become part of the weekend at the Genesis Invitational, ending up with 3 bogeys over his last 4 holes for a 74.
He was at 1-over 143, leaving him 11 shots behind leader Max Homa, however specific to make it when the 2nd round is finished Saturday early morning. For the 2nd straight day, darkness kept the round from ending up.
Woods, playing elite competitors for the very first time given that the British Open last summer season, apologised for upseting individuals by slipping a tampon into the hand of Justin Thomas on Thursday after Woods outdrove him by about 10 backyards.
“It was expected to be all enjoyable and video games and certainly it hasn’t ended up that method,” Woods stated.
Woods felt his 74 was as high as it might have been since of his putting, however a minimum of he’s around for the weekend. His Xander Schauffele, who looked particular to miss out on the cut till his shot from 173 lawns flew directly into the cup on the 17th for an eagle. He made it on the number.
Homa, in the lead at his house town PGA Tour occasion, ran 3 birdies around the turn at Riviera and tossed in a couple of huge par conserves Friday for a 3-under 68, offering him a one-shot lead over Jon Rahm, Keith Mitchell and Lee Hodges.
Homa struck wedge to 4 feet to a pin tucked behind the bunker for a birdie on No 9, holed a 15-foot birdie on the 10th and after that cracked perfectly to a back ideal pin for a 3rd straight birdie on the par-5 11th. His round ended with difficulty off the tee that resulted in bogey, however he had no problems at 11-under 131 and his name atop the leaderboard.
Homa has actually currently won two times this season, consisting of last month down the coast at Torrey Pines.
“I do not understand if I might ever do anything cooler in golf than this,” he stated.
“Yeah, it’s interesting– 36-hole leads are remarkable. Like I stated, there’s a long method to go, however regardless, I can rest on the truth I’m playing terrific golf and I’m simply going to attempt and do that for 2 more days.”
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Rahm has 9 successive Top 10s dating to September, 4 of those triumphes, and he is close to going back to No 1 on the planet. He chose a 5-wood from 270 backyards on the par-5 17th and prepared it, cruising the green towards the back grandstands. The ball smacked off the base of the bleachers, toppled along the edge of a bunker and settled simply over 3 feet away for an eagle.
That topped off a stretch of playing 5 holes in 5-under par that put the Spaniard right into the mix entering into the weekend.
“Obviously, I got extremely lucky to get that bounce not just to go on the green, however to have essentially 3 feet directly the hill,” Rahm stated. “That’s probably the very best bounce I’ve seen face to face my entire golf profession and it would be difficult to beat in the future.”
Mitchell played in the early morning, making 5 birdies to balance out a couple of errors. He remained in contention 2 weeks earlier at Pebble Beach.
Collin Morikawa (68) was 2 shots behind, with Patrick Cantlay (67) another shot back. Rory McIlroy had a 69 and was 4 back.