Adam Schenk holds lead with Tommy Fleetwood two shots behind after second round at Valspar Championship | Golf News

Going into the weekend at the Valspar Championship Adam Schenk was at seven-under 135, one shot forward of Kramer Hickok; Tommy Fleetwood, Jordan Spieth, Cody Gribble and Davis Riley are two behind Schenk after the primary two rounds

Adam Schenk scored a two-under 69 to carry a one-shot lead after the primary two rounds at the Valspar Championship on Friday.

Schenk had 4 birdies, all however considered one of them from inside 10 toes, and completed with a bogey from the bunker in need of the 18th on the Copperhead course at Innisbrook.

After the 20-foot putt he made for par on the par-3 eighth, the 10-footer for par he made on the tenth and the lengthy up-and-down for par on the par-5 eleventh, that did not trouble him.

Adam Schenk hits out of the bunker (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

“I feel like a lot of times you … maybe shoot 2 under and you’re like, ‘It could have been 6 or 7.’ But it really couldn’t have been a ton better with the amount of putts I made,” he stated.

He was at 7-under 135, one shot forward of Kramer Hickok, who had a 68.

Schenk is enjoying for his tenth consecutive week on the PGA Tour.

There’s much more focus to his work this yr as a result of his spouse is anticipating their first little one, a boy, in simply over a month.

“Trying to make as many points as I can to take as much time off as I can and spend time with him and my wife, which will be very special,” Schenk stated.

Fleetwood performs out of a bunker (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

He began his yr in Honolulu at the Sony Open and hasn’t had per week off since then, going to California and Arizona, and each cease on the Florida swing. He had made the reduce in all however two of them and is No. 72 within the FedEx Cup.

The missed reduce final week at The Players Championship might need helped.

“I was home for 3 1/2 days and didn’t touch a club,” Schenk stated. “I would have practised, but the weather was so bad in Indiana, I really couldn’t. So flew into Valspar Tuesday afternoon and got a little practice in and then played nine holes and then teed up in the pro-am and away we went.”

Tommy Fleetwood was two shots behind the chief (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

Jordan Spieth will likely be an enormous a part of the weekend, losing an awesome round of driving with some suspect quick irons. He nonetheless posted a 70 and was solely two shots behind.

Tommy Fleetwood had a 69 and joined Spieth within the group two shots behind alongside with Cody Gribble (65) and Davis Riley (68), who misplaced in a playoff to Sam Burns at Innisbrook final yr.

Burns, the two-time defending champion, is attempting to turn into the primary participant to win the identical match three straight years since Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic (2009-11). He had a 73 and was seven shots behind.

Justin Thomas had a 70 and was within the group at 3-under 139.

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