Tournament of Champions: Collin Morikawa pulls ahead of JJ Spaun and Scottie Scheffler after second-round 66 | Golf News

Collin Morikawa playing cards seven-under 66 on Friday to take two-shot lead in Hawaii; JJ Spaun and Scottie Scheffler his closest rivals, as Jon Rahm drops again to sixth alongside Matt Fitzpatrick; Watch third spherical on Saturday on Sky Sports Golf from 5.45pm

Collin Morikawa took the lead on the second day on the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii, pulling ahead of JJ Spaun and Scottie Scheffler.

The American ended the day with a seven-under 66, for a complete of 16-under 130.

It gave him a two-shot lead in entrance of Masters champion Scheffler and 86th-ranked Spaun.

Jordan Spieth, like Morikawa, fired a second-round 66 to seize fourth place at 13 underneath and South Korea’s Tom Kim is in fifth at 12 underneath following a 69.

Jon Rahm dropped down the leaderboard to a share of sixth alongside England’s Matt Fitzpatrick on 11 underneath.

Collin Morikawa holds a two-shot lead after two rounds in Hawaii

The Tournament of Champions, which incorporates 39 gamers, is the primary of 17 designated PGA Tour occasions with elevated purses this yr. In the previous, this occasion was restricted to gamers who received a match the earlier yr, however the 2023 discipline was expanded to characteristic gamers who didn’t win in 2022, however did attain the Tour Championship.

Morikawa, who completed final yr winless, obtained off to a scorching begin on Friday, birdieing 4 of the primary 5 holes. He added three extra birdies on the again 9 earlier than concluding with three consecutive pars.

Scheffler charged into competition by rolling in birdies on every of the ultimate 4 holes, making putts of lower than eight toes every time. His spherical included 9 birdies and two bogeys.

“Just similar to yesterday, pretty solid, made some good putts,” Morikawa mentioned. “Obviously it played a lot harder with kind of the wind, and just the fairways rolling pretty fast.

Scottie Scheffler is in competition, joint second with JJ Spaun

“You’ve simply obtained to play pictures and type of hit ’em to good spots, and fortunately we have been in a position to take benefit of sufficient holes as we speak to type of hold these birdies going.”

Spaun bogeyed the par-four fourth hole but didn’t give away another shot. He finished with six birdies.

“I drove it nicely once more,” Spaun said. “I do not suppose I hit a extremely dangerous tee shot. It’s type of onerous to overlook fairways out right here, apart from hitting it too far. But, yeah, I type of tried to remain mistake-free. I had one three-putt, and that was type of the one blunder of the day.”

Spieth’s round was highlighted by eagles on two par-five holes, the fifth and 15th. He also had four birdies and a bogey. Xander Schauffele withdrew in the middle of the second round due to an ongoing back ailment.

“This shouldn’t be getting any higher,” he said. “It really feels worse once I swing.”

Watch the featured groups on day three of the Sentry Tournament of Champions from 5.45pm Saturday on Sky Sports Golf with full live coverage of the third round from 9pm.

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