Denny McCarthy remained atop the leaderboard early within the second spherical of the US PGA Tour Travelers Championship, the place Rory McIlroy put himself within the combine with a six-under-par 64 on Friday.
McCarthy, who led by two after a 10-under-par first-round 60, adopted up with a five-under-par 65 that gave him a cushty clubhouse lead at 15-under 125 with afternoon starters nonetheless on the TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Eric Cole was within the clubhouse on 11-under after a five-under 65. Zac Blair (65) and Adam Scott (68) have been tied at 10-under 130 whereas American Keegan Bradley was 10-under by way of 9 holes.
McCarthy shook off a bogey on the second gap, the place he missed the inexperienced, carding six birdies the remainder of the best way.
That included a 43-foot birdie putt on the tenth and one other from simply inside 20 toes at 18.
His 125 whole was a 36-hole course file, however McCarthy was extra centered on the weekend and difficult for a primary PGA Tour title.
“It’s nice, but golf tournaments aren’t 36 holes unfortunately, so I know there is still a lot of golf left. I’m playing some really nice golf, so I’m looking forward to having fun this weekend and I’m looking forward to the challenge.”
McIlroy was in a bunch on eight-under-par 132, climbing the leaderboard with a formidable show on the greens and regardless of a double-bogey catastrophe at his penultimate gap, the par-three eighth — the identical gap he aced on Thursday.
“Other than that, it was a really good round of golf,” mentioned McIlroy, whose tee shot was within the water.
“It just got hit by a little bit of wind,” McIlroy mentioned. “Hit a pretty good shot. I just misjudged the wind a little bit and it came up short — the one place you couldn’t miss today on that hole.”
The Northern Ireland star, coming off a runner-up end to Wyndham Clark on the US Open at Los Angeles Country Club on Sunday, had eight birdies at that time, setting the tone with a 19-foot birdie putt on the eleventh.
His 5 birdies in his first 9 holes additionally included a 13-footer on the 14th and a 14-footer at 17. His three birdies coming in included a 25-footer on the third.
“Way better on the greens,” McIlroy mentioned after his lowest PGA Tour spherical this season. “I think when you can get out in the morning here the greens are so much better. You can be a little more aggressive with your putts, and that paid off for me this morning and holed quite a few.”
While low scores abounded, world primary Scottie Scheffler couldn’t be a part of the birdie fest. He had two birdies and two bogeys in an even-par 70 that left him on seven-under 133.
Second-ranked Jon Rahm carded a one-over 71 and at two-under was one stroke outdoors the projected cutline of three-under par when he walked off the course.