Contazent Classic: Jake Knapp holds an advantage from Matthieu Pavon who moves to the third round | Golf news
Jake Knapp had 11 shots worse than his opening at The Cognizant Classic, but he still stayed ahead of one goal over Matthieu Pavon.
Knapp has set up a course record for the Florida Champion Course, Palm Beach Gardens, with a circle of 59 to Become only 15. The player who recorded the Pod-60 circle in the history of PGA Tour.
However, he passed 10 holes without a bird on Friday in the second round and had a double swamp when his shirt found water. One of his better shots hit a spray cap and bounced 40 meters away.
“I never had to follow 59 in the tournament before. It’s all new to me,” Knapp said after 70.
“Yesterday, everything just clicked the wise balls, a distance control was felt really well, it managed to control the flight and windows. All that was perfect.”
Pavon, a Frenchman who won Torrey Pines last year, shot 64 and briefly had the lead as he missed the bird closely at his last hole to finish one behind.
Daniel Berger, who grew up near PGA National, came out in 31 years to share the lead, but did not make the other bird the rest of the way. He fell back with Buman, in which he pulled one goal out of the crowd and the weeds at no. 11 And he limited the damage well.
Berger had 68 and was a total of 11-undergrows, along with Michael Kim, 66, Doug Ghim (63) and Jesper Svensonson (67), to sit two shots of leadership in third place.
“I just lost some money on my back,” Berger said. “I don’t know if I didn’t eat enough food and started to feel a little there. But he hit the bad nine iron, he was at risk, and in fact I pulled out with one just to make a beep there.”
Former Captain Ryder Cup Zach Johnson has shown enough games at the age of 49 to post 66 and join Rickie Fowler, 68, and Taylor Montgomery in tied seven, three shots from Knapp leader.
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One player who had a reason to celebrate, along with several tears, was Junior Florida, Luke Clanton.
CLANTON has easily made a cut at five under the age of 66, giving him enough points to the 21-year-old to get PGA Tour Card after the NCAA Championship in late May.
He already has two finishing at PGA Tour and a couple of other top 10s, so he is used to the big stage, and he has another opportunity this weekend.
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