Round 2 of the 2020 Workday Charity Open was suspended on Friday at 8:50 p.m. ET, but whatever that needed to be seen was seen previously in the day as Collin Morikawa backed up his 65 with a 66 to take a big lead into the weekend.
Morikawa was dazzling early as two various weather condition delays pressed back play into deep at night as 2 dozen golfers were still on the course and will select their rounds back up on Saturday early morning at 9 a.m. When they do, theyll all be chasing after Morikawa, who is at 13 under after 36 holes of play. Lets take a more detailed look at his round and those chasing him as we head for the weekend..
1. Collin Morikawa (-13)– Listen, this thing is over. Its a wrap. Morikawa is absolutely a star– perhaps even a super star– and he just recorded the most affordable score on Thursday and the second-lowest on Friday at Muirfield Village. Hes putting the lights out, and though that will regress, the ball-striking will not. It will take 2 more rounds to make it official, however Morikawa will win the 2020 Workday Charity Open for the second triumph of his profession and his star will take off for the next a number of years (Remind me of all of this when Zach Johnson beats him by two on Sunday night).
T2. Justin Thomas, Kevin Streelman (-10)– Thomas goal late in the day was undoubtedly to get into the last pairing with Morikawa on Saturday (that would have been an outright ball-striking extravaganza), however he fell one brief of that occurring as Streelman got in your home ahead of him. Still, Thomas was brilliant as hes played 36 holes of bogey-free golf and is seventh in the field from tee to green. A Morikawa-Thomas shootout over the weekend would be an outright pleasure..
For him, it was a double bogey in Round 1 thats keeping him from playing in that last pairing with Morikawa. Guy, Morikawa, Matsuyama and Thomas is a trio of maybe three of the 5 finest iron gamers in the world.
I indicate, this is ludicrous and he makes it look so easy. Hovland has shot 63 on the front nine on the course and 73 on the back 9.
Morikawa was fantastic early as 2 different weather delays pressed back play into deep in the evening as 2 lots golf enthusiasts were still on the course and will choose their rounds back up on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Morikawa is definitely a star– possibly even a superstar– and he just taped the least expensive score on Thursday and the second-lowest on Friday at Muirfield Village. It will take two more rounds to make it official, but Morikawa will win the 2020 Workday Charity Open for the second victory of his career and his star will take off for the next numerous years (Remind me of all of this when Zach Johnson beats him by two on Sunday night).
Justin Thomas, Kevin Streelman (-10)– Thomas objective late in the day was undoubtedly to get into the final pairing with Morikawa on Saturday (that would have been an absolute ball-striking extravaganza), but he fell one brief of that taking place as Streelman got in the house ahead of him. For him, it was a double bogey in Round 1 thats keeping him from playing in that last pairing with Morikawa.
Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Nick Taylor, Louis Oosthuizen, Richy Werenski (-6)– Its unusual for Reed to be leading 10 from tee to green and yet so far off the lead. This is in fact excellent news if youre looking for Reed to make some noise this weekend due to the fact that the short video game will bounce back and he may open Saturday like he closed Friday (with a 32 on the front 9 on the course).
When I viewed him in Round 2, there were a couple of swings he made that resulted in truly horrific methods, however in general the swing modifies appear to have clicked a bit. Itll take more than two events to identify this, however possibly Fowler is on an upward trajectory for the rest of 2020.
T45. Phil Mickelson (-2)– Mickelsons putting has actually boggled the mind today, and not in a great way. Hes made simply 88 feet of putts up until now and simply three putts over 6 feet through his very first 36 holes. The aggravating part for him has to be that hes striking it truly well and not scoring at all. He will not win, but he can definitely top 10 this weekend if the putter recovers.
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