What looked at first to be a little a Brooks Koepka thrashing became an eclectic leaderboard on Friday early morning at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Koepka is still involved, however now hes chasing after rather of leading from out in front..
Koepka is not alone amongst the chasers. Lets take an appearance at his round and what the rest of the board looks like going into Round 3 on Saturday.
Brendon Todd (-11)– I get worried about golf enthusiasts who are not elite ball-strikers existing at the top of leaderboards based on putting alone. Todd is hitting the ball well, but the lions share of his strokes through 36 holes have been gotten on the greens at this occasion.
Rickie Fowler (-9)– A truly tidy 2 days from Fowler, who has just two bogeys over the very first 36 holes and is second in the field in proximity to the hole. I keep going back to something he said on Thursday about not thinking about the swing anymore however rather thinking about attempting to strike shots. … Just attempting to not worry too much about the swing and kind of go back to believing about some principles and how the body is moving and weight being on the best side, and when the weights back into the left, just permitted myself to go play and make golf shots.”.
You cant exist for extremely long on the PGA Tour stressing over all those various nuances, and Fowlers statistics and rating reflect that hes less anxious about those and more about what the card actually states.
Sung Kang (-6)– Koepka three-putted from 3 feet on his 11th hole of the day and finished last in the field in putting on Friday. Hes first from tee to green and very first in method shots. The swing looked tremendous once again on Friday regardless of the 1-over 71.
T7. Sungjae Im, Louis Oosthuizen, Webb Simpson, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Jason Day (-5)– The encouraging thing about Day is that hes been doing it more from tee to green than with his putter (which is frequently how he used to do it). Day, despite a back that appears like it could address any minute, has actually quietly been actually great over the last month. He was my sleeper select today at 40-1. Im not real high on him in fact winning provided the quality of this board, however he at least appears he could make it fascinating over the last 2 days.
Kevin Na, Justin Thomas (-4)– I may or may not simply be stating this since he was my choice this week, but Thomas statistical profile is definitely perfect if youre looking for someone whos going to make a huge weekend push. The putter will bounce back from how abysmal its been over the first 2 days, and hell probably fire a couple of rounds in the mid- to high-60s.
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Lets take a look at his round and what the rest of the board looks like going into Round 3 on Saturday.
Sung Kang (-6)– Koepka three-putted from 3 feet on his 11th hole of the day and completed last in the field in putting on Friday. Day, despite a back that looks like it might go at any minute, has actually quietly been really excellent over the last month. Im not real high on him in fact winning provided the quality of this board, but he at least looks as if he could make it intriguing over the last two days.
Kevin Na, Justin Thomas (-4)– I may or may not just be stating this due to the fact that he was my pick this week, but Thomas analytical profile is definitely ideal if youre looking for someone whos going to make a huge weekend push.
