(Dublin) Scottie Scheffler makes everything look easy right now. On Friday, on a day of strong winds, the golfer played under-4 (68) and broke a tie to now lead by three strokes, after two rounds at the Memorial tournament.
Scheffler shows a cumulative score of minus-9 (135). He is three shots ahead of Viktor Hovland and Canadian Adam Hadwin, in the race for the title and at a price of 4 million US.
U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler, all with a cumulative over par, will not be in the weekend’s rounds.
Then there was Scheffler, who was rarely bored.
“I just really enjoy playing here, without worrying too much about whether it’s easy or difficult,” said the top golfer in the PGA rankings. Some days I play well, others not. Otherwise, I’m just fighting to win. »
Hadwin completed his round on Friday earlier in the morning, when the wind was not as strong as during the afternoon wave. However, it didn’t take much.
The Canadian was at minus-8 until he sent his ball into the bunker at 17e hole.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout played for minus-5 on Friday (67), four shots behind the leader. Keegan Bradley (69) is also four shots behind Scheffler.
Ludvig Aberg carded 72 to end his day five shots behind.
“He plays very, very well and it doesn’t seem very difficult when he plays,” Aberg said of Scheffler. All I can do is keep trying to stay in the race and make sure I don’t get too far behind, I guess. »
Xander Schauffele, who played one shot over par, and Rory McIlroy (71) are six shots behind the leader.
Hadwin is in a heated battle with Corey Conners for the last Canadian spot available for the Olympic Games, something that will be decided after the U.S. Open.
“I’m going to do my best to try to win a tournament,” Hadwin said. So. That’s my only goal. »