Justin Thomas tied the Sawgrass TPC tournament with an amazing 62 championship in the Florida Players Championship, while Rurory Mcilroy is only two shots of the middle of the road.
She represented a remarkable shift from Thomas, who got six beyond 78 in his opening tour and began on Friday in a severe danger to loss of pieces.
The 31 -year -old American became the first player to score 11 birds on one round at the pioneering event at PGA TOUR, where he match the record recorded by Tom Hoog in 2023.
Thomas's 16 Stroke's improvement is also the largest from the first to the second round in the date of the event and raised 104 places on the leading board.
Although the water was found with its second shot on the eighteen, which led to the completion of a disappointing ghost, the American PGA champion twice now is now seven shots only from the joint leaders Min Woo Li and Akshay with Hatia.
“Madness is cheap. It's wild. I am really proud of myself,” Thomas told Sky Sports.
“The result is great, but only [as good] To go out with the situation and the mentality. The position I put in myself need to do something crazy just to make the pieces. “
The amazing Thomas performance puts an interesting weekend, with direct comment and coverage of the third round on Saturday and Sunday's conclusion on the BBC Sport and BBC Radio 5 SPORTS EXTRA.
Australia Lee, 26, and American Bathaya, 23, both of whom were in 66 rounds to sit on 11 under a total, one before JJ Spaun.
McLeroi in Northern Ireland has registered four less than 68 years to stay in contact with nine -year -old – two shots.
This was the second second degree 36 hole in the second world in TPC Sawgrass, which he only improved for the victorious young woman in 2019.
Collin Morikawa 65 also tied his lowest round on the field, while Tommy Fleetwood from England, who has not yet won the PGA tour, is in a good position in his seven -year -old after he got 66.
SCOTTIE Scheffler No. One globally is two shots after 70, while Xander Schauffle, who played alongside Mcilroy and Scheffler in the Mraquee group, paid the last day of the day to finish one.
This ensures that the PGA US PGA and the open hero extended his pride from 59 consecutive pieces, which is the longest since Tiger Woods extension from 142 of 1998-2005.