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Lahiri misses lower, Scheffler, Hovland and Conners share lead at PGA

New York: Anirban Lahiri of India missed the lower as he shot 3-over 73 within the second spherical after ending his first spherical in 4-over 74 on the PGA Championships at Oak Hill.

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As Lahiri exited on the midway stage, Scottie Scheffler, the 2022 Masters champion, shot 2-under 68 and moved to 5-under and shared the lead alongside Corey Conners (68) and Viktor Hovland (67), who had led after the primary at Augusta National. They had been all at 5-under 135.

Lahiri, whose final Major was the PGA Championships in 2022, had 5 bogeys in opposition to one birdie within the first spherical and had 4 bogeys in opposition to one birdie within the second and at 7-over 147 he was two pictures off the cutline.

American-Indian Sahith Theegala (71-71) was tied thirtieth.

Hovland had shared the lead after 54 holes on the Open at St Andrews final 12 months. It was his tenth consecutive spherical within the Majors when he ended the day among the many prime 10 on the chief board.

Conners had at one level constructed a two-shot lead till he needed to depend on his quick recreation to account for some errant drives and difficult holes on the entrance 9.

They had been two pictures away from Bryson DeChambeau (71) and Justin Suh (68).

The main seven gamers together with Brooks Koepka, who shot 31 on the again 9 in his spherical of 66, got here from the identical aspect of the draw. They had been delayed by two hours from freezing temperatures and a coat of frost on the grass. They averted the wind Friday morning.

Shane Lowry had six birdies in an eight-hole stretch within the wet afternoon till closing with a pair of bogeys noticed him end with 67, and at even-par 140, 5 pictures behind however nonetheless very a lot within the thick of it.

That group included membership professional Michael Block (70) and Rory McIlroy.

Masters champion Jon Rahm, the world No. 1 opened with a 76 however salvaged a 68 to make the lower with one shot to spare. Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth made the lower and had been tied 59th.

Australian Min Woo Lee rediscovered his combating spirit to play his manner again on day two. Three-over on his first spherical, Lee wanted one thing round par to make sure he would advance to Round 3. He burst out of the blocks with 4 birdies in his opening 5 holes in a spherical of three-under 67 that places him in a tie for tenth by way of 36 holes.

The prime Asian was KH Lee with 73-68 and he was tied nineteenth at 1-over. Among different Koreans Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim missed the lower.

-PTI