Rory McIlroy eagled the 18th of his second spherical on the Pebble Seaside Professional-Am on Friday, pushing him to eight beneath and 6 photographs off chief Sepp Straka.
McIlroy – who hit a gap in a single on day one – made an amazing begin on the second day and was 4 beneath by way of the primary 11 holes.
Thereafter, the 35-year-old’s type slipped as he performed holes 13-17 4 over par, however he then completed with a classic eagle on the final to stay in rivalry.
Austria’s Straka opened up a three-stroke lead on the high by firing his second straight spherical of 65. Straka adopted a robust opening spherical at Spyglass Hill Golf Course by hitting eight birdies and only one bogey.
At 14-under 130, Straka is comfortably forward of Russell Henley (69, Pebble Seaside) and Australian Cam Davis (68, Spyglass Hill), tied for second at 11 beneath.
Andrew Novak fired a 65 at Spyglass Hill and Tony Finau posted a 67 there to hitch a tie for fourth at 10 beneath with Tom Kim of South Korea (65, Pebble Seaside), England’s Justin Rose (69, Spyglass Hill) and Austin Eckroat (67, Pebble Seaside).
At eight beneath for the event, McIlroy is tied for thirteenth with different large names together with Collin Morikawa (67, Pebble Seaside), Patrick Cantlay (70, Spyglass Hill) and Irishman Shane Lowry (70, Spyglass Hill).
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler is in a tie at seven beneath after posting 70 at Pebble Seaside. All three of Scheffler’s birdies on Friday had been in a single three-hole stretch between the sixth and eighth. He’s competing for the primary time since injuring his hand whereas cooking a month in the past.
Eighty gamers had been eligible to compete within the signature occasion, however Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg withdrew on Friday citing an sickness sooner or later after dropping to final place with an opening-round 77.
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