Hovland and Morikawa lead by two at Tour Championship
Collin Morikawa – file photo courtesy of USGA
An intriguing weekend lies ahead for the 30 players duking it out for the huge prize fund at the Tour Championship at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland taking a two-shot advantage over Scottie Scheffler in an event where the winner will secure a US$18 million windfall.
Hovland and Morikawa both recorded second rounds of 64 although, for Morikawa, his opening round of 61 had given the early lead before being caught by Hovland’s last nine of 30 today.
Scheffler, who has taken all before him for much of the last 18 months on the PGA Tour and led the Fed Ex Cup standings, bounced back from a disappointing opening round of 71 yesterday with a 65 to keep his army of supporters with hope.
Keegan Bradley is another shot back and alone in 4th place while Xander Schaffele and Jon Rahm are one further back.
Jason Day is the only Australian in the field and after rounds of 67 and 70 finds himself in a share of 19th place and twelve shots from the lead.
