Overview
- Cameron Young, Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark, J.J. Spaun and Akshay Bhatia share the 36-hole lead at 10 under at Albany GC.
- Young surged with an eight-under 64 featuring a back-nine 30, while Matsuyama posted a bogey-free 66 and Spaun converted two eagles.
- Scottie Scheffler slipped to nine under after a double bogey at the 16th, sitting one back as he chases a third straight title with a new driver in play.
- Bhatia, playing his first week with caddie Joe Greiner, added a closing birdie Friday after a Round 1 bunker hole-out eagle at the drivable seventh.
- In Australia, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen leads the Open at 14 under after a 66, with Rory McIlroy nine behind following a banana-peel double bogey en route to a 68.