Regardless of struggling a pricey double bogey on the last gap on Friday, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama managed to take care of his place on the high of the leaderboard after spherical two of the Olympic males’s golf competitors at Le Golf Nationwide.
However he has firm within the form of two-time main champion Xander Schauffele and Workforce GB’s very personal Tommy Fleetwood.
Matsuyama, who opened with an 8-under 63, adopted up Friday with a 68 that featured an up-and-down entrance 9 with three birdies and two bogeys. He gave the impression to be shifting momentum in the best route on the again 9, making back-to-back birdies on 10 and 11 adopted by a string of pars earlier than notching two extra birdies on 16 and 17.
However an errant tee shot on the par-4 18th put the present world No.12 effectively proper of the green, and his second shot off the mounds went simply 66 yards and didn’t make it previous the primary lower of tough. He dumped his third shot within the water in entrance of the inexperienced and after taking a drop, Matsuyama hit it to 12 toes and made the putt for a 6.
FLEETWOOD SOARS WITH EAGLE AT THE THIRD
Fleetwood flirted with the course report throughout his second spherical 64, getting it to 8-under on the day by way of 17 holes earlier than ending along with his sole bogey of the day on the final. His spherical was highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 third, the place he drained a putt from 46 toes.
After the beginning the day one stroke off the lead, defending gold medalist Schauffele dropped a shot early with a bogey on the second, however then turned issues round with a stretch of three straight birdies from holes 3-5 and added three extra on 9, 10 and 11. He recovered from a bogey on 14 with a birdie at 15 and completed with 4 straight pars to signal for a 66 so as to add to his opening 65.
Belgium’s Thomas Detry, who opened with an even-par 71, carded the spherical of the day with a bogey-free 63 and now stands T5 with Chinese language Taipei’s CT Pan (65), the defending bronze medalist, and Korea’s Tom Kim (68). Spain’s Jon Rahm (66) sits in solo fourth.
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