DETROIT — Jake Knapp has pulled off a feat nobody else has in PGA Tour historical past.
Knapp shot an 11-under 61 on Friday to interrupt a Rocket Basic report that stood for lower than a day and have become the primary on the tour to interrupt 60 and shoot a 61 or decrease in the identical season.
That also wasn’t sufficient to place him within the prime six, coming into the weekend at Detroit Golf Membership.
Chris Kirk (65), Philip Knowles (64) and Andrew Putnam (66) share the second-round lead at 14 below. Jackson Suber (65) was one other shot again.
Aldrich Potgieter, who had a 70 after sharing the 18-hole lead with Kevin Roy after a record-setting 62, was two strokes again with Michael Thorbjornsen (67) and Mark Hubbard (69).
Knapp was in a big pack of gamers, together with with Collin Morikawa (64), Hideki Matsuyama (66) and Roy (71), three photographs off the lead going into the third spherical.
The 31-year-old Knapp, who received the Mexico Open final 12 months as a rookie, began the second spherical one hundred and thirtieth within the 156-player area after opening with a 72. He surged into rivalry with 9 birdies and an eagle in a bogey-free spherical.
“I used to be simply most likely upset all night time and this morning, so I feel that perhaps helped a bit bit,” he stated.
Knapp, ranked No. 99 on the earth, is the one participant on the tour to shoot 61 or higher in two rounds this season.
He shot a 59 – one off the tour scoring report of 58 set by Jim Furyk in 2016 – on the Cognizant Basic 4 months in the past, when he broke the match scoring report earlier than cooling off and tying for sixth.
Knapp broke the 18-hole report at Detroit Golf Membership that was set Thursday within the first spherical when Potgieter and Roy each shot a 62.
“I really feel like once I begin making birdies, I need to make extra,” Knapp stated. “I used to be even form of enthusiastic about 59 once I caught it shut on my third to final gap.”
The 28-year-old Knowles, capturing for his first PGA Tour win, made the minimize for simply the third time in 11 occasions after failing to make it to the weekend at 5 straight tournaments.
“It is not been my finest 12 months up to now by any stretch of the creativeness, however golf is humorous,” he stated. “Once you’re taking part in dangerous, you by no means really feel like you are going to play good once more. And when you could have days like as we speak, you simply do not perceive how you would ever shoot a foul spherical of golf.”
The 40-year-old Kirk, whose sixth win was the season-opening match final 12 months at Kapalua, opened the second spherical with three straight birdies and completed with 9 birdies and two bogeys.
Many of the leaders have been in morning teams, when circumstances have been extra favorable, and Putnam was an exception.
Putnam performed within the afternoon when the wind was stiff and swirling on a scorching and steamy day. He began sturdy with three birdies and a bogey on the entrance 9 earlier than getting just one birdie on the again, placing him able to probably win his second PGA Tour occasion and first since 2018.
“The wind got here up, acquired a pair tough holes on the market, so glad I may grind it out,” Putnam stated.
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