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The 2011 PGA Championship winner said he felt
right at home in Jackson, Mississippi, where he's had just one
bogey through 36 holes, with fellow Americans J.T. Poston (67)
and Charley Hoffman (69) tied for second at 11-under par through
the first two days.
"It felt like I was home playing with my buddies. I felt just so
comfortable over every shot, and this course really fits what
I'm doing with my game," said Bradley, a native of Vermont who
missed the cut at the Safeway Open and U.S. Open last month.
The 34-year-old, who won the 2018 BMW Championship, opened the
round with three straight birdies before committing his only
error of the tournament, a bogey on 10. With a pristine putting
game on display, he closed out the round with four birdies on
the back nine.
"I've been working hard on everything really but especially the
putting. Sometimes things just click into place, and you never
know when it's going to happen," he said. "Things are clicking
right now, and I love the course and everything about it."
Hoffman, one of four players to have carded an eight-under par
64 in the first round, slipped to second after a choppy
performance on Friday with four bogeys and seven birdies.
"Off the tee I gave myself a ton of chances. My iron play to the
greens is something I need to go work on right now," Hoffman
told reporters. "I got a little quick at the top and hung some
shots out to the right, which I know what I did, which I'll fix
for tomorrow."
Rounding out the field were South Africa's M.J. Daffue (69), in
fourth place at 10-under par through the first two rounds, and
with American Denny McCarthy (67) and Norway's Kristoffer
Ventura (68), who were tied at fifth.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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