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After Thursday's opening round started late due to rain, the
field had to complete the round Friday morning before beginning
round two. Sixty-five players will finish their rounds Saturday
morning before the cut line is determined.
Trainer finished off a 5-under 65 for his first round, then
posted the same score for round two. He leads Kevin Tway (67-64)
by one shot.
Trainer went without a bogey in his second round, though he said
Memorial Park Golf Course has been challenging.
"Inevitably you're going to have 5-, 10-footers for par, and
that happened to me on several occasions today, and I was able
to make them, but we'll see in the long run, hopefully I can
keep that up," Trainer said.
Trainer has one career victory on tour but had been slumping. He
made just six cuts in 49 combined starts the past two seasons
and opened this season with five missed cuts in a row.
"It is demoralizing when you keep missing cuts over and over
again," Trainer said. "On Tour obviously it's tough to even
compete and make a cut, let alone, you know, get to the top of
the leaderboard.
"It's been tough at times for me the last couple years not
playing well, but now that I figured out a little bit of
ball-striking, dropped some putts, it really can turn around
that quickly. So I'm just grateful that that's happening to me
this week and hopefully I'll keep it going."
Scottie Scheffler set a course record with an 8-under 62,
featuring nine birdies against a lone bogey. His highlights
included a birdie putt of almost 25 feet at No. 6 and a chip-in
birdie from off the green at the par-3 11th, though his iron
play helped him set up six made birdie putts from inside 8 feet.
His round pushed him to 6 under for the tournament, good for a
tie for fifth.
"Yesterday I was playing out of the rough most of the time, so
it was just nice getting the ball out there in play, give myself
some opportunities," Scheffler said. "This golf course can be
pretty challenging from the bermuda (grass) rough, and you've
got to hit the ball in play."
Jason Kokrak made six birdies through his first 10 holes and
finished No. 11 before play was suspended. He stood at 8 under,
alone in third.
Adam Long fired a bogey-free 67 Friday to move to 7 under and
sole possession of fourth. Kramer Hickok (67) and Adam Schenk
(64) are tied with Scheffler for fifth.
After an opening-round 70, Lee Westwood of England was 12 over
through 16 holes when the horn sounded. He was done in by a
triple-bogey at the par-5 eighth and a double-bogey on the par-3
ninth.
--Field Level Media
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