Jason Day and Min Woo Lee both fired seven-under 63s to be nine under after 36 holes in Texas, while Karl Vilips (65) and Adam Scott (66) are two strokes further back.<\/p>\n
“Today was really good,” Lee said.<\/p>\n
“Cleaned it up a little bit more and it was solid. Didn’t really do too much wrong, and yeah, a lot of good things. Maybe a couple things to still clean up, but it was cleaned up from yesterday so good step forward.”<\/p>\n
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They’re all chasing leader Gary Woodland (63) though, who’s 13 under and three clear of fellow American Jackson Suber (63) and Nicolai Hojgaard, after the Dane carded a 62 for best round of the day.<\/p>\n
Former world No.1s Day and Scott had bogey-free rounds, while Vilips dropped a shot at the first before draining six birdies.<\/p>\n
“You get conditions like this, guys are going to go low,” Day said.<\/p>\n
“Just a nice steady round of golf. Felt like I gave myself good opportunities on the greens … I holed a lot of bombs early on, which kind of I could get things moving.”<\/p>\n
Defending champion Lee enjoyed five birdies and an eagle on the par-5 16th after starting on the back nine on Friday (Saturday AEDT).<\/p>\n
“Yeah, 16 was a great hole. I hit a nice drive down there and had a 7-iron in, which was great,” Lee recounted.<\/p>\n
“Holed like a 35-footer down the hill left to right, which is nice. Always a bonus to hole long putts. And then yeah, on our 17th hole, eighth hole, it was a great putt, too. It just went around the back corner. I thought it would go into the side door but just crept over and missed. No, it was a great round.”<\/p>\n
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Woodland wasn’t dialled in off the tee, hitting only five fairways, but Memorial Park has enough room to let it fly and he was rarely out of position.<\/p>\n
The 2019 US Open champion, who is recovering from September 2023 brain surgery, finished off his round with a wedge to three feet on the par-5 16th, a 15-foot birdie on the 17th and a 12-foot birdie on the 18th.<\/p>\n
Compatriot Brooks Koepka, coming off a 75 marred by three double bogeys in the first round, had a triple bogey on the par-3 second and shot 69 to miss the cut for the second time since his return from LIV Golf.<\/p>\n
With AP.<\/p>\n