Scottie Scheffler produced a tee-to-green masterclass to leap high of the leaderboard on the midway stage of the Tiger Woods-hosted Hero World Problem within the Bahamas.
The world No 1 carded eight birdies in a superb bogey-free 64 at Albany Golf Resort, together with six within the opening seven holes, to maneuver to 13 below and prime place to assert a ninth worldwide victory of the 12 months.
Scheffler heads into the weekend two photographs away from Akshay Bhatia and Justin Thomas, who carded rounds of 66 and 67 respectively, with Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley 4 strokes off the place in fourth spot.
A profitable title defence would wrap up a particular 2024 for Scheffler, who has already gained the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Gamers, The Masters, RBC Heritage, Memorial Match, Vacationers Championship, Olympic gold and the Tour Championship this marketing campaign.
Scheffler the star man as soon as once more
Scheffler fired his strategy in shut on the par-four first and added a 10-foot birdie on the par-three subsequent, with the Masters champion benefiting from the par-five third and holing from 15 toes on the fourth to proceed his birdie streak.
The run quickly ended with a two-putt par on the fifth however he made amends with back-to-back birdies from the sixth, with Scheffler changing one other from eight toes on the par-five ninth to achieve the flip in 29.
Scheffler didn’t reap the benefits of each par-fives on the again 9 however did depart himself a tap-in birdie on the par-four 14th, though he missed a five-foot probability to increase his lead on the par-four final.
“I did a lot of good things,” Scheffler mentioned. “Front nine was really nice, obviously, and then the back nine I felt like I did some good things as well. Maybe a few things didn’t go my way, but still under par on the back, so overall a very solid day.”
Scottie Scheffler claimed a three-shot victory in 2023, having completed runner-up to Viktor Hovland the earlier two years
Bhatia made 4 birdies in a six-hole stretch from the seventh and cancelled out a bogey on the par-three eighth by making back-to-back positive aspects from the eleventh, with the American including one other birdie on the fifteenth and holing from 10 toes to avoid wasting par on the final to stay on 11 below.
He’s joined tied-second with Bhatia, who blended six birdies with a lone bogey on Friday, whereas Bradley made a run of three consecutive birdies throughout a bogey-free 67 to maneuver to 9 below.
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Sepp Straka shares fifth place with Sungjae Im and Ludvig Åberg, whereas Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre is within the group tied-tenth and eight strokes again after a second-round 71.
In a single day chief Cameron Younger can also be on 5 below, having carded six bogeys and a double-bogey in an eventful three-over 75 – 11 photographs worse than he had signed for on the opening day.
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