TOUR Championship 2023, East Lake GC, Atlanta, GA, 24-27 August. Day Two
Collin Morikawa breaks 36 hole record set by Tiger Woods; shares halfway lead with Viktor Hovland
From AP, by Doug Ferguson:
ATLANTA (AP) — One bad shot during practice led to Collin Morikawa spending two hours looking for a fix. And now he has a scoring record at East Lake that previously belonged to Tiger Woods.
Morikawa followed his 61 with another clean card for a 6-under 64 on Friday in the Tour Championship, giving him the lowest 36-hole score at East Lake and a share of the lead with Viktor Hovland going into the weekend of the FedEx Cup finale. Read more
From ESPN, by Mark Schlabach:
ATLANTA -- After squandering a big lead in the opening round of the Tour Championship, world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler bounced back in a big way Friday at East Lake Golf Club, and once again finds himself chasing Norway's Viktor Hovland on the weekend.
Hovland and two-time major champion Collin Morikawa posted 6-under 64s on Friday and have a 2-stroke lead at 16 under after 36 holes. Morikawa started the tournament at 1 under in staggered scoring, and his 15-under total of 125 set the 36-hole record for the Tour Championship. It's two strokes better than Tiger Woods' half-way total of 127 in 2007. Read more
From France 24, by AFP:
World number five Hovland who won last week's BMW Championship, and two-time major winner Morikawa each fired a six-under par 64 to stand on 16-under after 36 holes at East Lake in Atlanta.
"I just started to hit my approach shots a little bit closer than I did on the front nine, started making some putts," Hovland said of his closing run.
Morikawa closed with back-to-back birdies. Read more
From BBC Sport:
Viktor Hovland made four birdies in a row during his back nine to end the second day of the Tour Championship in Atlanta level at the top of the leaderboard with Collin Morikawa.
Both players carded six-under 64s on Friday at the season-ending event to move to 16 under par. Read more
From Sky Sports, by Ali Stafford:
Viktor Hovland produced a back-nine birdie burst to share the halfway lead with Collin Morikawa at the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship. Read more
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