Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith fired a 10-under 62 in the second round of the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana. Blixt and Smith have a two-day total of 15-under and lead the team of Patrick Reed and Patrick Cantlay by one stroke after 36 holes.
There’s a tie for the third spot between the teams of K.J Choi-Charlie Wi and Troy Merritt-Robert Streb. Both are at 13-under-par.
Rounding out the top-5 is a logjam of six teams, including round one co-leaders Jordan Spieth and Ryan Palmer. The Texas duo fired a second-consecutive 66 and stands at 12-under, along with five other teams.
The final cut in New Orleans was 7-under, and several of the so-called ‘power teams’ will be flying out of Louisiana earlier than expected, including the teams of Henrik Stenson-Justin Rose (-6), Jason Day-Rickie Fowler (-5), and Daniel Berger-Thomas-Pieters (-4).
Top 10
1 Blixt/Smith -15
2 Reed/Cantlay -14
3 Choi/Wi -13
3 Merritt/Streb -13
5 Stuard/Stroud -12
5 Cejka/Kjeldsen -12
5 Hoffman/Watney -12
5 Spieth/Palmer -12
5 Schauffele/Ridings -12
5 Stanley/Ruffels -12
Notables
11 Dufner/Kizzire -11
14 Hoffmann/Villegas -10
14 Thomas/Cauley -10
14 Stricker/Kelly -10
23 Ogilvy/Poulter -9
23 Matsuyama/Tanihara -9
32 Watson/Holmes -7
32 Grace/Oosthuizen -7
CUT Rose/Stenson -6
CUT Day/Fowler -5
CUT Berger/Pieters -4
Round Two Highlights
Best ball brought plenty of low scores on Friday at the @Zurich_Classic.
? Roll the highlights ? pic.twitter.com/6gKlzbne3y
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 29, 2017
Quotables
“Jonas is playing really well at the moment. You know he’s going to make a birdie or par, so I’m just playing aggressive and letting it all fall into play.”
–Cameron Smith
“I think the format is a unique format. Missing the cut is not what we wanted, but walking away from this, I think they’re heading in the right direction with regards to a different format that adds more flavor to the PGA Tour.”
–Jason Day
Just a Tap-in
Just a tap in for @RickieFowler. pic.twitter.com/4zHrtrIf9V
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 28, 2017
Last Call
The PGA Tour issued a penalty for slow play for the first time since 1995 (Glen Day at the 1995 Honda Classic). Brian Campbell and Miguel Angel Carballo received a one-stroke penalty during the first round of foursomes (alternate shot).
