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Davis Thompson closed with a birdie to grab an advance on the first row Scottie Scheffler with Rory McILroy three drifting after the second round of the PGA Genesis Invitational.
Thompson won his third shot in the 18th 18th 18th from the Par-5 to only 12 inches from the hole and typed for one per 66 of six sous and the head in solo.
The 25 -year -old American was out of eight under 136 after 36 holes in Torrey Pines near San Diego, where the event was moved from Riviera due to the damage of Los Angeles fires.
“It was great,” said Thompson. “I felt like I was putting myself in good position on the TEE. I went well at the start, I sorted out on the nine before. It was a kind of roller coaster on the nine rear.
“Finished strong … Tapping for Birdie at 18 is still good.”
Thompson, who only needed 23 putts in his round, seeks his second PGA title after winning the classic John Deere last July.
“This course is a little more difficult than where John Deere is,” said Thompson. “I drive it well. I have to use my driver. I hope I can put myself in a good position.”
Scheffler, whose start of the season was delayed by an injury in the right hand, pulled a 67 with three birdies and an eagle despite five of the 14 fairways in his sleeve. He reached 13 of the 18 green regulations and finished Bogey Libre.
“Much of this was missing on the right sides,” said Scheffler. “It is part of listening to rust because of being injured and that the short game continues to improve while I start playing more.
“It was really good to have a day when I felt like I did not play golf flawless but the dashboard was clean.”
The night leader Denny McCarthy pulled 70 to take third on 138, a blow in front of McILroy, a winner, a winner in Pebble Beach, who pulled a 67.
“I played well,” said McILroy. “I’m in a good place for the weekend.”
– ‘Ride the Wave’ –
Thompson made a 28-foot stewed putt in the second, then won his four-inch approach to the hole to install a fifth fifth and fifth-3-3 fifth in the eight feet.
He wrapped three sneakies in a row with a 26-foot chip from Roughs in the 11th par-3, a 40 yards from Fairway to the 12th 12th and an 11 feet putt in Par- 5 13th.
But Thompson missed green and made bogeys at 14 and 15, missing putts by five and seven feet, only to pour a steep putt just inside 27 feet in the 16th by 3 before his sink of fence of fence .
“Sometimes you have to somehow get on the wave,” said Thompson. “When you play a really hard golf course like this, you are going to face adversity. You just have to be able to bounce back and get on your own path and stick to your process.”
The reigning Olympic champion, Scheffler, a starter from Neu-Nine, made a 20-feet Birdie putt in the 13th par-5, Birdie from seven feet in the 18th par-5 and rolled in a breeze putt just Beyond 15 feet in the third par-3.
In the sixth by 5, Scheffler came out of a Greenside bunker for Eagle.
“I am quite satisfied with the way I have marked,” he said. “I was often out of position, but I did a good job to muscle shots up there on the green and get up and go down when I also needed it.”
JS / BB
