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Golf roundup: Snedeker 1 stoke back after tying record
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Brandt Snedeker tied the RBC Canadian Open record with a 10-under 60 as an early starter, and was one stroke behind co-leaders Matt Kuchar and Scott Brown after two rounds at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
Brown and Kuchar shot 7-under 63s in the afternoon on the hilly course with sloping greens and head into the weekend at 12 under.
Snedeker and Sweden’s Carl Pettersson are the only players to shoot 60 at the Canadian Open. Pettersson did it at St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto at 2010 en route to a victory. Greg Norman also had a round of 10-under 62 at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont., in 1986.
Nick Taylor shot a 5-under 65 and was tied with Snedeker at 11-under. Webb Simpson was another stroke back at 10-under after a second round 64.
Brooks Koepka, fresh off his PGA Championship win, followed an opening round 70 with a 4-under 66 and was a 4 under heading into the weekend.
Women’s Open champ keeps on rolling: Jeongeun Lee6 got right back to work after winning the U.S. Women’s Open last weekend.
Coming off her first major title, Lee6 shot an 8-under 63 to grab a share of the lead after the opening round in the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, N.J.
“I felt pretty relaxed on the course,” said Lee6. “I didn’t feel nervous. I think I did pretty good. I played it just like how I played it last week.”
Lee6 posted an eagle and nine birdies to go along with three bogeys. Her two-putt birdie at her last hole, the par-5 ninth, moved her into a tie for first place with Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand.
Lee6 said she was a little tired when she arrived at the Jersey Shore, but felt it was an advantage that the 54-hole ShopRite enabled her to get another day of rest.
“This tournament is only three rounds and so I got a couple of days off for me,” she said. “Then I’ve been balancing myself to make my physical and mental (condition) be stable. So I’ve just been working on that. And then also the weather was better than last week’s weather.”
It was sunny and breezy at the Bay Course at Seaview for much of the day before turning cloudy and cooler late.
Web.com Tour play suspended: The second round of the Web.com Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am at Thornblade Club in Greer. S.C., was suspended because of lightning with Washington native Steve Wheatcroft still on the course.
Wheatcroft played only four holes in the round but was at 1-under for the day. He is 2-under for the tournament and 12 shots behyind lead Kristoffer Ventura.