Now both of them need to worry about making the cut.
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“The wind tends to blow out of one direction”, said Chappell, who leads Freddie Jacobson and Kevin Kisner by a stroke at 11 under.
Herman, Stanley, Chappell, Stallings and Kim all carded six-under 66s on the Plantation Course while Overton and Hoge returned six-under 64s on the Seaside Course.
However, he has a lot of experience at the Seaside Course at Sea Island which was the site of the SEC championship when he and the rest of his team from the University of Georgia won the title.
Kisner had done everything but win this year. He has lost in a playoff three times – to Jim Furyk at Hilton Head, to Rickie Fowler at The Players Championship and in a four-man playoff at The Greenbrier Classic – and he was runner-up at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai two weeks ago. “He’s good at leaving me alone when I need to be left alone”.
Davis Love III, the tournament host, looked as if he might have more time on his hands the final two rounds with a double bogey at No. 13, his fourth hole.
Having led going into Friday’s second round, Kevin Kisner went round in three under after also dropping a shot at 12.
That’s a help. But it might have been a burden. Both birdied the opening hole. “I thought I could play better than I did”.
Chappell was trying to make sure his bunker shot reached the back of the green for a chance at birdie.
Stewart Cink, in his 499th career PGA Tour event, shot 67 at Plantation.
Marc Turnesa and Champions Tour players Joe Durant and Kevin Sutherland had 68s at Spyglass Hill, and Michael Schoolcraft, a 2014 Oklahoma graduate and a current mini-tour player, had a 68 at Spanish Bay.
It is rare for fathers and sons to play together on the PGA Tour. The RSM Classic got that and more. He recovered with a pair of birdies on the par 5s, two more birdies on the front nine and a 70 at Plantation that allowed him to make the cut on the number at 2-under 140. The average score at Plantation was 69.8 for a par 72. “Hopefully tomorrow’s set-up at Seaside is OK with the big winds that are forecast”.
Chappell is featuring in just his fourth event on the PGA Tour this season and remains in the hunt for a maiden tournament triumph. And he had another goal.
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“I didn’t beat him today”, the son said.
