Jason Day of Australia tees off on the 13th hole during the second round of the 2016 RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Friday. If the tournament comes down to the wire and Day is still in it, though, it would be hard to choose against the No. 1 golfer in the world.
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Watson hasn’t won on the tour since 2011.
“Obviously I can’t do anything about it now, I’ve just got to improve on it tomorrow and see how it goes”.
Indeed Chappell carded a four-over 75 that included two double-bogeys on the back nine to fall five shots off the pace. Third-round leader Katie Burnett (70) and In Gee Chun (67) tied for second. I may be a little exhausted, I may be a little bit mentally worn out, but it’s not an excuse.
“I need to go out there and play a round like I did today, not play defensive, try and make some birdies and hopefully shoot three or four under and hopefully that will be enough”.
“I was talking to Brandt (in Round 2) about it and (the Masters) beat us up, it really did”, Day said. You feel a little bit more of a comfort level and even though they did a little restoration to this place (on the greens), it’s pretty much the same golf course.Bryson DeChambeau shot a two-under 69 in his second round since turning professional earlier in the week.
Kim bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes to drop back. The Englishman has finished second four times and third twice in the past eight events here. Three of the birdies came on the first five holes.
A year ago at Ko Olina, she won by holing out from 154 yards for eagle on the first hole of a playoff with Inbee Park.
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who collided with teammate Kimi Raikkonen at the first corner, finished second, 37.7 seconds behind Rosberg, while Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat used an aggressive race strategy to take third – only the second podium of the 21-year-old’s career.
At Duluth, Georgia, Wes Short Jr. shot a 5-under 67 in the PGA Tour Champions’ Mitsubishi Electric Classic to take a lead into the final round for the first time in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. He is tied for 14th at two-under.
A week after making his final appearance in the Masters, the 66-year-old Watson is trying to become the oldest victor on the 50-and-over tour. He took the 2014 Quebec Championship for his only PGA Tour Champions victory.
Lorenzo-Vera had a 1-over 214 total at Valderrama.
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Andrew Johnston of England shot 74 and is two shots behind Larrazabal.
