Field Level Media
25 Mar 2023, 13:40 GMT+10
England's Matt Wallace closed the second round of the Corales Puntacana Championship with three birdies on Friday to take a one-shot lead in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Wallace recorded a 6-under-par 66 at the Corales Golf Course to move to 11-under 133 at the PGA Tour event's midpoint.
Sam Stevens and Wyndham Clark each shot 65 on Friday to leave them one stroke behind Wallace.
Akshay Bhatia (second-round 63), Tyler Duncan (65), Brice Garnett (70) and Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard (65) are tied for fourth at 8 under. Brandon Matthews (67) and Puerto Rico's Rafael Campos (65) share eighth place at 7 under.
Wallace had three birdies and 12 pars through 15 holes before adding another three birdies to move in front.
"Nice, nice day," Wallace said. "I hit it probably a little bit better than yesterday, so didn't think that was possible but it's nice to have that in the bank now and confidence has grown."
Wallace, 32, has four career European Tour wins but none on the U.S.-based PGA Tour.
Looking ahead to the weekend, he said, "I want to just keep playing the way I'm playing, doesn't matter where I am on the leaderboard. ... If we're at the top of the leaderboard ... I want to keep pushing and playing really good golf and see where that puts me because then I know what my levels are."
Stevens carded eight birdies and a bogey, while Clark had five birdies and an eagle on the par-5 fourth hole.
Defending champion Chad Ramey of the United States withdrew from the tournament due to a back injury after shooting a 71 on Thursday.
--Field Level Media
Get a daily dose of Irish Sun news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Irish Sun.
More InformationWASHINGTON, DC - Within hours of blocking a UN Security Council resolution from demanding a ceasefire in the current Mideast ...
WASHINGTON D.C.: In a sign of the challenges ahead for his 2024 re-election bid, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that ...
Israel has acknowledged and thanked the United States and President Joe Biden for standing firmly by Israel's side at the ...
NEW YORK: This week, New York City officials said that one person was killed and six others were injured when ...
NEW YORK, New York - The United Kingdom refrained from supporting demands for a ceasefire in the two-months long Israel-Gaza ...
NEW YORK, New York - The U.S. was alone on Friday in a 13-1 vote for a ceasefire in the ...
DUBLIN, Ireland: The latest Balance for Better Business report has revealed that women now hold 39 percent of board positions ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium: To address power shortages at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, last week, the European Commission announced plans to ...
© Provided by Xinhua In the past year, over 1.59 million vehicles crossed the Halogaland Bridge. The daily average of ...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 10 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephonic conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin ...
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Economic nationalism will play an important role in the journey to a developed India, ...
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Singapore High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong, shared some pictures from the Hornbill festival ...