Birdies late ensure that Rory Mcilroy makes a cut while Scottie Scheffler leads to Houston
Three late birds moved Rory mcilroy within the cutting line as Scottie Scheffler He linked the course record to take command to texas children Houston Open.
Mcilroy was out of the cut before three subsequent birds from the sixteenth raise him to four under-pars in one day interrupted by thunderstorms.
After a round interrupted by a two -hour arrest, Mcilroy ended with a 66 while the game in the second round was canceled for the day when the darkness fell.
This leaves him seven shots out of the rhythm established by the number one of the Scheffler world, who shot a 62 from eight under-pars to guide one from the Canadian Taylor Pendrith and the Colombian Nico Echavarria.
“I pierced a pair of puts,” Mcilroy said. “It was all. It was nice to see a pair of putting enter and end.
“In the end it was a little risky. It’s nice to finish the tour of the way I did.”
World The number a Scheffler has produced its best round since she returned from a hand injury suffered during the kitchen at Christmas while preparing to defend the title of the United States Masters.
Playing in front of the worst of time in the Memorial Park, Scheffler opened with two birds and lost only a green in the regulation while added six other birds and completed 36 holes without Bogey.
“It was important for me to stay patient out there,” said Scheffler. “It was nice to start well and keep the momentum and keep the card clean.”
Echavarria was nine under-pars for his round when the game ended with him on 17 and in front of a chip from the edge of the greenery to save the equal, after led to the water.
Australian min Woo Lee and Ryan Gerard were a shot further back on nine under-pars with the work to be done to complete their second round.
English duo Danny Willett And Matt Wallace were among those who waited for the third round of Saturday to see if they would play during the weekend.
They were in the Club House out of two under-pars, a blow out of the current cutting line.
