Houston Open: Scottie Scheffler strikes the record of the course 62 to lead from one shot

Rory Mcilroy killed her last three holes to squeeze inside the cutting line projected in the second round of The Houston Open while Scottie Scheffler World Scottie Scheffler has opened an advantage with a taste with a record of course 62.

Scheffler has fixed the rhythm with eight birds and no trolley to switch to 11 on par for the tournament, enjoying the best of the first conditions of the Memorial Park before the thunderstorms mean that the game was suspended.

The Canadian Taylor Pendrith is a shot out of 10 under the Colombian Nico Echavarria, which was nine below for the day but in front of a chip from the edge of the greenery on the 17th to save the peer when the bad light stopped the game.

Mcilroy scored a 66 to end up for four for the day and the tournament, while Danny Willett and Matt Wallace in England are both out of two below, a shot outside the current projected cutting line.

They were among those who are waiting for the completion of the second round, which should resume at 13:30 GMT on Saturday, to see if they would play during the weekend.

Mcilroy did not have such concerns, however, after sinking a series of intelligent putts in his late run of birds.

The turn of the Northern Ireland player was interrupted for two hours while the thunderstorms passed and the darkness was falling when his finite.

It was an improvement in a level level opening round that described how “pedestrian”But still slipped beyond the rhythm, seven shots behind the leader Scheffler.

“I pierced a pair of puts,” Mcilroy said. “It was all. It was nice to see a pair of putting to enter and finish.

“In the end it was a little risky. It’s nice to finish the way I did.”

In the meantime, Scheffler has published his best round since he returned from a hand -suffering injury suffered during Christmas.

He remains without Bogey for his first 36 holes, loading his front after building on a three-toer 67 opening, while heating up for the defense of his title of the United States Masters in April.

“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.”