Charley Hoffman, seeking a fifth US PGA Tour title at the age of 48, had 10 birdies in a nine-under-par 63 on Friday to share the halfway lead in the
Jon Rahm missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic.
Lower is now second behind only J.J. Spaun with one event left before signature-event exemptions are handed out.
Scores from the PGA Tour The American Express on Sunday -25 Sepp Straka (Austria) 65 64 64 70 -23 Justin Thomas (USA) 67 64 68 66 -22 Justin Lower (USA) 63 66 68 69 Jason Day (Australia) 64 66 67 69 -
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Leading scores after the second round of the PGA Tour's American Express tournament in La Quinta, California on Friday (USA unless stated; par-72):
Charley Hoffman and Rico Hoey both shot 9-under 63 on the Nicklaus Tournament Course to share the lead Friday after two rounds at The American Express.
Charley Hoffman won The American Express golf tournament, then the Bob Hope Classic, in January of 2007. That was four months before Blades Brown was born. On Friday, with the 17-year-old Brown playing his second round as a pro,
Charley Hoffman knows his time on the PGA Tour is ... Mark Hubbard and Sepp Straka. Jason Day and J.J. Spaun were 14 under. Hoffman is seeking his fifth victory while playing in the 517th event ...
The PGA Tour’s California swing continues with 156 players competing prior to the NFL’s conference championships.