Canadian Corey Conners remained near the top of the leaderboard at the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Friday after shooting 66 for a second straight day in Kapalua, on the island of Maui (Hawaii).
With a cumulative minus-14, Conners finds himself from the same in third place, two shots behind the Japanese Hideki Matsuyama, who took the lead thanks to a second consecutive score of 65, and one behind the American Collin Morikawa.
Conners shares this third place with Americans Maverick McNealy and Tom Hoge, as well as Belgian Thomas Detry.
The Tournament of Champions, played on the fairways of Kapalua Plantation at the start of each PGA season for 27 years now, brings together the winners of the most recent calendar, as well as golfers who were among the 50 participants in the BMW Championship in the fall. last.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is conspicuous by his absence, having injured his right hand during the holiday period.
Conners is not the only Canadian representative who can aspire to victory; Taylor Pendrith Adam Hadwin, at 10 under each, are both in the thick of the race.
For his part, Nick Taylor fell further behind. He is 16 lengths behind Matsuyama at the end of the first two rounds.
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