The difficult weather conditions in which the participants in the Bermudas Championship met this Friday on the second day of this North American PGA Tour tournament, they did not prevent a veteran like Fred Funk, 64, managed to make the cut with a total of 141 strokes and one under par (69 the first day and 72 the second), to finish tied for 36th place with 11 other players.
A remarkable performance that of Funk, as he is only the fourth player since 1970 to make it past the cut of a PGA tournament at this age or older after the illustrious Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead Y Tom Watson. “It feels good to know that it can be achieved,” he explained after his performance. Funk, who participates in this tournament with his son Taylor, who however did not make the cut.
Americans Wyndham Clark Y Ryan ArmorBoth with eight shots under par, they share the lead after the difficult second round in Southampton (Bermuda) with a lot of wind, which made some players unable to finish due to lack of light.
Clark Y Armor they add a total of 134 strokes and lead their compatriot by one Kramer Hickok, third with one more. ClarkThe 26-year-old and 183rd in the world, whose best finish in a PGA tournament is fifth, turned over a score of 68 that included one eagle and three birdies, but also two bogeys.
“I’m pretty happy with the way I played, I hit the ball well, I made the right putts and I was patient, it was a difficult day,” he said. Clark at the end of the day, after which he shares the leadership with Armor, 44, the world number 217, who delivered a 70-stroke card after starting well with three birdies, but then chained three bogeys, before falling below par thanks to another birdie on the penultimate hole.
“I liked the challenge that the day presented to us. We couldn’t judge the distances very well because depending on the wind, the balls would go 20 meters to the left or to the right of what we wanted ”, he explained Armor, who has a single track win, at Sanderson Farms in 2017.
Classification 2ª day (par 71):
1. Ryan Armour (USA) -8 (64-70)
. Wyndham Clark (USA) -8 (66-68)
3. Kramer Hickok (USA) -7 (67-68)
4. Doc Redman (USA) -6 (65-71)
. Ollie Schniederjans (USA) -6 (66-70)
6. Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) -5 (71-66)
. Luke Donald (ENG) -5 (69-68)
. Peter Malnati (USA) -5 (63-74)
. Denny McCarthy (USA) -5 (70-67)
. Scott Piercy (USA) -5 (67-70)
. Roger Sloan (CAN) -5 (67-70)
