Australians Marc Leishman and Jason Day continued to lead the QBE Shootout golf tournament (in pairs) on Saturday in Florida and will attack Sunday’s final round 24 under par, three hits ahead of their closest pursuers.
The second round was played under the “greensome” system, in which the two players take turns hitting the same ball, and on Sunday it will be with the “four-ball” system, in which both players hit all the strokes and only hit each other. retains the best score of the two on each hole.
The Leishman / Day couple returned a 64-stroke card on Saturday as the best score of the day, 62, was from Americans Billy Horschel and Sam Burns, tied for second place with compatriots Kevin Na and Jason Kokrak with 64 (-21).
A total purse of $ 3.9 million will be distributed on Sunday after the third and final round.
– QBE Shootout classification after the second round played on Saturday at Tiburon field in Naples, Florida (par 72):
1. Marc Leishman/Jason Day (AUS) -24 (56-64)
2. Matt Kuchar/Harris English (USA) -21 (57-66)
. Billy Horschel / Sam Burns (USA) -21 (61-62)
. Kevin Na/Jason Kokrak (USA) -21 (59-64)
5. Graeme McDowell (NIR)/Corey Conners (CAN) -20 (57-67)
6. Bubba Watson/Lexi Thompson (USA) -19 (59-66)
7. Will Zalatoris/Sean O’Hair (USA) -17 (62-65)
. Kevin Kisner/Max Homa (USA) -17 (61-66)
9. Ian Poulter (ENG)/Charles Howell III (USA) -15 (61-68)
10. Brandt Snedeker (USA) / KH Lee (KOR) -14 (62-68)
. Ryan Palmer (USA) / Matt Jones (AUS) -14 (61-69)
12. Hudson Swafford/Brian Harman (USA) -13 (60-71)
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