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SPORTS Saturday 21 april 2018
Zach Johnson rolling, shares Texas Open lead with Ryan Moore

6 feet short. But he made right in the middle."
that, and then holed a The birdies on the 14th and
similar putt from 8 feet for 15th were important to
birdie on the next hole and Moore because he missed
capped his good finish with a pair of 10-foot birdie tries
a 15-foot putt on the 17th. to start the back nine.
"That was a huge momen- "So it was nice to get those
tum putt there," Moore said and get going in the right
of the 14th. "It was a tough direction on the back," he
putt from down there with said.
a lot of wind. That green The cut was at 1-over 145,
is pretty exposed and ... and because 80 players
yeah, really short and com- made the cut, there will be
mitted to that second putt a 54-hole cut on Saturday.
really well and knocked it q

Zach Johnson eyes a putt Friday, April 20, 2018, during the second day of the Valero Texas Open
golf tournament at TPC San Antonio in San Antonio.
Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Zach Moore had three birdies Garcia finished at 2-over
Johnson was going no- over his last five holes for a 146 and missed the cut.
where in the Valero Texas 67 and joined Johnson at It was the first time since
Open when it all changed 9-under 135. 2010 that Garcia missed
with one putt. They had a one-shot lead the cut in successive starts.
He made an 8-foot par over Grayson Murray (69) That was the PGA Champi-
putt on the 13th hole of the and Andrew Landry (67). onship and, 10 weeks lat-
opening round to stay at 2 Ben Crane (66), Martin Laird er, the Castello Masters in
under. He followed with a (65) and David Hearn (68) Spain. This time, he missed
big drive, a hybrid into 12 were three shots behind. the cut in the Masters and
feet and an eagle. John- Billy Horschel and Keegan Texas Open three weeks
son was on his way, and Bradley shot 71 and were apart.
he kept right on going Fri- four shots behind at 5-un- Johnson, a two-time win-
day to a 7-under 65 and a der 139. ner of the Texas Open, ap-
share of the 36-hole lead Sergio Garcia, who con- peared to be headed to
with Ryan Moore. sulted Greg Norman on the a short week until the key
"You just never know. That's design of the AT&T Oaks par save on the 13th hole,
the beauty of this game," Course at the TPC San An- followed by his eagle, par
Johnson said. "I felt like I tonio, had a short stay in his and three straight bird-
was hitting some solid shots first time at the Texas Open ies. He began the second
and wasn't getting reward- since 2010. Garcia shot an round Friday with five bird-
ed, and you've just got to even-par 72, and at one ies in a six-hole stretch on
stay in it. You've got to per- point became so frustrated the back nine, a sixth birdie
severe, grind it out, fight for he threw his driver into the on the par-4 first hole, and
pars. You just never know." shrubs. then an eagle on the short
par-4 fifth when he holed
out from a greenside bun-
ker.
The only sour taste to his
second round was a three-
putt bogey from about 30
feet on his final hole. Even
so, the view was much bet-
ter than it was Thursday af-
ternoon.
Moore thought he had
wasted a good birdie op-
portunity on the par-5
14th hole when he left his
50-foot eagle putt about