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SPORTS Saturday 19 auguSt 2017

Armour, Simpson share 2nd-round lead in Wyndham Championship

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP)
— Ryan Armour shot a ca-
reer-best 9-under 61 on Fri-
day for a share of the lead
with Webb Simpson after
two rounds at the Wynd-
ham Championship.
Armour and Simpson were
at 13-under 127 halfway
through the PGA Tour’s fi-
nal event of the regular
season. Simpson shot a 64.
Henrik Stenson was a
stroke behind them after
a 66. Ollie Schniederjans
and Vaughn Taylor and
were 11.
Schniederjans shot 63, Tay-
lor had a 66.
First-round leader Matt Ev-
ery followed his 61 with a
72 to slip six strokes off the
lead.
The field at Sedgefield
Country Club is once
again full of players trying
to force their way off the
bubble and qualify for the
postseason.
The top 125 players on
the points list earn berths
at The Northern Trust next
week in New York. Ryan Armour lines up a putt on the ninth hole during the second round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro,
At No. 187 on the list, Ar- N.C., Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Associated Press
mour isn’t even close to
the bubble. His round was two strokes golfers behind me,” Simp- continue making birdies using a 5-iron to hole out
“Could turn your life better than his previous son said. and giving myself birdie his 215-yard second shot
around,” Armour said. “I best of 63 nine years ago “I got to keep the hammer chances. It’s a low scoring from the right fairway.
had some goals at the in Milwaukee. down.” golf course ... keep it go- It was the first double-
beginning of the week. I Simpson, a North Carolina Stenson, who started on ing.” eagle at the tournament
knew where I stood and, native who won here in the back nine, offset his Among bubble play- since Fabian Gomez had
you know, right now the 2011 and named his third lone bogey of the round ers, No. 125 Geoff Ogilvy one on No. 15 in 2011.
goals are attainable.” child Wyndham, put him- — he missed a 15-foot par played his way to the “I had a bunch of family
The 41-year-old who has self in position to contend putt on the par-4 18th — weekend late in his round. that’s up by the green and
yet to win on tour and has for his first victory since with three birdies during He had birdies on five of they started going banan-
bounced between the big 2014. the four-hole span be- his final six holes to move as,” Wagner said. “Pretty
tour and the Web.com He had four birdies on the tween Nos. 4-7. to 4 under for the tourna- clear it had gone in.”
Tour throughout his 14- first six holes of his back “The game plan is there,” ment — good enough to Wagner shot a 64 to move
year professional career, nine, pulling even with Ar- he said. help him beat the cut line to 9 under.
had nine birdies — five on mour at 13 under after his “I got the set-up in the bag of 3 under. Some others weren’t so
his first nine holes, then four birdie on the par-5 15th. to give me those numbers And No. 141 Johnson Wag- fortunate: No. 126 Daniel
in a row on Nos. 5-8 — to “Keep making birdies, stay off the tee that we need ner had the shot of the Summerhays was at even
quickly climb the leader- aggressive and know that and it’s just about going tournament so far, with an par while No. 126 Camer-
board. there’s plenty of good out there and playing, albatross on the par-5 fifth, on Tringale was 1 under.q