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Saturday 11 May 2019

RBI 2K

Sung Kang reacts after sinking
a putt on the 18th green during
the second round of the Byron
Nelson golf tournament at
Trinity Forest on Friday, May
10, 2019, in Dallas.
Associated Press
Sung Kang

matches

course with

61 to take

Byron Nelson

lead

By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
DALLAS (AP) — Sung Kang
and his caddie did some
calculations on the driving
range before the second
round of the Byron Nelson
on an unseasonably cool
day with some breezy con-
ditions. “The biggest thing
was we needed to figure
how shorter the ball is go-
ing to fly,” Sung said. “So
we just trusted the num-
ber ... just hit it, and then
worked out good.” Albert Pujols collects 2,000th
Kang was pretty much right
on, matching the Trinity RBI with solo homer
Forest course record with
a 10-under 61 on Friday to
take the lead at 16 under. Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols tosses his bat after hit-
He led by four strokes over ting a solo home run in the third inning of a baseball game
playing partner Matt Every,
who had his second con- against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Thursday, May 9, 2019.
secutive round of 65, and The home run was his 2,000th career RBI.
Tyler Duncan (66). Associated Press
Brooks Koepka, the world’s Page 19
No. 3-ranked player who
goes to next week’s PGA
Championship as defend-
ing champion, was fourth
at 11 under after a 66.

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