Punta CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Wesley Bryan went from comfortably driving at the begin to requiring a huge wrap up at the conclusion Friday within the Corales Puntacana Championship, and he got each bit of that for a 6-under 66 to move back before Justin Lower.Bryan was tied for the lead within the morning when he come to the par-5 seventh gap to start his eagle-birdie-birdie wrap up. Lower, playing three bunches behind, did well to remain in extend with two birdies over the final three gaps for a 64.Bryan, playing on a support exception, was at 15-under 129 to set the 36-hole competition record by two shots. It moreover stamped Bryan’s individual best for 36 gaps.He feels he stole a birdie on the par-3 ninth, his last gap, with a 30-foot putt that had what he felt was 10 feet of break.“Putter is feeling great within the hands and hitting the ball decently well,” Bryan said. “And off the tee has been pleasant. Been a great couple of days.”It has been Alright for Lower, as well, who as of now is off to a great begin this season with a tie for third within the Mexico Open at Vidanta a month back.Lower had a career-best 10 birdies Friday, which tied the tournament record. He had many wobbles on his moment nine that moderated his advance. But he goes into the end of the week in a last blending with Bryan and a comfortable edge over everybody chasing them.Greyson Sigg twice ran off three birdies in a push for a 65 that cleared out him four shots behind Bryan. The bunch another shot back included Charge Haas, a previous FedExCup winner who has gone nine a long time since his final triumph.Haas’ career was moderated in 2018 when he was the traveler in a car driven by a companion, Stamp Gibello, that slammed along the winding Los Angeles boulevards close The Riviera Nation Club. Gibello was murdered within the crash.Haas hasn’t been very the same, and he is cheerful of a enormous week to reestablish certainty.“We all accept in ourselves, but at that point comes about is what impels us forward to having a great week the following week and the following week,” Haas said. “In case you keep having poor results, it’s beautiful simple to accept in that. So it would cruel a lot. It would fair be pleasant to have a strong end of the week and not go the other way.“I would love to shoot a great circular tomorrow and after that have a good front nine and after that all of a sudden look up on Sunday and be within the blend and after that see what happens.”Charley Hoffman, who misplaced in a playoff within the WM Phoenix Open in February, had a 68 and was within the bunch tied for fourth.Nicolai Højgaard, who briefly had the lead Saturday in his Masters debut, came down to the Dominican Republic and will be clearing out early. He missed the cut with rounds of 73-72.So did Kevin Chappell, but not some time recently taking off his stamp on the resort. Chappell made an gooney bird on the par-5 fourth gap, the fourth time this year a player made 2 on a standard 5. The others were Jake Knapp in The American Express, Shane Lowry at the Ranchers Protections Open and Robby Shelton at the Valspar Championship.
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