Aaron Rai continued his strong performance at the Cognizant Classic, while Sudarshan Yellamaraju secured his spot for the weekend rounds in this exciting PGA Tour event.
Key Points
- Aaron Rai remains in the Top-10 at the Cognizant Classic after shooting 69-69.
- Sudarshan Yellamaraju makes the cut at the Cognizant Classic despite a second-round slip.
- Austin Smotherman leads the Cognizant Classic with a commanding 3-shot lead.
- Brooks Koepka rebounds with a 5-under 66 to make the cut at the Cognizant Classic.
Aaron Rai stayed in the Top-10 even as Sudarshan Yellamaraju slipped in the second round of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beach Gardens, United States.
Rai (69-69) was T-6 and Indo-Canadian Yellamaraju (68-72) as both safely made the weekend rounds.
First round leader Austin Smotherman (62-69) held a commanding 3-shot lead over Taylor Moore (67-67) who was second. Smotherman was 11-under and Moore was 8-under.
Rai had four birdies against two bogeys while Yellamaraju had five birdies on his second nine after dropping three bogeys and a triple bogey on the front nine.
Brooks Koepka shot a 5-under 66 on Friday, trimming eight shots from his opening round score and made the cut (74-66) at T-27.
Smotherman stayed red-hot, with a 55-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th among the highlights as he took a three-shot lead into the weekend.
Moore is second, solo at 8 under after his second consecutive 67. A.J Ewart (64, the round of the day) is at 7 under, tied for third with Nico Echavarria (72).
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