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Jack Nicklaus joined the booth at the Memorial Tournament on Friday and listened to at least one player complain about the golf course he designed before laughing it off and saying that player (Jason Day) might be right about the hole he demurred. In other words, a very normal day on the PGA Tour.
Justin Suh leads by two at Muirfield Village after two rounds, but he’s surrounded by players he probably doesn’t want to be. Rory McIlroy bounced back, as did Patrick Cantlay, and Hideki Matsuyama shot the round of the day, Jon Rahm and Rickie Fowler got in the mix, while Jordan Spieth, Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele are all a bit further back.
In other words for Suh: Uh oh.
The Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year was awesome on Friday, though, tying for the second-best round of the day with a 6-under 66 that got him one clear of Matsuyama. We’ll take a closer look at his round, his lead and what could happen over the next 36.
The leader
1. Justin Suh (-8): Suh has been playing solid golf of late with top 10s at the Honda Classic and Players Championship, plus a good showing at the PGA a few weeks ago. There are two problems for him, though. The first is the group of players who have gathered behind him, and the other is that he’s done most of his damage on the greens at a clip that’s unsustainable. “I don’t think anyone is expecting to gain seven strokes [putting] off two days,” he said.
Still, he’s a good player with a tremendous pedigree who has the stuff to close out even the best in the world. He said he’s learned from his previous 36-hole leads, one of which came at the Honda Classic in March when he finished T5.
“I would say the pace is a little bit faster than a Thursday, Friday round,” said Suh. “Obviously, on the weekend you’re playing faster because it’s twosomes. But I think when you’re in the moment and you’re playing up in the leaderboard, things are moving faster. I…
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