Xander Schauffele reacts after putting on the second green during the second round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Charlotte, North Carolina May 10, 2024. — Picture by Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports via ReutersWASHINGTON, May 11 — Fourth-ranked Xander Schauffele fired a four-under par 67 to seize a four-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship.
World number two Rory McIlroy and Australia’s Jason Day shared second on 135 with South Korean Im Sung-jae and American Taylor Moore on 136.The PGA Tour signature event, with a reduced field and no cut, is the last major tuneup for next week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla, where Schauffele hopes to win his first major title.Schauffele seeks his eighth career PGA Tour triumph this week. The 30-year-old American has not won since the 2022 Scottish Open.
Schauffele sank birdie putts from just outside seven feet at the fifth and eighth holes around a tap-in birdie at the par-5 seventh after reaching the green in two. McIlroy, a back-nine starter, sank a five-foot birdie putt at the 10th and pitched from greenside rough to within inches of the hole to set up another birdie at the par-5 15th.“It was solid,” McIlroy said. “I probably could have squeezed a couple more shots out of it but overall really pleased with my game. It has felt really under control the last two days.”Four-time major winner McIlroy is a three-time champion at Quail Hollow, with wins in 2010, 2015 and 2021.
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