Zalatoris sails into PGA Championship lead while others blown off course

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It was smooth sailing for Will Zalatoris at the PGA Championship on Friday, taking the second round lead after whipping winds at Southern Hills Country Club left many major hopes in tatters.

On a far from perfect day for golf Zalatoris took full advantage of improving conditions late in the round to return an error free five-under 65 to sit one clear of little known Chilean Mito Pereira with a midway total of nine-under 131.

Pereira, playing in just his second major, also benefited from a late start, carding a 64 to get to eight-under and move two ahead of Justin Thomas, who was out early and spent much of his round battling gusting winds on way to 67. Faced with gusts of up to 40 mph morning starters were left cursing their luck as they watched shots sail wide and long, while the afternoon groups enjoyed improving conditions that allowed them to attack pins.

Pereira, though, is an outright golfing mystery man. His only other major appearance came at the 2019 U.S. Open where he missed the cut. That battle seemed over when a double bogey at the par three 11th sent him to five-over but as always Woods refused to wave the white flag,

 

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