GREENSBORO, N.C. — Needing a victory to maintain his FedEx Cup playoffs streak alive, Matt Kuchar shot his second straight 6-under 64 on Saturday to take the second-round lead within the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship.
Kuchar is the one participant to succeed in each postseason in FedEx Cup historical past. The highest 70 will qualify for the playoff opener subsequent week in Tennessee, with the 46-year-old Kuchar 113th – and the late Grayson Murray nonetheless on the checklist at 57th.
“Definitely been a irritating 12 months, however I really feel just like the bar’s been set excessive,” Kuchar mentioned. “I really feel like I performed a whole lot of good golf, constant golf for a very long time. Makes the, I suppose, poor golf that rather more irritating.”
The nine-time tour winner was going through a 36-hole Sunday at Sedgefield Nation Membership within the occasion washed out by rain Thursday and delayed Friday and Saturday. Twenty gamers have been unable to complete play Saturday.
“I’ve received some built-in confidence understanding {that a} month or two in the past once I was down on the U.S. Open qualifying, did 36 holes on the Bear’s Membership, was medalist down there,” Kuchar mentioned. “Capable of stroll 36 within the warmth and humidity with out an excessive amount of downside.”
With gamers allowed to raise, clear and place their golf balls within the fairways due to the moist circumstances, Kuchar moved up the leaderboard with late birdies on Nos. 5-7.
“This Bermuda tough is nasty, don’t want any a part of it,” Kuchar mentioned. “When it is dry, it is no enjoyable. When it is moist, it is actually no enjoyable. I stayed out of it a great bit and I used to be capable of get the golf ball in my hand, tee it up principally and have the ability to attempt to be pretty aggressive with the iron photographs.”
Max Greyserman was a stroke again together with Cameron Younger and Chad Ramey. Greyserman shot 60, leaving a 50-foot birdie putt 2 ft brief on the ultimate gap.
“Hopefully, extra birdies fall tomorrow,” Greyserman “It should be 36 holes, so simply preserve plodding alongside, keep affected person and preserve attacking.”
The 29-year-old former Duke participant opened with 5 straight birdies, had 4 in a row on Nos. 12-15 and made a 25-footer on the par-3 seventeenth. Second two weeks in the past in Minnesota, he was the second participant in two days to go to the 18th gap needing a birdie to shoot 59.
On Friday, Beau Hossler parred the ultimate three holes in a 60. There have been 14 sub-60 rounds in PGA Tour historical past, with Brandt Snedeker taking pictures 59 at Sedgefield in his 2018 victory.
Younger had two eagles and a double bogey in a 62.
“It is simply a kind of issues that you understand you are going to be drained, however who cares actually how you are feeling on Monday,” the previous Wake Forest participant mentioned.
Ramey had a 64.
“I’ll go see the physio guys and would possibly go do an ice tub after which simply relaxation as a result of I do know tomorrow’s going to be a protracted one,” Ramey mentioned.
Hossler shot 70, leaving him two strokes again with Aaron Rai (65) and Billy Horschel (68).
Jordan Spieth, at No. 62 in standings, missed the lower with rounds of 67 and 71. He was taking part in the occasion for the primary time since 2020.
