TRUCKEE, Calif. — Mac Meissner had eight birdies in a 16-point second spherical Friday to take the lead within the Barracuda Championship, the one PGA Tour occasion that makes use of the modified Stableford scoring system.
Making his twenty third PGA Tour begin, Meissner birdied 5 of his first seven holes and capped the spherical with a 17-foot birdie putt on the par-4 ninth on Tahoe Mountain Membership’s Outdated Greenwood format.
“I’ve pushed it effectively,” mentioned Meissner, the 25-year-old former SMU participant. “Taken benefit of loads of good iron photographs. It was good to see a few putts fall at the moment. It has been irritating the final month or so.”
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Meissner had 26 factors total for a one-point lead over J.J. Spaun, with gamers receiving eight factors for a double eagle, 5 for eagle and two for birdie. A degree is deducted for bogey and three for double bogey.
“I feel it means that you can be a bit bit extra aggressive simply due to birdies are value greater than a bogey hurts you,” Meissner mentioned. “I positively have been a bit bit extra aggressive to tucked pins than I most likely would usually be on a Friday or coming into the weekend.”
Spaun had a 13-point day. He received the 2022 Texas Open for his solely PGA Tour title.
“Type of stored the ball in entrance of me, not too many errors,” Spaun mentioned. “Made loads of good putts once I wanted to. Simply type of stayed out of bother.”
Canadian Taylor Pendrith, Sean O’Hair and Chan Kim had 24 factors, yet one more than Max Greyserman and S.H. Kim.
Pendrith — at No. 36, the highest-ranked participant within the FedEx Cup standings within the discipline — received at Colonial in Might for his first PGA Tour title.
“I really feel recent. I’ve had two weeks off,” Pendrith mentioned. “Got here right here, did not actually do loads of prep. The thoughts is feeling refreshed.”
The 42-year-old O’Hair received the final of his 4 PGA Tour titles in 2011. He is making his eighth begin of the season.
“My alternatives are type of far and few between, so I’ve to type of make the most of each alternative potential,” O’Hair mentioned.
First-round chief Ben Silverman tumbled right into a tie for thirty fourth with 16 factors, dropping three factors within the spherical. Enjoying within the ultimate group of the time off the primary tee, the Canadian had 5 bogeys and one birdie.
With three weeks left within the FedEx Cup common season, Meissner is 103rd, Spaun 151st, O’Hair 185th and Kim 96th. The highest 70 will advance to the playoffs.
