Wells Fargo Championship 2022 standings: Days extend into Round 2 lead as Fowler, McIlroy drop their pace
TPC Potomac returns on Friday, as weather is a major storyline in round two of the Wells Fargo Championship. With a steady stream of heavy downpours in the area, the players struggled to navigate the soggy, rough, wet course and the mental stress that inevitably comes from playing in such conditions. Par 70 is averaging almost three strokes on the day, a far cry from the subpar average at which players surrendered in the opening round.
For the second day in a row, the afternoon players received a favorable draw with the bag of no rain in the late wave. Keegan Bradley rose to the top of the standings late with 5 under 65, but for much of Friday it looked like the low rounds would come from the morning courtesy of Chad Ramey, Luke List and Max Homa.
With each contracted for rounds 4 under 66, all three now have enough slots to chase Jason Day over the weekend. Day hasn’t lifted a trophy since he won the Wells Fargo 2018 championship, and while his shot appears to be in a relaxed state, there are questions surrounding how he will react. later in this tournament. The short men from the morning wave will have no problem, as they proved capable on Sunday when all three owned wins this season.
Leader
Jason Day (-10): Day’s second round with 3 under 67 is almost as impressive as his record of almost 7 under 63 on Thursday. Despite the cold rainy conditions of Potomac, Maryland, the Australian controlled and played nine fronts (nine backs) at TPC Potomac flawlessly. Rarely missing a shot, the former world No. 1 has won more than five shots on the field and is in control towards a rainy weekend.
“It’s great to get to this round in such conditions,” Day said. “All the work that I’ve done in the off-season, the holiday weeks, it’s starting to show a lot of signs, and I’m finding a lot of faith in that hit. Every now and then it falls in. Some of the old stuff, but it’s important to me not to panic and just step back a little bit and review my footage and try to believe in the best I can. can do it, hopefully I’m somewhere, If not leading, come on Sunday.”
Other candidates
2. Max Homa (-7)
T3. Luke List, James Hahn, Kurt Kitayama, Denny McCarthy (-6)
T7. Chad Ramey, Brian Harman, Keegan Bradley (-5)
Are we sure this edition of the Wells Fargo Championship is not being held at Quail Hollow Golf Club? Not only did Day win the typical tournament host, but so did Hahn and Homa. Another course that requires a strong presence, if one were to blindly look at the leaderboards, they would not have the faintest clue TPC Potomac is this week’s venue.
Day, Homa, List and Kitayama were above average for driving distances on the PGA Tour, while Hahn and McCarthy relied on accuracy. These days, I tend to favor players with strength, and even more so with wet conditions that effectively make the fairway wider. That’s not to say McCarthy and Hahn won’t hold out, but their path to victory is a lot narrower than that of others near the top.
McCarthy continues to be suspended
No one told McCarthy that the TPC Potomac was supposed to be a striker’s paradise. As one of the best hitters on the PGA Tour, the Maryland-born player continues to cheer his hometown audience on as much as he stays in touch with the leaders throughout the halfway point of the Wells Fargo Championship. . Thursday on hit hit, if McCarthy’s scoring clubs come to his aid in his final 36 holes, this week will most likely have an ending story.
“Obviously that would be great,” McCarthy said. “But I’m having a very good mindset about the course right now, where I think once I get on the course – even today it sucks – it’s still great to be in this position where I know myself. I’m heading to the top and I feel comfortable doing it. So I’m excited for the weekend.”
Rickie, Rory and Wolff lost their land
T18. Rickie Fowler (-2): The forgotten man in his trilogy, Fowler was unable to keep up with his competitors, Day and Homa. Going home with 3 over, the pitcher missed the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship winner in the inning while he dropped 2 under for the week. However, there was a lot of good to take advantage of from Fowler’s performance in the first two days, and even better, he was just five strokes behind second place.
T18. Matthew Wolff (-2): Wolff’s day could have turned sour after opening the second half with a donkey. He would add two more to the scorecard, but the 23-year-old continued to show determination and eventually made it through at the weekend. At the under-2, he’s currently in the top 20 and could make his short-listed best finish on the PGA Tour in 2022.
T50. Rory McIlroy (E): Wet conditions in the Washington DC area have treated McIlroy well in the past, but not today, Northern Irish people have struggled hard. Into the third half, McIlroy battled a missed tee shot, an inevitability at TPC Potomac, and was unable to muster anything special in his home half as he solved the challenge. decided a 3 on 73 innings to make a cut in numbers.
Tweet of the day
Joel Dahmen was in the right place for Friday’s start at TPC Potomac, and after a par-4 14 eagle strike, he was 9 under. To take the lead at the right time, the 34-year-old advanced well into late tee time on Saturday before a disastrous 10 holes to end his second round. Playing this final stretch with 8 more, Dahmen tumbled down the leaderboard and threatened to miss out on the weekend altogether. After his caddy round, Geno Bonnalie – a must follow on Twitter – shared this.
Updated odds and selections
Here are the new odds after 36 holes, provided by Caesars Sportsbook.
- Jason’s Day: 4/4
- Homa max: 11/2
- Keegan Bradley: 14-1
- Matt Fitzpatrick: 16-1
- Denny McCarthy: 16-1
- Luke List: 18-1
- Brian Harman: 18-1
- Tyrrell Hatton: 22-1
Do you trust Jason Day or not? That is the question that one must answer before placing a bet. If you’re not, like me, the options are plentiful, and yesterday’s inclusion of Homa and Fitzpatrick gives way to some further aggression on the odds. I still believe in Abraham Ancer, who is listed at 35-1, but someone with Tony Finau’s firepower at 2 under could make for an interesting 55-1 match.
