Scotland’s Robert McIntyre leads midway by means of the Canadian Open as Rory McIlroy’s Friday disappoints.
McIntyre adopted up Thursday’s 64 with a 66 to put up a 10-under par and take the lead at Hamilton Golf and Nation Membership, earlier than New Zealand’s Ryan Fox matched the identical complete when he shot a six-under 70 within the second spherical.
The Ryder Cup winner, who has not but practiced bogey, is presently and not using a common caddy and his father flew out on Sunday to drive him this week.
“We had been going final and he stated, ‘I believe I might need to start out wage negotiations this week,'” McIntyre stated in his post-round interview.
“It is an expertise for each of us. He has performed a very good job to this point. It is good for each of us, it took my thoughts off golf.
“After the information final week (Grayson Murray’s demise), all the pieces is way more essential than the sport of golf. We’re human and I put my father on the bag and we’re simply making an attempt to take pleasure in it as a lot as potential as a result of we do not know the way for much longer we’ve it.
“There have been zero expectations as a result of there was lots happening this week. I got here in right here, put my dad on the bag and tried to play good golf, missed on the suitable facet, and to this point I’ve performed that.
“I had an opportunity all over the place I missed it and an opportunity to rise up and down. I am taking part in properly sufficient and I am proud of the primary two days. I am simply making an attempt to get into place for the weekend.”
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The lefty first hit a 12-foot birdie putt and added one other to achieve the par-5 fourth in two.
His sharp play on the again 9 produced two extra birdies after he reached 7 ft on the quick par-four twelfth after which went even nearer on the 422-yard fifteenth.
McIntyre could not reap the benefits of the par-five seventeenth after having to splash out of a fairway bunker, however he lastly bought up and right down to make par.
McIlroy dropped even additional to thirtieth after a disappointing second spherical by which he carded two-over 72s.
McIlroy, tied for twelfth on the PGA Championship, made only one birdie on Friday.
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