Ryan Palmer joins three-way tie atop Byron Nelson leaderboard at midway stage | Golf Information

American Palmer is tied with England’s David Skinns – who carded a career-low 63 on Friday – and first-round chief, Sebastian Munoz of Colombia, who made PGA Tour historical past with an opening-round 60; watch AT&T Byron Nelson this week, reside on Sky Sports activities Golf

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Ryan Palmer shot the low rating of the second spherical, firing a 62 on Friday to hitch a three-way tie atop the 36-hole leaderboard on the AT&T Byron Nelson in Texas.

The 45-year-old American, who final received a person PGA occasion in 2010 on the Sony Open in Hawaii, was flawless in his 10-birdie, bogey-free efficiency that shot him as much as 15-under at TPC Craig Ranch.

In a area the place 19 gamers are at 10 beneath or higher by means of two rounds, Palmer is tied with England’s David Skinns – who carded a career-low 63 on Friday – and first-round chief, Sebastian Munoz of Colombia, who scored a 69 at some point after making PGA Tour historical past with a blistering 60 in his opening spherical.

Ryan Palmer waves on the crowd after his second spherical of 62 on the AT&T Byron Nelson

Tour rookie Justin Decrease sits in fourth, his greatest place after any profession spherical, one stroke again after a second-round 66. He’s adopted by South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel (65) at 13 beneath.

Three gamers are tied for sixth, a mere three strokes off the lead, Justin Spieth (65), Chile’s Joaquin Niemann (65) and the defending champion Okay.H. Lee (68) of South Korea.

Palmer, a local of Amarillo, Texas, started play on the again 9 and ignited with a six-birdie stretch over seven holes, beginning on the par-5 twelfth gap.

He completed with a flourish with one other 4 birdies on the entrance, holes 3, 5 and 6, in addition to his closing one of many day at 9. The spherical was one off his profession greatest (61 within the second spherical of the 2015 Humana Problem).

“Right now was a matter of figuring out you needed to shoot low, put up quantity simply to remain inside placing distance,” Palmer mentioned. “You by no means know when you are going to catch lightning like that, and to make 10 birdies right now is an superior feeling, particularly in entrance of some followers and a few family and friends.

“So I like the place we’re at, love what [caddie] Randy Smith and I are doing and a number of the greatest placing I have been doing as nicely.”

Tour rookie Skinns, 40, additionally tallied 10 birdies and his solely blemish – a bogey on the par-4 sixth gap – saved him from holding the outright event lead.

“I drove it nicely yesterday and I felt like I may do the identical once more right now and I did and I received in a pleasant run there within the center the place I imagine I made 5 in a row, which it is one in all them the place you simply – you feel it,” Skinns mentioned, crediting a driver change on Wednesday for his scorching play to date.

Regardless of falling again to the highest of the pack Friday, Munoz rescued his spherical with 4 birdies on the entrance after a 1-over again 9 to start his spherical. The 29-year-old is trying to find his second profession PGA win.

Spieth, in the meantime, is seeking to win his second-straight event in as many begins after taking April’s RBC Heritage in a playoff. The 13-time PGA winner delivered eight birdies and one bogey on Friday.

Scottie Scheffler, first within the newest world rankings, is amongst an eight-pack of gamers at 9-under after a 68 on Friday. He was damage by a triple-bogey 7 on No 13.

The 5-under lower line equals the PGA’s lowest of the season, with 13 gamers going residence on Friday regardless of 4-under scores.

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