Butterfield Bermuda Championship: Alex Noren maintains two-stroke lead after second spherical at Port Royal | Golf Information

Sweden’s Alex Noren maintained his two-stroke in a single day lead on the Bermuda Championship on Friday, carding a five-under-par within the second spherical to maneuver to 15-under; protection continues stay on Sky Sports activities Golf on Saturday from 4pm

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Highlights of spherical two from the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course, Bermuda.

Alex Noren of Sweden maintained a two-shot lead on the midway mark of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Friday in Southampton, Bermuda.

After opening the match with a 10-under 61, Noren’s bogey-free 66 within the second spherical gave him a rating of 15-under for the match and two forward of Ryan Moore (64 on Friday), Ryan Brehm (65) and Japan’s Satoshi Kodaira (65), who share second place.

Noren appeared able to proceed Thursday’s torrid tempo with birdies on the primary three holes at Port Royal Golf Course. He then floor out 11 straight pars earlier than his ultimate birdies arrived at Nos. 15 and 17.

The 41-year-old owns 10 profession victories in Europe however none on the PGA Tour. Camilo Villegas of Colombia moved into fifth place with an eight-under 63 on Friday that pushed him to 12 underneath for the week.

Noren, whose final title got here on the 2018 Open de France, had an early lead eventually week’s World Huge Expertise Championship in Mexico earlier than tying for second.

“The wedges got here up 15 ft as a substitute of 5 and had a bunch of tap-ins yesterday (Thursday). The greens are numerous slope and numerous grain. The primary three birdies I simply form of rolled in, after which it was somewhat trickier,” stated Noren.

“It helps whenever you had spherical the day past. You are not essentially struggling, not annoyed, it is simply that, ‘What am I doing completely different? Am I making an attempt too exhausting or begin asking caddie for the reads?’

“He helps me on and off with the reads, however it’s in all probability higher that I simply really feel the putts and belief my intuition. That is what I did yesterday. You have to simply stick with it.”

The reduce line was projected at five-under par with the ultimate few teams ending their rounds on Saturday morning after play was suspended because of darkness. Sam Bennett, who made waves as an newbie eventually April’s Masters earlier than he turned professional, is on observe to overlook the reduce by one shot.

Oliver Betschart, a 15-year-old newbie from Bermuda who certified for the match at his house course, went 73-75 to complete his first PGA Tour begin at six-over. He was the youngest participant in an official PGA Tour occasion up to now 10 years.

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