Taylor Pendrith

Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., shoots 7-under 65 in the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, leads American Tony Finau by one stroke.

DETROIT — Taylor Pendrith of Canada shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau into the weekend in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

He had two birdies and a bogey over the final five holes to finish Friday alone in first. He has a shot be the first PGA TOUR player to win two straight regular season tournaments since Brendon Todd in 2019. No one ever heard of him on the Korn Ferry and here he is, he almost won a major.” He has four second-place finishes and was third in two tournaments. “Go back to Jordan Spieth. Nobody heard of him and next thing you know in one year he’s on the Presidents Cup team, and Cam’s headed that way, too. Zalatoris, No. 13 in the world ranking, perhaps felt pressure playing with Love because he barely made the cut.

Canadian Taylor Pendrith was at 15 under through two rounds of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club.

He was trying to hit it 140 and just left of the flag, but he hit his pitching wedge short and right, and it flew right in the hole for the eagle. "Yesterday, it was blowing," said Theegala, a whose family is from India, and who had a solid contingent of family friends from Dearborn and Canton following him Friday. " It was really tricky. For instance, the metrics Friday said Young was among the leaders in the field at strokes gained off the tee. "I don't think I've played badly at all, to be honest," Scott said after his Friday round. "At this point, I've been around a little bit and any shot advantage I can have over the weekend is something I'll take." He was 1 under all day Thursday, playing in the heavy winds. The drive, officially, went into the books at 402 yards. "I played good at the Honda (two weeks earlier) and got some momentum, and felt like I was just getting on a run of playing really nice golf. He started at the back nine and made birdie at No. 12, then found the fairway at the par-4 13th, with 136 yards to the flag. "I was just happy to carry that confidence from last week right into this week." He took last week off, but remains firmly on his game in Detroit. "I had been playing nicely before The Players, as well," said Pendrith, 31.

Taylor Pendrith who has endured a turbulent and injury-plagued year is rolling this week in Detroit at the Rocket Mortgage Classic with family and friends..

It feels like a home game,” Taylor replied when asked about all the family and friends who followed him over to Detroit this week. Pendrith opened with a sensational 64 on Thursday to join Tony Finau at the top of the leaderboard after day one. “Me and my wife drove here on Monday, it was like three and a half hours. “I felt the pain when I was warming up and that was initially the pain that I felt. He then looked set to return at the John Deere Classic in late June/early July but had to withdraw once again, this time due to a positive COVID-19 test result. It’s been — other than the injury, it’s been a great rookie year so far and just nice to be back,” Taylor said at the Rocket Mortgage Classic earlier this week.

Canadian Taylor Pendrith birdied the first four holes on Friday to deliver a seven-under 65 and take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau at the Rocket Mortgage ...

"So, I missed it just short right and it happened to fly directly in the hole." Pendrith is ranked No 237 in the Official World Golf Ranking and is looking for his first win on tour. Young's 63 was the lowest round of the tournament so far. lots of 'Go Canada' cheers out there, people were singing the national anthem, so it's pretty cool," Pendrith said. Lee Hodges added a second successive 66 to his card to sit 12-under and hold third place after two rounds. Canadian Taylor Pendrith birdied the first four holes on Friday to deliver a seven-under 65 and take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit.

On the 397-yard par-4 first hole, Pendrith reached the green in 2 and sunk a 11-foot putt for birdie. This moved Pendrith to 1 under for the round. After a ...

This moved Pendrith to 7 under for the round. This moved Pendrith to 7 under for the round. This moved Pendrith to 6 under for the round.

Rookie Lee Hodges (66) was three shots back. PGA Tour rookie of the year front-runner Cameron Young tied a Detroit Golf Club record with a 63 for a share of ...

Young had a runner-up finish at the British Open and at the PGA Championship, he missed a playoff by a shot. No one ever heard of him on the Korn Ferry and here he is, he almost won a major.” “Go back to Jordan Spieth. Nobody heard of him and next thing you know in one year he’s on the Presidents Cup team, and Cam’s headed that way, too. Canada's Adam Svensson shot a 4 under 68 in the second round as he moved up 12 spots to be tied for 21st. He had two birdies and a bogey over the final five holes to finish Friday alone in first. He has a shot be the first PGA Tour player to win two straight regular season tournaments since Brendon Todd in 2019.

Taylor Pendrith of Canada shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau into the weekend in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Young had a runner-up finish at the British Open and at the PGA Championship, he missed a playoff by a shot. He has four second-place finishes, was third in two tournaments. Zalatoris, No. 13 in the world ranking, perhaps felt pressure playing with Love because he barely made the cut. He has a shot be the first PGA Tour player to win two straight regular season tournaments since Brendon Todd in 2019. "I was just happy to carry that confidence from last week right into this week." Pendrith shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau into the weekend in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

That may have helped him when he had to miss nearly four months of competition due to a painful injury earlier this year. Pendrith shot a 7-under 65 on Friday ...

Young had a runner-up finish at the British Open and at the PGA Championship, he missed a playoff by a shot. No one ever heard of him on the Korn Ferry and here he is, he almost won a major.” “Go back to Jordan Spieth. Nobody heard of him and next thing you know in one year he’s on the Presidents Cup team, and Cam’s headed that way, too. Canada's Adam Svensson shot a 4 under 68 in the second round as he moved up 12 spots to be tied for 21st. He had two birdies and a bogey over the final five holes to finish Friday alone in first. He has a shot be the first PGA Tour player to win two straight regular season tournaments since Brendon Todd in 2019.

Tony Finau shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to match Taylor Pendrith at 21-under 195 with a round left in the Rocket...

He he hit a shot 104 yards to the hole, an approach within 16 feet and made the putt to restore his one-stroke lead. Pendrith opened with 6-foot birdie putt to take a two-shot lead. “We both have done a great job up to this point through 54 holes of maintaining our composure." “Obviously, this golf course has no defense and there’s going to be a ton of birdies out there.” Pendrith had third-round lead by three shots last October at the Bermuda Championship before closing with a 76 and finishing a career-high fifth. The 31-year-old PGA Tour rookie from Canada missed nearly four months this year with a broken rib.

Tony Finau shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to match Taylor Pendrith at 21-under 195 with a round left in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Pendrith opened with a 6-foot birdie putt to take a two-shot lead. He hit a shot 104 yards to the hole, an approach within 16 feet and made the putt to restore his one-stroke lead. "We both have done a great job up to this point through 54 holes of maintaining our composure.'' The 31-year-old PGA Tour rookie from Canada missed nearly four months this year with a broken rib. "Obviously, this golf course has no defense and there's going to be a ton of birdies out there.'' Pendrith had a third-round lead of three shots last October at the Bermuda Championship before closing with a 76 and finishing a career-high fifth.

DETROIT (AP) — Tony Finau shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to match Taylor Pendrith at 21-under 195 with a round left in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

He he hit a shot 104 yards to the hole, an approach within 16 feet and made the putt to restore his one-stroke lead. “It’s almost like a match play situation where we kind of flipped the script there on each other in the beginning,” Finau said. “It was nice to have that type of energy.” Pendrith opened with 6-foot birdie putt to take a two-shot lead. “Obviously, this golf course has no defense and there’s going to be a ton of birdies out there.” Pendrith had third-round lead by three shots last October at the Bermuda Championship before closing with a 76 and finishing a career-high fifth.

DETROIT (AP) - Canada's Taylor Pendrith could be on pace for his first ever PGA Tour title. The Richmond Hill,...

Tony Finau fired a 7-under-par 65 on Saturday to draw into a tie for the lead with Canadian Taylor Pendrith at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit.

Tony bombs it off the tee and I hit it far as well, so it was fun, kind of similar games I guess, and we attacked it very well.” “No bogeys up to this point on the scorecard in the tournament, which is nice,” Finau said. In fact, Finau has yet to card a bogey through the first 54 holes of the tourney.

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“Obviously he made a ton of birdies and I finished the round with a lot of birdies, so it was fun,” said Pendrith. “We were going back and forth. Both appeared headed for big things after graduation but while Conners followed a steady path to the PGA Tour and a lofty spot on the Official World Golf Ranking, Pendrith battled injuries and spent time going between PGA Tour Canada and the Korn Ferry Tour. After two years spent on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2020 and 2021 when COVID stopped any promotion from the junior tour, he finally graduated to the PGA Tour this season. With birdies on four of his last five holes, Taylor Pendrith has put himself 18 holes away from his first PGA Tour victory. It will be a fun experience and just looking forward to competing and see what happens.” With birdies on four of his last five holes, Taylor Pendrith has put himself 18 holes away from his first PGA Tour victory. He made one more on the final hole, knocking in a 10-footer to go to 21-under par.