Arjun Atwal slips to tied-Thirty fourth at Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Arjun Atwal failed to copy his excellent first spherical present, carding an even-par 71 to slide to tied-Thirty fourth from in a single day third on the second day of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship right here.

The birdies didn't come as they did on the primary day as Atwal endured a disappointing outing. At a event, the place low scoring has been the norm up to now, Atwal had three birdies and as many bogeys, two of which got here late on the again 9 of the spherical. Ben Crane tied his profession’s lowest spherical with a surprising 62 to take the second-round lead.

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Crane, a five-time PGA Tour winner, had 9 birdies, an eagle, and two bogeys as he completed one forward of Adam Schenk, Aaron Baddeley, Robby Shelton and Ben Griffin. Crane’s final win got here in June 2014 when he received the FedEx St Jude Traditional.

China’s Marty Zecheng Dou and Kevin Yu of Chinese language Taipei charged into competition on the midway stage. Dou and Yu fired rounds of six-under 65 and five-under 66, respectively, on the Port Royal Golf Membership to sit down two photographs adrift of the 36-hole chief.

The 2 need to ship a second win in a month for Asia following Tom Kim’s victory on the Shriners Kids’s Open in Vegas.

Atwal, enjoying his first occasion for the reason that lack of his father, who had inspired him to take up golf, had an awesome 63 on the opening day. He had a bogey on the third, however birdies on sixth and seventh had him below par. He added a birdie on eleventh however late bogeys on 15 and 16 introduced him right down to degree par.

Dou continues to shine

Dou, 25, a three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner, confirmed nice dedication as he combined seven birdies with one bogey to register a successive six-under card and climbed 9 rungs to tied-seventh on 12-under 130.

Rookie Yu, who was enjoying in the identical group as Dou, was equally spectacular with six birdies, together with two over his final three holes. The 24-year-old Yu earned his PGA Tour card via the Korn Ferry Tour final season.

C. T. Pan, the 2019 RBC Heritage champion, moved as much as T24 following a 67 whereas 2014 Zurich Traditional of New Orleans winner, South Korean Seung-Yul Noh carded 67 for T41 alongside countrymen Byeong Hun An, who carded a 70.