Matthew Wolff keeps healthy lead after two rounds at World Wide Tech Champs
Matthew Wolff is starting to feel himself again on the PGA Tour and he holds a two-shot lead after 36 holes in Mexico.
Matthew Wolff is back to his exciting best on the PGA Tour and he shot a 68 on day two of the World Wide Technology Championship to take a two-shot lead.
Wolff, who fired a round of 10-under-par on Thursday, followed up this score at El Camaleon Golf Club on Friday with four birdies and one bogey on the front nine.
The 22-year-old made two birdies and two bogeys on the back nine, including one on the 18th hole, to shoot 3-under-par. He leads by two ahead of Scottie Scheffler on 13-under-par.
"I'm just happy, I'm blessed to be out here. It's not easy and there's a lot of ups and downs... That's something I'm learning as I'm getting older and being out here," Wolff said earlier this week.
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Last season, the young American opened up to the golfing public about his struggles with mental health which resulted in a short break between the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and the US Open.
Picking up right where he left off.@Matthew_Wolff5 keeps it rolling @WWTatMayakoba. pic.twitter.com/L6uPBvmmPW
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He has the edge over Scheffler with two rounds left but Scheffler will be determined to earn his long-awaited maiden PGA Tour victory.
The 25-year-old was sublime on his Ryder Cup debut last month, most notably beating the World No. 1 Jon Rahm in the Sunday singles and he was sublime once more on Friday in Mexico.
Scheffler fired a bogey-free round of 7-under-par to reach 11-under-par. The closest he has come to a PGA Tour victory was when he lost in the final of last season's Dell Technologies Match Play.
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Viktor Hovland is in a promising position to become the first person to successfully defend the World Wide Technology Championship, or the Mayakoba Golf Classic as it used to be called.
He shot a second-round score of 65 to reach 10-under-par and three shots behind Wolff. Home favourite Carlos Ortiz is also in tied third place on 10-under-par.
Sergio Garcia, Billy Horschel and Justin Thomas are a further shot back on 9-under-par and four shots behind Wolff heading into the weekend.
