Nick Taylor, Ben Griffin share lead midway via Memorial

Nick Taylor of Canada shot a bogey-free, 4-under-par 68 and rose right into a tie with Ben Griffin for the second-round lead on the Memorial Tournament on Friday in Dublin, Ohio.

Griffin had the solo lead after Day 1 however shot an even-par 72 Friday, leaving him tied at 7-under 137 with Taylor, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour.

They’re two strokes forward of Akshay Bhatia, who carded a 69 to get to five below for the occasion. Scottie Scheffler overcame a double bogey to shoot his second straight spherical of 70, inserting him fourth and in placing distance at 4 below.

The spherical of the day belonged to Scheffler’s pal Sam Burns, whose 65 was an 11-stroke enchancment over his first spherical. He elevated right into a tie for fifth at 3 below with Jordan Spieth (69) and Irishman Shane Lowry (72).

The solely different gamers below par via 36 holes are Russell Henley (68), Xander Schauffele (69), Tom Hoge (69) and Collin Morikawa (75) at 2 below.

The $20 million signature occasion hosted by Jack Nicklaus comes with a reduce to the highest 50 gamers and ties. The reduce was projected at 5 over par.

Justin Thomas, who opened with an 80, cleaned up his act and posted a second-round 69 to get to five over par and make the reduce on the quantity together with Wyndham Clark and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama. Notables anticipated to overlook the reduce included Sahith Theegala (7 over) and Brian Harman (10 over).

–Field Level Media