Travelers Championship: Scotty Scheffler shoots 60 to take second-round lead at PGA Tour event

Second round of the Travelers Championship

-16 S. Scheffler (USA); -14 V Hovland (Nor); -12 E Cole (US), A Bhatia (US); -10 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), B Griffin (US), B Cowley (US)

Selected Others: -9 J Rose (Eng.), T Fleetwood (Eng.); -8 R MacIntyre (Sco), W Clarke (US); -7 A Rai (Eng.), S Laurie (Ir.)

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Scotty Scheffler shot a 10-under-par 60 to hold the lead after the second round of the PGA Tour Travelers Championship.

The world number one made 11 birdies and a lone bogey to move to 16 under on Friday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.

That left him two shots ahead of Norway’s Viktor Hovland, who also threatened a rare round of 59 as he shot a bogey-free 61 that included seven birdies and an eagle.

Jim Furyk’s tour-record lowest round is 58, but Scheffler is one of 14 players with a 59, which came during the 2020 Northern Trust at TPC Boston.

The 30-year-old American had a chance to repeat the feat with a birdie on the 18th hole but missed from 26 feet out.

“It was a little difficult,” Scheffler said. “It actually went right to start, and at the end there was a ton of breaks from right to left.

“It was a tough read, but overall it was a really tough day. I was pretty happy with my execution.”

On his plans for the weekend, the four-time major winner added: “It’s hard to keep that momentum going, but to keep executing, to keep giving myself looks.”

Compatriot Akshay Bhatia matched his career-low round with a bogey-free 62 to sit four shots off the lead in third place, followed by a 65 from fellow American Eric Cole.

England’s Matt Fitzpatrick was two strokes behind at 10 under, settling for a four-under 66 after two bogeys in his last three holes, with Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood a single shot further back and Scotland’s Robert McIntyre at eight under.