Halfway hut at the Zurich Classic: Tony Finau and Cameron Champ take relaxed route to the top
The American pairing are both big-hitters, but it’s their laid-back attitude that’s fuelling their charge toward victory at TPC Louisiana.
If you're Tony Finau and Cameron Champ you just toss a coin on the range.
On Friday they added an equal-low round of the day 68 to their opening 63 to total 13-under 131, a score matched later in the day by the pre-round leaders Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura.
The two teams hold a two shot advantage over the veteran English-Swedish combo of Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson, who share third with Bubba Watson and Scottie Scheffler.
Birdie on 18 for @TonyFinauGolf and @Cameron_Champ. ✅
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 23, 2021
Team #SendIt heads into the weekend with the co-lead @Zurich_Classic. pic.twitter.com/Se8X1nPn80
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Also, if we were to look at those currently 9-under for the tournament and better, one trend counts against the Smith/Leishman and Oosthuizen/Schwartzel combinations because, with the exception of one round played in very poor conditions in 2018, every winning team has managed to break 70 in both foursomes laps.
That leaves us with a shortlist of the top four teams and also Richy Werenski/Peter Uihlein. Could they spring a surprise at 33/1 with Bet365?
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And Rose agrees:
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Graeme McDowell secures his first ace on TOUR, Jon Rahm's impressive hole-out, Marc Leishmann goes from trimming hair to holing putts and team 'SendIt' are dialled in.
🚨 McDowell's no-look ace
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 24, 2021
🏖 Rahm's bunker beauty
✂️ Teammates that trim hair
All that and more from round 2 @Zurich_Classic in The Takeaway. pic.twitter.com/Y0S7VDWZAL
Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose are making moves.
Here comes @HenrikStenson and @JustinRose99. 📈
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 23, 2021
A couple early birdies for the duo to move to -9. pic.twitter.com/rwalZSBQOo
Teamwork is knowing each others strengths.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 24, 2021
One of @BubbaWatson's is keeping Scottie loose on the course. 🙃 pic.twitter.com/MWnf3tzom0