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<\/div>Phil Mickelson is on course for his 45th PGA Tour title after surging into the lead following the second round of the Travelers Championship.<\/p>\n
Mickelson – who celebrated his 50th birthday earlier this month – carded a seven-under-par 63 to top the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the tournament on Friday.<\/p>\n
The five-time major champion was almost flawless at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut, where he holed eight birdies and just one bogey for the outright lead at 13 under.<\/p>\n
After dropping his second hole of the day, Mickelson was blemish-free with birdies at the fifth, seventh and ninth before a bogey-free back nine yielded another five gains.<\/p>\n
Mickelson – who won the tournament in 2001 and 2002 when the event was known as the Hartford Open – sits ahead of fellow American Will Gordon and Canadian Mackenzie Hughes.<\/p>\n
Gordon dazzled with a second-round 62, while overnight leader Hughes saw his three-stroke advantage evaporate following a two-under-par 68.<\/p>\n
On a day which saw Denny McCarthy test positive for coronavirus and playing partner Bud Cauley also withdraw as a precaution, world number one Rory McIlroy dropped down two spots.<\/p>\n
McIlroy started the day three shots off the pace but heads into round three four strokes back following his two-under-par 68, which included four birdies and two bogeys.<\/p>\n
Xander Schauffele (68), Brendan Steele (62), Brendon Todd (65) and Marc Leishman (65) are also nine under through 36 holes.<\/p>\n
Former world number one Dustin Johnson posted a 64 to be six shots behind Mickelson, while Jordan Spieth (69) plummeted into a tie for 53rd.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Justin Thomas (71), Justin Rose (73) and Bubba Watson (68) all missed the cut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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American golfer Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson is on course for his 45th PGA Tour title after surging into the lead following the second round of the Travelers Championship. Mickelson – who celebrated his 50th birthday earlier this month – carded a seven-under-par 63 to top the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the tournament on … Continue reading Mickelson surges into Travelers Championship lead, McIlroy four back<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading