Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer, who tied the tournament record with a 58 in Four-ball play in the opening round, hold a one stroke lead over brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick through two rounds at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smalley and Springer carded a 70 in the alternate-shot play second round to get to 16-under 128. But the Fitzpatrick brothers combined for a 7-under 65 to pull within a stroke of the leaders with two other pairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Billy Horschel and teammate Tom Hoge are tied in the second spot after carding birdies in five of their last six holes (Nos. 13-14, 16-18) en route to a 4-under 68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Horschel, the only player to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in both the individual and team format (2013, 2018), is teeing it up with Hoge for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also tied second is Davis Thompson and Austin Eckroat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defending champion Ben Griffin and teammate Andrew Novak (T26\/-10) birdie the last hole to make the cut on the number and trail by six in bid to become the first team to successfully defend their title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shane Lowry and Brooks Koepka missed the cut by a stroke despite combining for five birdies. They were done in by bogeys on a pair of par 3s: Nos. 3 and 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patrick Sheehan carded a bogey-free 66 at Cordoba Golf Club and leads by one through 36 holes at the 94 Abierto del Centro Zurich presentado por Personal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patrick Flavin and Thomas Ponder are tied for second at 8-under, while four players are T4 and two strokes off the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheehan is a second-year member on PGA TOUR Americas after earning his card via Q-School in both 2025 and 2026. His best finish in 10 starts last season was T14 at the Bromont Open and he missed the cut last week in the season-opening 71st ECP Brazil Open. In his last summer as an amateur, Sheehan won the 2024 Pennsylvania Amateur and advanced to the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is a four way tie in fourth, with Mason Williams, Drew Goodman, Evan Knight and Eddy Lai all tied at seven under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vicente Marzilio, one of five first-round co-leaders, is T8 at 6-under, while reigning Latin America Amateur Championship winner Mateo Pulcini (Rio Cuarto, Argentina) made the cut and is T28 at 4-under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rookie Zach Johnson, a two-time winner at TPC Sugarloaf, scored 15 points in Modified Stableford to take the first-round lead at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mitsubishi Electric Classic is being played under the Modified Stableford scoring format where points are awarded or deducted – Albatross: 8 points, Eagle: 5 points, Birdie: 2 points, Par: 0 points, Bogey: -1 point and Double bogey or more: -3 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee trails Johnson by a point and is tied with Ben Crane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World Golf Hall of Fame member Retief Goosen with 12 points is a past winner in 2005 and sits tied fourth with Paul Stankowski and K.J. Choi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defending champion Jerry Kelly is with 11 points and sits T7 with tournament host and Charles Schwab Cup leader Stewart Cink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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