Adam Schenk holds the lead over Tommy Fleetwood by two strokes after Round 2 of the Valspar Championship
Entering the weekend in the Valspar Championship, Adam Schenk was 7-under 135, one stroke behind Kramer Hickok.Tommy Fleetwood, Jordan Spieth, Cody Gribble and Davis Riley are two places behind Schenk in the first two rounds
Last updated: 18/03/23 12:09am
Adam Schenck tees off at the Valspar Championship (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Adam Schenk posted a 2-under 69 to maintain a one-shot lead after the first two rounds in the Valspar Championship on Friday.
Schenck finished with a bogey from a bunker in front of 18th on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook.
After a 20-foot putt on the par-3 8th, a 10-foot par on the 10th, and a long down on the par-5 11th, it didn’t bother him.
Adam Schenk hits out of the bunker (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
“A lot of the time, you… you shot at 2 under and you think, ‘I could have gone at 6 or 7 under,’ but with the amount of putts I made, , it couldn’t be better,” he said.
He went 7-under 135, one shot behind 68 Kramer Hickok.
Schenk has played 10 straight weeks on the PGA Tour.
His work is in even greater focus this year as his wife is pregnant with their first child, a boy, just over a month.
“I’m trying to get as many points as possible to take as much time off as possible and spend time with him and my wife. It’s going to be very special,” said Schenk.
Fleetwood playing outside the bunker (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
He started the year in Honolulu at the Sony Open and hasn’t taken a week off since, going to California and Arizona and stopping at swings in Florida every time. , No. 72 in the FedEx Cup.
His absence from last week’s Players Championship may have helped.
“I was home three and a half days and didn’t touch the club,” Schenk said. I flew in, practiced a bit, played 9 holes, teed up Pro-Am and walked away. I won.”
Tommy Fleetwood was two shots behind the leader. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Jordan Spieth will be a big part of the weekend. You will waste many driving rounds on questionable short irons. He still posted a 70, just two shots behind.
Tommy Fleetwood, with 69 points, joins Spieth in the group by two strokes, along with Cody Gribble (65) and Davis Riley (68), who lost the playoffs to Sam Barnes at Innisbrook last year.
Two-time defending champion Barnes is looking to become the first player to win the same tournament three years in a row since Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic (2009-11). He had a 73 and was seven shots behind.
Justin Thomas batted 70 and was 3-under 139 in his group.
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