After Thursday’s first round at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, the field at the TOUR Championship was looking up at one golfer, Russell Henley ($9.600; 90.5 FPTS), who blistered the course with a nine-under 61 and led by two strokes.
Henley is now tied with Tommy Fleetwood ($9,900; 86.5 FPTS) at -13 for the tournament after Friday’s second round.
After shooting a -6 (64) on Thursday, Fleetwood went one better on Friday, going -7 (63). The front was relatively tepid with only two birdies. The back nine was filled with action. After a birdie on the first hole, Fleetwood drained two more birdies before ending the round with a birdie, bogey, and another pair of birdies.
Henley went -4 (66) on Friday. After notching a birdie on the first hole of the round, he racked up a bogey and another birdie on the front nine. The back nine consisted of three birdies, with two on the final holes of the round.
In DraftKings’ $800K Summer Sand Trap tournament, Fleetwood is rostered on 29.93% of teams. Henley is rostered on 20.37% of teams.
DraftKings Sportsbook had Henley at +450 to win it all, the second-lowest odds, after Thursday. He is now +240, still the second-lowest. Fleetwood is now the favorite at +225.
Scottie Scheffler ($13,900; 49.5 FPTS) was the favorite at +105 after Thursday. He’s now listed at +500, the third-lowest odds, after Friday.
After the -7 (63) on Thursday, Scheffler proved that he is in fact mortal, going -1 (69) on Friday. He racked up two bogeys and three birdies on the front nine. The back nine consisted of another bogey and a birdie.
Scheffler is the highest-rostered golfer at 47.18%, and the most expensive.
There are five golfers at -10 or better. 22 of the golfers are at -5 or better. Here are the golfers at -3 or worse:
Corey Conners ($7,100; 38.5 FPTS) is rostered on 13.89% of teams. He went E (70) on Thursday then finished -3 (67) on Friday, racking up a bogey and two birdies on the front nine with three birdies and a bogey on the back nine.
Andrew Novak ($6,000; 36 FPTS) is rostered on 9.23% of teams. He also went E (70) on Thursday and finished -2 (68) on Friday. It was primarily a status quo fest for Novak, with two birdies on the back nine with pars the rest of the way.
Hideki Matsuyama ($7,500; 36 FPTS) is rostered on 18.78% of teams. He finished -1 (69) on both days. Friday consisted of two bogeys and three birdies on the front nine with a birdie and bogey on the back nine.
Brian Harman ($6,500; 36 FPTS) is rostered on 15.99% of teams. He went -3 (67) on Thursday then posted a +1 (71) on Friday. Harman had a birdie on the first hole of the day then racked up another birdie with three bogeys on the back nine.
Sepp Straka ($7,600; 36 FPTS) is rostered on 16.82% of teams. Thursday’s round was brutal, finishing +4 (74). Friday was much better, going -5 (65), but he’s still only -1 for the tournament. Friday’s round consisted of three birdies and two bogeys on the front nine with four birdies on the back nine, which included a birdie streak on the last three holes of the round.
Justin Rose ($6,800; 34 FPTS) is rostered on 21.56% of teams. After Thursday’s -1 (69), Rose finished E (70) on Friday. The front nine consisted of two bogeys and two birdies. The back nine had a birdie and a bogey.
J.J. Spaun ($8,100; 38.5 FPTS) is rostered on 21.44% of teams. Spaun went -2 (68) on Thursday and +1 (71) on Friday. There was a bogey and a birdie on the front nine. The back nine consisted of a lone bogey.
Viktor Hovland ($9,400; 35.5 FPTS) is rostered on 19.18% of teams. Hovland went -2 (68) on Thursday then +1 (71) on Friday. He racked up a birdie and a bogey on the front nine. The back nine consisted of three birdies, a bogey and a double-bogey.
