Lee Kyung-hoon's Leap "Tied 4th, 2 Shots Behind"..."Did You See the Two Eagles?"

Travelers Championship Day 2: Day Leads with 6-Under Surge, Watson Tied 2nd, Defending Champ Johnson Tied 58th

Lee Kyung-hoon is teeing off on the 6th hole on the second day of the Travelers Championship. Cromwell, USA=Getty Images/Multibits

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] Lee Kyung-hoon (30, CJ Logistics), the AT&T Byron Nelson champion, is making a leap into the leading group.

On the 26th (Korean time), at the River Highlands TPC in Cromwell, Connecticut, USA (par 70, 6,841 yards), continuing the second day of the PGA Tour Travelers Championship (total prize money $7.4 million), he surged with a 6-under-par round to climb to a tie for 4th place (7-under-par 133 strokes). Jason Day (Australia) is leading the tournament at 9-under-par 131 strokes, while Bubba Watson and Kramer Hickok (both USA) are chasing closely in a tie for 2nd place at 8-under-par 132 strokes, just one stroke behind.

Starting from a tie for 45th place, 6 strokes behind, Lee Kyung-hoon collected two eagles and three birdies (with one bogey). Beginning at the 10th hole (par 4), he made consecutive birdies on the 11th and 12th holes, followed by an eagle on the 13th hole (par 5) with a ‘2-on 1-putt’, and then an impressive chip-in eagle on the 15th hole (par 4). However, in the back nine, he regrettably gave back a birdie on the 2nd hole with a bogey on the 4th hole (both par 4). He powered through with a green hit rate of 83.33% and an average of 1.667 putts per hole.

He is now 2 strokes behind the leader, having secured a chance for his second win of the season since his first career victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson last May. Day posted the daily best score of 8-under-par to quickly take the top spot on the leaderboard. A strong player with 12 career wins including 5 in 2015, Day has struggled this year with only two top-10 finishes in 18 tournaments. His best results this season are tied 7th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Houston Open.

Watson continued his pursuit of the title by reducing 4 strokes for two consecutive days. Patrick Cantlay (USA) is smoothly positioned in a tie for 11th place (6-under-par 134 strokes), while Satoshi Kodaira (Japan), who was the leader the previous day, slipped to a tie for 20th place (5-under-par 135 strokes) after losing 2 strokes. ‘The Hulk’ Bryson DeChambeau is tied for 20th, and defending champion Dustin Johnson (both USA) remains tied for 58th place (2-under-par 138 strokes). For Korea, Kang Sung-hoon (34), An Byeong-hun (30), and Kim Si-woo (26, all CJ Logistics) missed the cut.

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