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Friday's second round at the Memorial Tournament was as wild of a day as we've had since the PGA Tour restarted its season a little over a month ago. Tiger Woods lost his swing and nearly missed the cut, Bryson DeChambeau lost his mind and did miss the cut and we have an absolute ball-striker's paradise at the top of this leaderboard.
Let's jump into what the leaders and other notables did on Friday in Round 2 as we head for what should be an amazing weekend of golf at Jack Nicklaus' course.
T1. Tony Finau, Ryan Palmer (-9) -- I'm so fascinated by what Bryson DeChambeau has done to unlock Tony Finau. Yes, that's right, Bryson has inadvertently (?) unlocked maybe the deepest, most prolific driver of the ball in the game. Here's what Finau, who is currently in the top five in driving this week, said on Thursday.
"For someone like me that has that type of speed, looking at [Bryson] and doing that, that was pretty cool and inspiring," said Finau. "So for me I was like, 'Well, let me try this thing out, reach back and see if I can hit it as straight.' I don't think I'm hitting it quite as straight as him, but it's worked out so far."
It's certainly worked out so far, and when you pair that kind of speed and length with a top-10 putting performance over the first two days, you get the co-leader going into Round 3.
3. Jon Rahm (-8) -- After shooting three rounds in the 70s last week at the Workday Charity Open, which culminated in a 75 on Saturday, Rahm broke back with an insane 64 on Sunday. The momentum is real, too, as Rahm has made just three bogeys on the week and is leading the field in strokes gained from tee to green. He has the No. 1 ranking in the world in his sights right now, but there's plenty of work left over the next 36 holes of play at Muirfield Village. His score is the scariest to me thus far because he hasn't putted it all that well yet. We could be in for fireworks this weekend.
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T4. Gary Woodland, Luke List, Chez Reavie (-6) -- Speaking of guys who haven't putted it yet, Gary Woodland is right there with Rahm. Those two are a ball-striking show, and Woodland is trying to follow last week's top 10 at the Workday Charity Open with another one this week. Major championship-like courses -- which this one is this week -- tend to reveal the best ball-strikers in the field, and Woodland is certainly among that group. I wouldn't be surprised at all if we got a Woodland-Rahm final pairing on Sunday afternoon.
7. Jason Day and T8. Jim Furyk, Henrik Norlander, Mackenzie Hughes, Steve Stricker, Danny Willett, Viktor Hovland, Jordan Spieth (-4) -- Let's talk for a second about how Furyk and Stricker (combined age 103) are both up 20 on Dustin Johnson (who won the last time he played a golf tournament) after two rounds. That's insane.
Now let's talk about Jordan Spieth.
I get it, the first two rounds are very different than the last two rounds when it comes to his scoring. Here's why this weekend might (but probably won't) be different: He's striking the ball really well. Spieth is currently top five from tee to green and not really doing anything with his putter. He thrives on these types of undulated, throbbing fairways. It might be an absolute circus come Rounds 3 and 4, but I choose to believe on Friday evening.
T16. Justin Thomas, Lucas Glover, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Dylan Frittelli, Matthew Fitzpatrick (-3) -- J.T. -- after making just 36 feet of putts in Round 1 -- bounced back with a 67 on Friday. He's going to be a nightmare this weekend, and at 14-1 to win, he's a fantastic bet. He absolutely lit up the course on Friday with that bogey-free round, and he's been lighting up this course for two straight weeks now after finishing second at last week's Workday Charity Open. Here for a 68-68 win for him this weekend.
T21. Rory McIlroy (-2) -- McIlroy had some chances on Friday, but he hasn't been sharp from 50-125 yards. In 11 chances from that distance, McIlroy is averaging 27 feet from the pin, which is outside the top 120 in the field. His putter has put him in a halfway decent spot on Saturday, but he'll have to be a lot sharper with his irons and wedges if he wants to get in the mix in this ball-striking extravaganza at Muirfield Village. The 5-wood, though? The 5-wood is just fine.
T64. Tiger Woods (+3) -- The fight from Big Cat at the very end was impressive. Staring down the 21st missed cut of his career, over the last three holes he went birdie-birdie and then saved par by getting up and down from the fairway at his last hole. He won't win, but he could use two rounds of tournament play before the PGA Championship, which starts in less than three weeks.
MC Dustin Johnson (+16) -- Dustin Johnson, who is a top-five player in the world and won the last time he played, shot 80-80 this week. Nothing in the 70s. Nothing in the 60s. Two Jerry Rices. That's unbelievable.
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