OWGR #1 Jason Day didn't win the green jacket last Sunday at the Masters, but his week at
Augusta National did prepare him for another windy test at Harbour
Town. The world No. 1 on Friday followed up an opening 67 at theRBC Heritage with a round of 2-under 69. Day made four birdies, three on his second
nine, against two bogeys, and hit 9 of 14 fairways and 14 of 18 greens. After a closing bogey dropped him out of the lead Thursday night, Day
walked off the course Friday afternoon back on top of the leaderboard,
sharing the lead with Kevin Chappell. If there's anything giving Day a difficult time, it's the same windy conditions that vexed players last week at the Masters. "Yeah, you can't chill out here at all," he said. "It's
difficult in that you have to position yourself perfectly off the tee,
because if you don't, then you've got a lot of trees to deal with. And
then on top of, it's similar to Augusta, as well ... there's high trees
out there. If you hit it above the trees, the wind is going to take it.
If you hit below, it's not going to get affected at all." Day did make two mistakes in Round 2 that led to his dropped shots. He
narrowly avoided the water and failed to get up and down from the
greenside bunker at the par-3 17th, his eighth hole of the day, and
later blew his ball threw the corner and out of bounds at the
dogleg-left par-5 fifth. Can Day go on to claim a victory at the RBC Heritage and extend his OWGR lead? Let us know your predictions here at the Pro Golf Tour: http://progolftournaments.blogspot.com/
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