Joshua McCarthy had a big second round at East Lake Golf Club to jump into the lead. Sahith Theegala couldn’t duplicate his first-round success, but he sits just one stroke behind heading into the final round. Joe Highsmith and Austin Murphy are also in contention, while a few others aren’t out of it yet.
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Leaderboard: 1. Joshua McCarthy 129 (66-63); 2. Sahith Theegala 130 (61-69); 3. Joe Highsmith 132 (66-66), 4. Austin Murphy 133 (66-67); 5. Clay Feagler 135 (66-69); T6. Andrew Putnam 136 (70-66); T6. William Mouw 136 (68-68); 8. Roy Cootes 137 (71-66); 9. Frederick Wedel 138 (67-71); 10. RJ Manke 140 (73-67); 11. Kevin DeHuff 141 (73-68); 12. Cody McManus 142 (73-69); 13. Johnny Mac Arthur 143 (73-70); 14. Derek Hitchner 145 (72-73); 15. Josh Anderson 146 (71-75); 16. Joey Vrzich 147 (76-71).
- McCarthy had nine birdies and two bogeys en route to a 7- under 63, the best score of the day. He took the lead on 13 when he birdied and Theegala double-bogeyed. That was the first of four birdies in the final six holes.
- Theegala followed up his 9-under 61 with a 1-under 69. That double-bogey put his him at 2-over on the day, but he birdied three of the final four holes.
- Highsmith had his second straight 66 with six birdies, three coming in the final four holes.
- After zero eagles in the first round, there were two in the second: Murphy on the par-5 sixth hole, and Mouw on the par-5 18th.
- Eleven golfers went below par in round two and the average score dropped to 68.6 strokes per round.
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