ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC – SECOND ROUND NOTES
Chase Johnson (T64) is the first male winner of THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Invitational presented by Rocket Mortgage to make the cut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
At 13-under 131, Taylor Moore and Taylor Pendrith share the second-round lead at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Pendrith holds the 36-hole lead for the second consecutive season at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and the third time on the PGA TOUR; Moore holds the 36-hole lead/co-lead for the first time.
Pendrith becomes the first player to hold the 36-hole lead/co-lead at the same event in consecutive seasons since Patrick Cantlay at the 2019 and 2020 Shriners Children’s Open.
Moore, winner of the 2023 Valspar Championship, would become the third straight multiple winner this season.
Pendrith is seeking to become the fifth Canadian winner on TOUR this season; four different Canadian winners is already the most in a single season on TOUR on record (since 1983).
Rocket Mortgage ambassador Rickie Fowler sits T3; he has finished T17 or better in nine of his last 10 starts on TOUR.
Andrew Landry equals career-low round and ties the Detroit Golf Club 18-hole scoring record with a 9-under 63.
Tony Finau becomes the third of four past champions of the Rocket Mortgage Classic to miss the cut in their title defense.
Other notables missing the cut: Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Kim, Joel Dahmen.
The Rocket Mortgage Classic ties the AT&T Byron Nelson for the most players to make the 36-hole cut on TOUR this season, with a tournament-record 84 players.
Photos: Glenn Gervais – In Play! magazine
