{"id":11219,"date":"2023-07-04T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/travelers-championship-rory-mcilroy-moves-into-contention-as-jon-rahm-misses-first-cut-for-nearly-two-years\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T14:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T14:34:25","slug":"travelers-championship-rory-mcilroy-moves-into-contention-as-jon-rahm-misses-first-cut-for-nearly-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/travelers-championship-rory-mcilroy-moves-into-contention-as-jon-rahm-misses-first-cut-for-nearly-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelers Championship: Rory McIlroy moves into contention as Jon Rahm misses first cut for nearly two years"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Rory McIlroy made eight birdies in his first 16 bogey-free holes until finding the water on the eighth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n
-15 <\/strong>D McCarthy (US), K Bradley (US);<\/span> -13<\/strong> C Reavie (US);<\/span> -11<\/strong> E Cole (US) <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selected:<\/strong> -10<\/strong> A Scott (Aus);<\/span> -8<\/strong> R McIlroy (NI), V Hovland (Nor), X Schauffele (US);<\/span> -7<\/strong> S Scheffler (US), A Rai (Eng), S Lowry (Ire); <\/span>-6<\/strong> M Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Thomas (US);<\/span> -4<\/strong> H Hall (Eng);<\/span> -2<\/strong> J Rahm (Spa)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rory McIlroy moved into contention with a six-under 64 in the second round of the Travelers Championship. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Northern Irishman sits tied for 10th at eight under par, seven strokes behind joint leaders Denny McCarthy and Keegan Bradley.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

McIlroy, who started at the 10th hole, had made five birdies at the turn and three more in the next six holes.<\/span><\/p>\n

But he slipped back with a double-bogey on the eighth, the scene of his <\/span>hole-in-one<\/span><\/a> on Thursday. <\/span><\/p>\n

“After the hole-in-one on eight yesterday, to make double bogey there today it’s sort of like may as well have just made two threes,” said McIlroy.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Overall it was just better, way better on the greens and I played a good round of golf to get myself back in the tournament today.”<\/span><\/p>\n

While McIlroy enjoyed a good day with putter in hand, world number two Jon Rahm had one to forget. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Spaniard, who won the Masters in April, failed to knock in a putt longer than four feet and his score of two under means he will miss a cut for the first time since September 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rahm had made 25 consecutive cuts which was the longest active run on the PGA Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

McCarthy followed up his opening round of 60 with a five-under 65 and was joined on 15 under – with the lowest opening 36-hole score since the event moved to TPC River Highlands in 1984 – by the 2011 US PGA Champion Bradley, who made a bogey-free 63.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chez Reavie is two shots back and former Masters champion Adam Scott is on 10 under, with the chasing pack also including Norway’s Viktor Hovland and four-time major champion McIlroy. <\/span><\/p>\n

World number one Scottie Scheffler is seven under alongside the likes of England’s Aaron Rai, Ireland’s Shane Lowry and his fellow Americans Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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