From the late wave and beginning on 10 tee, R1 co-leader and World No. 61 Luke List finished birdie-birdie-birdie-bogey for a 1-under 36-35=71 in R2 of the Memorial Tournament, dropping three places to T4 on 6-under 138, two adrift.
The 37-year-old, who co-led with five others after 18 holes, trails leader Cameron Smith (69) and will be in the fourth-to-last pairing in R3 with Billy Horschel. He won his first TOUR title (in his 206th career event) at the 2-course Farmers 12 starts ago in a playoff over Will Zalatoris, three of those laps on the wicked-long South Course (7,765 yards), and is now contending on the not-short Muirfield Village GC (7,533 yards). He was asked about that post-round today (link below): “Both tough golf courses. I think that par goes a long way on certain holes, and I think traditionally I have the ability to do that pretty well.” The Vanderbilt alum got off to a good start here two tries ago in 2020 on a sponsor invite (70-68), T4 thru 36 holes, and finished an event-best T10 with a closing 71, which would’ve been higher were it not for a 79 in R3, which he’ll look to avoid a repeat of tomorrow. List ranks 42nd SG: Off-the-Tee with a cumulative -0.079, 5th SG: Approach (4.606), 25th SG: Around (1.390) and 26th SG: Putting (2.008), drug down in the latter by a -0.826 SGP today.