From the late wave, World No. 31 Kevin Kisner rode an eagle to a 6-under 33-31=64 in R2 of the Travelers Championship, climbing 13 places into a five-way T2 on 9-under 131, five adrift of leader Xander Schauffele (63).
The Georgia alum, who arrived off five consecutive missed cuts (in individual events), including by one at last week’s U.S. Open (73-71), brushes that aside with rounds 67-64 and will be in the third-to-last pairing in R3 with Cam Davis. This is his first time this season in 19 events that he’s in the top 10 thru 36 holes and first since last season’s Rocket Mortgage 11 months ago (won by Davis), where he was T6 before finishing T8 (67-69-69-68). At the halfway mark this week, the 38-year-old has totaled one eagle, a 3 today at 13 from 6'7" after a stellar approach from 260 yards, and nine birdies against two bogeys, and ranks 32nd SG: Tee-to-Green (3.150) and 6th SG: Putting (4.773), including a 2.907 SGP on Friday. This is his sixth Travelers and third made cut, cashing a T15 in 2019 and a T5 last year, where he was T4 at the halfway pole (70-63-74-63). See link below to post-round comments.