Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre is within the joint govern on the midway mark of the Canadian Detectable as Rory McIlroy had a disappointing Friday.
MacIntyre adopted up Thursday’s 64 with a 66 to publish a ten beneath overall and pull the govern on the Hamilton Golfing and Nation Membership earlier than Pristine Zealand’s Ryan Fox ended up at the similar general rating when he shot six beneath 70 in the second one around.
The Ryder Cup winner, up to now bogey-free, is lately with no common caddie and his father flew out on Sunday to hold for him this year.
“We were walking up the last and he said, ‘I think I might need to start negotiating a wage this week,” mentioned MacIntyre in his post-round interview.
“It’s an enjoy for either one of us. He’s accomplished a just right activity up to now. It’s just right for the 2 folks, it’s taken my thoughts utterly off the sport of golfing.
“Upcoming the scoop of terminating year (Grayson Murray’s demise) issues are a bundle larger than the sport of golfing. We’re human beings and I’ve put my dad at the bag and we’re simply looking to revel in it up to we will as a result of we don’t understand how for much longer now we have were given of that.
“There was 0 expectation as there’s been a bundle going in this year. I got here out right here, put my dad at the bag and attempted to play games mischievous golfing, lacking at the proper aspect and I’ve accomplished that up to now.
“I’ve had a shot wherever I’ve missed it and had a chance to get up and down. I’m playing solidly enough and happy with the first two days. I’m just trying to get into position for the weekend.”
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The left-hander holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the first and added any other later attaining the par-five fourth in two.
His smart manner play games at the again 9 introduced two additional birdies later hitting it to seven ft at the trim par 4 12 and nearest even nearer at the 422-yard fifteenth.
MacIntyre may no longer profit from the par 5 seventeenth later having to scatter out of a fairway bunker however he were given up and indisposed for a par on the terminating.
Additional again, McIlroy has dropped to tied-Thirtieth later a disappointing 2d around the place he carded two over 72.
McIlroy, who completed twelfth on the PGA Championship, made only one birdie on Friday and is 8 photographs off the govern.
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