Bubba Watson shoots 67 to maintain 2-stroke lead after 2nd round at Travelers Championship
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Bubba Watson shot a 3-under 67 on Friday to maintain a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Travelers Championship.
After opening with a 62 on Thursday, Watson had three birdies in a bogey-free morning round to enter weekend play at 11-under par. The two-time Masters champion us trying to become the first wire-to-wire winner at TPC River Highland since Peter Jacobsen in 2003.
Watson won the 2010 tournament for his first PGA Tour title.
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Brian Harman birdied two of his final three holes during an afternoon round of 65 to join Brian Stuard and Carl Pettersson at 9 under.
Stuard, who followed an opening 64 with a 67, pulled within a shot of Watson after back-to-back birdies on 15 and 16. But he bogeyed the 17th after hitting his second shot over the green and missing an 8-foot par putt.
Pettersson had a 66.
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Thirty-three players were within six shots of the lead.