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Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, world number three, leads the Genesis Scottish Open after the second round. McIlroy capitalized on the stability in his game to climb into first place.
McIlroy finished the second day at the Genesis Scottish Open with five birdies and one bogey and combined it with his -6 of the previous day to round 36 holes with an excellent -10. He is confirming the predictions that placed him as one of the players with better odds to reach victory.
Englishman Tyrrell Hatton had the best second round of the entire Genesis Scottish Open with -8. With this, he climbed 44 places to T2. The other occupants of the second position are Tom Kim, who was also very good with -7, and the leader of the first day, Byeon Hun An.
An was not able to get near to his performance of the first day, as he was unable to get past even par with three bogeys and the same amount of birdies. However, his exceptional first round has him squarely in contention for the title.
The main favorite at the Genesis Scottish Open, according to the predictions of the specialized sites before the tournament, Scottie Scheffler, came close to the quality he can display. He played a bogey-free round with five birdies. With this, Scheffler was placed T7, a jump of 19 places from Thursday.
The cut line of the Scottish Open was set at -2. A total of 77 players made it through and will be playing on the weekend.
Genesis Scottish Open leaderboard after Round 2
Below is the Genesis Scottish Open leaderboard after Round 2. Only players who made the cut are included:
1 Rory McIlroy
T2 Tyrrell Hatton
T2 Tom Kim
T2 Byeong-Hun An
T5 Brian Harman
T5 Sam Burns
T7 Scottie Scheffler
T7 Padraig Harrington
T7 Nicolai Hojgaard
T10 Rickie Fowler
T10 Max Homa
T10 Daniel Hillier
T10 Grant Forrest
T10 Sebastian Soderberg
T10 Ewen Ferguson
T10 Marcel Schneider
T17 Gavin Kyle Green
T17 Romain Langasque
T17 Erik van Rooyen
T17 Harry Hall
T17 Shane Lowry
T17 Will Gordon
T17 Tom Hoge
T17 Wyndham Clark
T17 K.H. Lee
T17 J.T. Poston
T17 Joakim Lagergren
T17 Thorbjørn Olesen
T29 Viktor Hovland
T29 Yannik Paul
T29 Davis Riley
T29 Kurt Kitayama
T29 Connor Syme
T29 Ben Griffin
T29 Ryan Fox
T29 Ashun Wu
T29 David Lingmerth
T29 Eric Cole
T29 Robert MacIntyre
T29 Dale Whitnell
T29 Thomas Detry
T29 Garrick Higgo
T29 Tommy Fleetwood
T29 Xander Schauffele
T45 Ben Martin
T45 Tapio Pulkkanen
T45 Joost Luiten
T45 Min Woo Lee
T45 Sean Crocker
T45 Matt Wallace
T45 Justin Thomas
T45 Sami Valimaki
T45 Corey Conners
T45 Alexander Björk
T45 Dan Bradbury
T45 Lee Hodges
T45 Jordan Smith
T45 Calum Hill
T59 Nick Taylor
T59 Marcel Siem
T59 Matthew Jordan
T59 Jorge Campillo
T59 Lucas Herbert
T59 Richie Ramsay
T59 Andrew Putnam
T59 Maximilian Kieffer
T59 Guido Migliozzi
T59 Billy Horschel
T59 Gary Woodland
T59 Victor Perez
T59 Luke List
T59 Austin Eckroat
T59 Adri Arnaus
T59 Julien Brun
T59 Antoine Rozner
T59 Tom McKibbin
T59 Ben Taylor
