Pendrith leads Hoey by a stroke as extreme winds stop play
Canada’s Taylor Pendrith will take a one-shot lead into the weekend of the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas even if the second round is far from finished.
The start of the second round was delayed by four hours on Friday morning due to high wind gusts at TPC Summerlin as fans were also prohibited from entering the grounds in the interest of safety. When play was suspended due to darkness at 6:02 local time, just seven hours of golf had been played and some groups had completed only one hole.
Play is scheduled to resume at 7:15 a.m. on Saturday.
Pendrith fired a 10-under-par 61 on Thursday and went out in the afternoon wave on Friday. He opened with a bogey and got the stroke back right away with a birdie at the par-4 second hole. Four straight pars later, he was headed to the clubhouse.
Roller-coaster
Roller-coaster Rico Hoey of the Philippines is alone in second at nine-under. He followed an opening 64 by going two-under through his first seven holes Friday—a back-nine adventure that included a double bogey, two birdies and an eagle at the par-5 16th.
“Just a lot of sitting around at our hotel this morning and took a small nap, which was new,” Pendrith said. “Yeah, I got out here and the conditions were really tricky. Couple of the holes were playing different.”
Four players completed two rounds at 134: Doug Ghim (70 on Friday), J.J. Spaun (69), Davis Thompson (68) and Kurt Kitayama (68). J.T. Poston is tied with them after five holes of his second round.
