Patton Kizzire carries a 1-shot edge into the weekend at Silverado Resort’s North Course atop a crowded leaderboard
Patton Kizzire followed up a first-round 66 with a seven-under-par 65 on Friday and takes a one-shot lead into the third round on Saturday of the Procore Championship at the Silverado Resort North Course in Napa, California. Kizzire torched the back nine on Friday, coming in with a six-under 31, including back-to-back birdies to close. The 38-year-old has two PGA Tour victories, none since the Sony Open in Hawaii in January 2018. He came to Napa 132nd on the FedEx Cup Fall points list. Kizzire leads first-round leader David Lipsky by one stroke and is two shots up on Patrick Fishburn. J.J. Spain and Matt Kuchar share fourth place at 10-under-par, three shots behind.
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Defending champion Sahith Theegala fired a 66 on Friday and is in solo sixth place at none-under. Rafael Campos, Kevin Tway and Wesley Bryan are five shots back in a tie for seventh and a logjam of 12 players are tied for 10th at seven-under-par.
Kuchar and Corey Connors shared the low round of the day and the tournament on Friday, each notching eight-under-par 64s. Three players in the top 10 and ties — Theegala, Connors and Tom Hoge — are already locked in the FedEx Cup top 50, while the rest are battling for full Tour status and other perks in the eight-event FedEx Fall schedule.
The 70 players who made the FedEx Cup playoffs are already guaranteed full status for 2025. But the players in spots 51-70 at the end of the fall will earn exemptions for the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Invitational signature events. Tournament winners get two-year Tour exemptions. The top 125 earn PGA Tour cards for next year while those from 126th to 150th get provisional status and can improve their lot at the PGA Tour Q School.
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