The biggest news of the day had nothing to do with the man sitting at the top of the leaderboard, but rather the grip change made by the world's best player.
Scottie Scheffler decided to use a claw grip for putts within 10 feet, which sparked a great deal of controversy in the golf world. He explained how the tournament, which is strictly an exhibition and not an official PGA Tour event, serves as a great opportunity to explore different ideas. He went on to explain how he and putting coach Phil Kenyon brainstormed the idea earlier this year. However, the two decided to wait until now to test it. The claw grip more or less paid off as Scheffler shot a 5-under 67 on the first day. Still, he only hit one putt that was outside 10 feet. No. 18's final stroke of the day was for birdie from about 13 feet.
He sits three strokes behind Cameron Young, who played a perfect round with a bogey-free 64. The New Yorker is 8 under, two strokes behind Justin Thomas. It'll be interesting to see how Young plays with Reed on Friday, especially considering he's the only player on this 20-man roster. No official PGA Tour title.
Here's what you need to know about Round 2 of the Hero World Challenge.
tournament leaderboard
1. Cameron Young -8 — 64
2. Justin Thomas -6 — 66
T3. Akshay Bhatia -5 — 67
T3. Ludwig Oberg -5 — 67
T3. Patrick Cantlay -5 — 67
T3. Scotty Scheffler -5 — 67
T3. Saheth Segala -5 — 67
T8. Robert McIntyre -4 — 68
T8. Nick Dunlap -4 — 68
T8. Sam Barnes -4 — 68
T8. Keegan Bradley -4 — 68
T12. Russell Henry -3 — 69
T12. Sepp Straka -3 — 69
T12. Im Sung Jae -3 — 69
15. Brian Harman -2 — 70
16. Aaron Rye -1 — 71
17. Windham Clark +1 — 73
T18. Mathieu Pabon +2 — 74
T18. Tom Kim +2 — 74
20. Jason Day +3 — 75
Live odds after round 1
Odds for players to win provided: fan duel:
Scotty Scheffler: +200
Cameron Young: +600
Justin Thomas: +600
Ludwig Oberg: +800
Patrick Cantlay: +1100
Sam Burns: +1400
Saheeth Segala: +1800
Akshay Bhatia: +2200
Russell Henry: +2200
Im Sung Jae: +2500
Robert McIntyre: +2800
Keegan Bradley: +3300
Nick Dunlap: +5000
Sepp Straka: +5000
Brian Harman: +8000
Aaron Rye: +12500
Wyndham Clark: +25000
Tom Kim: +60000
Jason Day: +60000
Mathieu Pabon: +100000
How to watch
NBC and Golf Channel will provide live television coverage. peacock stream Too.
Always Eastern:
Friday, December 6th: 1:30pm to 4:30pm (Golf Channel)
Saturday, December 7th: 12:30pm – 2:30pm (Golf Channel) 2:30pm – 5pm (NBC)
Sunday, December 8th: 11:30am-1:30pm (Golf Channel) 1:30pm-4:30pm (NBC)
Round 2 tee time
Always Eastern:
10:55am — Tom Kim, Jason Day
11:06am — Windham Clark, Mathieu Pabon
11:17am — Brian Harman, Aaron Rye
11:28am — Sepp Straka, Sungjae Im
11:39am — Keegan Bradley, Russell Henry
11:50am — Nick Dunlap, Sam Barnes
12:01pm — Sahis Segala, Robert McIntyre
12:12pm — Scotty Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay
12:23pm — Akshay Bhatia, Ludwig Oberg
12:34pm — Cameron Young, Justin Thomas
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