Written with three players still to finish round 2 when the scores were last updated (01:46 UK time on Saturday 7 November): Adrien Dumont de Chassart (16 holes), Davis Chatfield (16 holes) and Preston Stout (16 holes). Their scores so far are in the leaderboard; the scoring average, players under par and low round are over the 115 players who had finished.
Round 2
Ben James leads on 15 under par and leads by one shot from Peter Malnati on 14 under par, with three players still to finish the round, so the standings are not final. The field averaged 1.92 under par, and Sudarshan Yellamaraju had the low round of 63, 9 under par. The morning wave scored better.
| Pos | Player | Round 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben James | 64 (-8) | -15 |
| 2 | Peter Malnati | 64 (-8) | -14 |
| 3 | Zac Blair | 68 (-4) | -12 |
| 4 | Denny McCarthy | 65 (-7) | -11 |
| 4 | Stephan Jaeger | 65 (-7) | -11 |
| 6 | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | 63 (-9) | -10 |
| 6 | Lucas Glover | 64 (-8) | -10 |
| 6 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 64 (-8) | -10 |
| 6 | Austin Eckroat | 66 (-6) | -10 |
| 6 | Ben Kohles | 66 (-6) | -10 |
| 6 | Keith Mitchell | 66 (-6) | -10 |
| 6 | Zach Bauchou | 67 (-5) | -10 |
| 6 | Blades Brown | 68 (-4) | -10 |
| 6 | Ryan Gerard | 68 (-4) | -10 |
| 6 | Kensei Hirata | 69 (-3) | -10 |
| Round 2 | |
|---|---|
| Scoring average | 70.08 (1.92 under par) |
| Players under par | 85 of 115 |
| Low round | 63 (-9): Sudarshan Yellamaraju |
| Hardest hole | 4th (par 4): 0.42 over par |
| Easiest hole | 1st (par 5): 0.79 under par |
| Morning wave | 68.95 (60 players) |
| Afternoon wave | 71.31 (60 players) |
| Draw over rounds 1 and 2 | Afternoon then morning, 1.31 strokes better |
The scoring average, players under par and low round are over the 115 players who had completed the round; three players were still to finish it. The holes are from the In-Running page's hole averages. The draw: a player's round 1 wave, then his round 2 wave.
The leader
James went round in 8 under par, with eight birdies and no bogeys. The putter did most of the work: he gained 3.47 strokes putting, and ranks 5th for putting over the event so far. That is a perfect match for the course's CRITICAL putting metric. He is also a perfect match on HIGH-priority driving accuracy, where he ranks joint 1st, and a match on approach play.
| Stat | Round 2 | Event so far |
|---|---|---|
| SG: Off the tee | +1.49 (18) | +1.38 (6) |
| SG: Approach | +1.39 (30) | +1.77 (10) |
| SG: Around the green | -0.27 (82) | -0.15 (77) |
| SG: Putting | +3.47 (5) | +2.34 (5) |
| Driving distance | 307.7 (45) | 305.2 (48) |
| Driving accuracy | 100.0% (1) | 100.0% (1) |
| Greens in regulation | 88.9% (6) | 88.9% (6) |
| Scrambling | 100.0% (1) | 100.0% (1) |
| Putts per round | 27.0 (10) | 27.5 (3) |
Each figure with his rank in the field in brackets, as the In-Running page ranks it. The event so far is rounds 1 to 2: strokes gained, driving distance and accuracy, greens in regulation and putts per round averaged over his rounds, ranked among the players who completed them.
| Key metric | Priority | Ben James, rank over rounds 1 to 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Putting | CRITICAL | 5, perfect match |
| Driving accuracy | HIGH | 1, perfect match |
| Approach | HIGH | 10, match |
Priority is how much the course rewards the metric, read against every venue's Course Fit weights. The rank is over rounds 1 to 2. The verdict: a perfect match is a top-5 rank, a match the top quarter, neutral the top half, an anomaly below.
On the move
Yellamaraju climbed from joint 88th to joint 6th, with Lucas Glover and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen also moving into the top-10. Joe Highsmith, Karl Vilips and Nick Dunlap fell out of it.
| Player | After round 1 | After round 2 | Move | Round 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudarshan Yellamaraju | 88 | 6 | Up 82 | 63 (-9) |
| Lucas Glover | 70 | 6 | Up 64 | 64 (-8) |
| Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 70 | 6 | Up 64 | 64 (-8) |
| Joe Highsmith | 9 | 79 | Down 70 | 75 (+3) |
| Karl Vilips | 9 | 74 | Down 65 | 74 (+2) |
| Nick Dunlap | 2 | 61 | Down 59 | 75 (+3) |
Into the top 10, or out of it, by 5 places or more.
Progress / Regress targets
A Progress target has ranked much higher so far this week from tee to green or on approach than his position, but much lower for putting, although over the last 12 months he has been one of the better putters in this field. His position undersells his long game, and he may climb if his putting returns to its usual level.
A Regress target is the reverse: a weaker putter whose putting so far has lifted him well above what his long game has earned, so his position may flatter him.
Each figure is a rank in this week's field over the event so far, except the last column: his putting rank over the previous 12 months. Only players in the top 50 and ties after the round are considered.
| Target | Player | After round 2 | SG: T2G | SG: Approach | SG: Putting | Putting, last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regress | David Skinns | 36 | 96 | 68 | 2 | 71 |
Progress: SG: Tee to Green or SG: Approach rank over rounds 1 to 2 at least 30 places better than his position, SG: Putting at least 30 places worse, and in the field's top quarter for putting over the previous 12 months. Regress: the reverse, and outside that top quarter. Putting, last 12 months: his rank among the 116 in the field for strokes gained putting over the year before the event, as the CC: SG table ranks it.
Written automatically from the site's in-running data: every figure in it is worked out from it by code.