Harrington and Clarke continue to mark each other as Couples and Jiménez lead

Pádraig Harrington and Darren Clarke shot matching 69s on day one of many PGA Tour Champions’ Hoag Basic, and so they shadowed one another once more with 68s on day two to share twenty first at -5.

Harrington made 5 birdies and two bogeys, whereas Clarke made one fewer of every however with scoring low within the second spherical, they’ve fallen seven photographs behind the lead which is shared by two of the most well-liked characters on the circuit in Fred {Couples} and Miguel Angel Jiménez who moved to -11 after every carding rounds of -7.

For 65-year-old {Couples}, it was yet one more spherical by which he beat his age, and he admitted that it had been on his thoughts as he put the ending touches on the spherical.

“I’m not going to lie to you,” he mentioned. “I really was eager about it on 18. I took out my 3-wood this week, and it’s labored nice. I’ve been utilizing a 3-rescue, however I really simply advised myself, simply hook it, so I had a variety of inexperienced and I didn’t hit an incredible shot, nevertheless it drew lot.

“Miguel was making so many birdies and I was just trying to keep up with him, and we’ll be battling tomorrow with some other guys finishing strong.”

They maintain a one-stroke lead over Freddie Jacobson in solo third, with Michael Allen a further shot in arrears.

Ernie Els, Steven Alker and Stewart Cink are among the many quintet sharing fifth at -8, that means a star-studded remaining spherical is in retailer at Newport Seashore Nation Membership in California.

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