Akshay Bhatia shot a 5-under 67 that included a free drop after his golf ball fell into a fairway drain at Detroit Golf Club. That was good enough for a share of the 36-hole lead with Aaron Rai after the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Friday.
Akshay Bhatia hits out of the rough on the ninth hole during the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan, Friday, June 27, 2024. Cam Davis, left, and Rickie Fowler look over the eighth green during the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan, Friday, June 27, 2024.
Taylor Montgomery , Troy Merritt , Erik van Rooyen and Cameron Young were two strokes behind the co-leaders.Neal Shipley, the low amateur at the Masters and U.S. Open, gave himself a chance to contend in his first PGA Tour event as a pro. He was four shots back after a 68. in April and is coming off a fifth-place finish at the Travelers Championship, where he was in the final group that was disrupted by
Bhatia, who opened with a 64 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead, started the second round on the par-4 10th and hit an approach from 112 yards to 3 feet for birdie. He made a 31-foot putt on the par-3 15th for his second of five birdies Friday.
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