WASHINGTON, July 4 ― Chris Kirk, seeking his first USPGA Tour title since 2015, and recent winner Webb Simpson shared the lead today after the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, Michigan. Kirk, 35, walked away from golf last year, sidelining himself for seven months to...
Chris Kirk plays his shot from the 15th tee during the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament at Detroit Golf Club July 4, 2020. ― Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters pic
He grabbed a share of the halfway lead at Detroit Golf Club with a seven-under par 65 that included a birdie hole out from a bunker at the 11th and a chip-in for birdie at the 12th. The world number six Simpson stuck his approach within two feet of the pin for birdie at the ninth and holed out from a bunker for birdie at 16 on his way to the top of a jam-packed leaderboard.
Although the most recent of his four US PGA Tour titles was at Colonial five years ago, Kirk said a new found perspective since his self-imposed hiatus ― and a recent win on the developmental Korn Ferry Tour ― have buoyed him. “I was trying to stay aggressive and trying to just keep making birdies. It didn't quite work out, but I'm proud of the way I played.”
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