Thomas maintains two-shot lead despite even-par day at Heritage

Justin Thomas followed up his sizzling 61 with a two-under-par 69 on Friday that was good enough to keep him two shots clear atop the leaderboard at the RBC PGA Tour at RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

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“The golf course felt completely different,” said Thomas, who is chasing his first victory since he claimed the second of his two PGA Championship elite in 2022.

“It’s definitely firming up,” added the American. “We even noticed it just kind of on some chips, the pitch shots, some wedge shots that I hit very nicely, it’s not spinning as much. They’re getting crusty, and it’s fun.”

Thomas was even for the day after two birdies and two bogeys in the first 10 holes, but he rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt at the 11th and then birdied the parfive 15th to give himself a two-stroke cushion over South Korean Kim Si-Woo and American Russell Henley through 36 holes of the US$20 million signature event at Harbour Town Golf Links.