Taylor Pendrith in contention at the Shriners Children’s Open

Taylor Pendrith (FanDuel, Wikimedia Commons)

Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ontario is in contention at the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas, Nevada. After round two, Pendrith is at -10 and three strokes off the lead.

Pendrith is in a four-way tie for sixth place. He is tied along side Alejandro Tosti of Argentina, and Americans Harris English of Valdosta, Georgia and Scott Piercy of Las Vegas, Nevada. There is a two-way tie for the lead. Those in first place are American J.T. Poston of Hickory, North Carolina, and German Matti Schmid. There is a two-way tie for third place. Those at -12 are American Norman Xiong of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Rico Hoey of Manila, Philippines. Meanwhile, there is one golfer in fifth place at -11. There you can find Ryan McCormick of West Long Branch, New Jersey.

It was the first round where Pendrith was magnificent as he shot a score of 61. He went -10 as he had 10 birdies and zero bogeys. On Thursday, Pendrith birdied the first, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, and 16th holes. Then on Friday, Pendrith shot even par. He had four birdies and four bogeys. He birdied the second, 10th, 13th, and 15th holes, and bogeyed the first, ninth, 11th, and 16th holes.

 

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