JACKSON, Miss. – If the first two days were any indication, fans are in for a treat come the weekend at the 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship.
Friday’s second-round action from The Country Club of Jackson was filled with tons of low scores. Players are positioning themselves for a run at the trophy in the second PGA Tour event of the 2022-23 season. Emiliano Grillo shot 7-under, and one of his best shots of the day came after he threw his club.
There’s a duo tied at the top, but six golfers are within two shots of the lead. There are 10 within three shots.
Here’s a look at five things to know from the second round of the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Mackenzie Hughes goes low
The round of the day belonged to Mackenzie Hughes.
The 31-year-old Canadian birdied his first three holes and four of his first five, going out in 5-under 31. He continued his strong play on the back, making birdies on holes 12, 15 and 17 and 18 to card a 9-under 63. He’s tied for the lead at 10-under 134. The 63 is also the lowest round of the week by two shots.
Hughes said he recently changed coaches, and they have been working a lot on his full swing. He said after he started off so quickly and didn’t have to worry about making the cut, it freed him up to be aggressive.
Hughes has played the Sanderson Farms Championship twice, his best finish coming in 2016 with a tie for 26th. If he plays this weekend like he did Friday, he could be hoisting his second PGA Tour trophy come Sunday.
“It’s important to get off to a good start, and I think especially given the round I had yesterday, I was kind of stuck in neutral and didn’t get much going, so to get that fast start kind of felt like, ‘OK, I’m making my way up the leaderboard,’ and you can kind of put the cut line out of your mind a little bit and kind of push forward,” Hughes said. “The great start was a huge bonus and got me rolling.”
Mackenzie Hughes watches his approach shot from the 18th fairway on the second day of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson on Friday, September 30, 2002, in Jackson, Miss. (Photo: Chris Todd/Special to Clarion Ledger)
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