Fresh look to US PGA Championship leaderboard with Will Zalatoris on top at halfway stage
by Ewan Murray at Southern Hills from US news | The Guardian on (#5ZFQW)
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In the city that houses a new museum dedicated to Bob Dylan, the times they are a changin'. How else to explain a major leaderboard as has Will Zalatoris and Mito Pereira - without a main tour victory between them - at the summit? Zalatoris leads Pereira by one at the halfway point of this US PGA Championship.
A 64 from Pereira, the 27-year-old Chilean, was already in the books before Zalatoris putted out for a 65. Nine under par plays eight under par. Increasingly benign conditions were notable on Friday afternoon but these were still terrific performances. I actually got away with murder a few times," said Zalatoris.
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