Tournament of Champions 2017: Friday Leaderboard Scores and Highlights

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In a low-scoring second round at the 2017 Tournament of Champions, Ryan Moore and Justin Thomas went on late runs to overtake Patrick Reed in a tie for the lead at 12-under par.

Reed’s eight-under par total in the second round marked the low score of the day. He didn’t hit a bogey all round and had five birdies on the back nine. Moore went on a run of four birdies in five holes on the back nine to put himself in contention alongside Reed. 

Here’s the full leaderboard for the PGA Tour’s first event of 2017, via PGA.com:

The 26-year-old Reed has had an erratic career thus far. He does own five PGA Tour victories, including at the Barclays last year to secure his spot in this tournament, but already in three previous events this season, the results have been all over the place. 

After finishing outside the top 50 at the CIMB Classic and WGC-HSBC Champions events in October, Reed posted a solid 10th-place finish at the Hero World Challenge in December. 

Reed continues to show the potential for more consistency, as this shot with his wedge shows, per the PGA Tour official Twitter account:

Patrick Reed showing off the wedge skills.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/jMTbiXaEI2

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 6, 2017

That shot summed up Reed’s day in a nutshell. He hit all his greens in regulation and had a driving accuracy of 93.3 percent on Friday. It’s hard to have a bad day with numbers like that. 

Per Justin Ray of the Golf Channel, Reed has particular affection for this tournament based on recent results:

Last 10 rounds at @PGATOUR_TOC for @PReedGolf67.6 scoring averageCombined -54-3 or better in all 10 rounds

— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) January 7, 2017

Reed was the runner-up here last year, finishing eight shots behind Jordan …

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