Brad Fritsch takes halfway lead at the Mylan Classic
Brad Fritsch cruised into the lead midway through the second round of the Web.com Tour’s Mylan Classic, at the Southpointe Golf Club in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
The Canadian is on 12-under, following his opening-round 66, with a blistering seven-under par 64. Cliff Kresge of the United States posted an 11-under par two-round score, to take the sole second position.
The two-time tour champion and No. 2 player in the money list, Casey Wittenberg, settled further a stroke back for the third spot on the leaderboard.
Fritsch has been enjoying a mixed form this season, as he grabbed some good finishes along with six missed cuts in his 18 appearances thus far.
In both, the Chitimacha Louisiana Open and the BMW Charity Pro-Am, he tied for the fifth position and shared the seventh spot at the Panama Claro Championship.
This week, he once again has entered into contention for a victory and aims to retain the top spot till the end of the weekend.
According to him, he played good golf in the past few weeks. He was good with his game off the tee and on the fairways. However, his putter was the main culprit for his poor finishes on the leaderboard.
This week, he believes that he managed to take control over his putting, which has helped him surge to the top early in the tournament.
"I've been hitting it really good but the last couple weeks' performances have been limited by my putter," he said. "For the majority of those tournaments I've hit the ball as good as I can. It's just whether the putter cooperates”.
He also stated that he spend plenty of time with his Coach Patrick Kelley, adjusting his technique on the greens.
"My stroke was getting real jabby and my speed control was really bad," said Fritsch, who ranks 117th out of 140 players in putts per round this year.
"I feel like I'm lengthening my stroke but it's probably not, it's just slower. It feels like it takes a long time to hit the ball, but I've watched it on video and it looks normal. I was just in a bad place and getting fast”.
Fritsch fired a total of five birdies and a sparkling eagle without signing a single bogey throughout the second round.
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