‘Happy to go bogey-free,’ Fowler grabs Honda Classic lead

An on-site ambulance transported Bohn to Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center for testing, where it was revealed that he had suffered a mild heart attack, according to a spokesman for the Honda Classic.

Using a different methodology this week was Rickie Fowler, and it seemed to work just fine as he grabbed a one-stroke lead Friday at the midpoint of the Honda Classic, which is being played on the Champion Course at PGA National Resort & Spa.

“Bohn was in stable condition and will remain hospitalised overnight before undergoing more tests on Saturday”.

His wife was home in Georgia but his in-laws were with him at the medical centre.

Seventy-seven players advanced to the third round, including five-times major victor Phil Mickelson who made the cut right on the number after carding a 74.

First-round co-leader Sergio Garcia, who shot 65 Thursday, came back with a 69 and was alone in third place at 134. In his last PGA Tour appearance, he had a two-shot lead with two holes to play and wound up losing in a playoff to Hideki Matsuyama by hitting two tee shots into the water on the 17th hole at TPC Scottsdale, the last one in the playoff. I’m excited to be back in contention here.

However back-to-back bogeys brought him back to the field on 15-under 201 ahead of Sunday’s final round.

“With the way I’ve been playing and how I feel on this golf course, being comfortable here with some good rounds in the past, I’m looking forward to this weekend”. Even though he lost the late lead in Phoenix and missed the cut at Torrey Pines, Fowler has been quietly moving into the conversation of the elite players this year.

Of his round, Garcia added, “I felt like it was solid”. “Making two there was already a good thing, but a one would have been incredible”.

“It’s about getting yourself in the moment and committing to it and then trusting what you are trying to do…on a course where you’ve got to be spot on with the wind and the sections of the greens that you are trying to hit it in”. He has made 35 of 37 putts inside 10 feet this week.

Adam Scott continued his encouraging form as he matched the day’s low round of 65 and kept a bogey off his card to head into the weekend just three strokes behind Fowler.

Scot Russell Knox, second and third in this event over the past two years, is joint-20th after a brace of 70s but compatriot Martin Laird missed the cut. I’m really not complaining. He finished with two-putt pars and successful birdie putts of 8 feet at No. 6 and 22 feet at No. 9.