James Hahn moves one ahead of Rickie Fowler at the Phoenix Open

Hahn had a 10-under 132 total on TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course to enter the weekend a stroke ahead of Rickie Fowler and Danny Lee.

Jack Maguire is playing in his second PGA Tour event of his young professional career at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, and while he won’t make the cut, he will leave TPC Scottsdale with an unforgettable memory.

“So the fact that the PGA Tour is a little lenient on us doing whatever things you want to do on that hole, it’s good for golf, good for the game, good for the fans”.

Lowry shared the lead in the desert after the first round with Rickie Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama, but a round of 70, which included five birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey, left him on seven under, three shots behind new leader James Hahn.

“After making two bogeys in a row I was just hitting it to the middle of the green and trying to roll it down”, Lowry said, but he knew when he struck the putt it had a chance.

The American scored a further four birdies and an eagle but dropped a shot on the 16th and 18th holes to end the round with a six-under 65.

But Fowler hit three more greens in regulation on Friday, despite saying he felt he swung better Thursday.

The American birdied his final hole for a 68, while Lee finished with a 66. “It’s nice to be in a position where I don’t have to rely on going out and having to catch up”.

“I hit a bad shot at the wrong time”, Mickelson said. On his back nine, he got up-and-down for birdie from a greenside bunker on the par-5 third and closed with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-4 ninth.

Watson shot 2-under 69 on Thursday but did not speak with the media after the round.

Matsuyama has a solid history at Phoenix, where he has tied for second and tied for fourth in two prior appearances.

Former Husky Sadena Parks missed the cut. Brandt Snedeker, the victor Monday at Torrey Pines, also had a 67.