Palm Beach Gardens (US), February 28 Aaron Rai maintained his position in the Top-10 despite Sudarshan Yellamaraju's performance in the second round of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
Rai (69-69) finished in 6th place, while Indo-Canadian Yellamaraju (68-72) also made it through to the weekend rounds.
Austin Smotherman, who led after the first round (62-69), held a 3-shot lead over Taylor Moore (67-67), who was in second place. Smotherman was 11 strokes under par, and Moore was 8 strokes under par.
Rai had four birdies against two bogeys, while Yellamaraju had five birdies on his second nine after dropping three bogeys and a triple bogey on the front nine.
Brooks Koepka shot a 5-under 66 on Friday, improving his score by eight strokes from his opening round, and made the cut (74-66) at 27th place.
Smotherman continued his strong performance, with a 55-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th among the highlights, as he took a three-shot lead into the weekend.
Moore is in second place, with a score of 8 under after his second consecutive 67. A.J Ewart (64, the round of the day) is at 7 under, tied for third with Nico Echavarria (72).
