Piercy Shoots 65 To Lead CJ Cup.
Brooks Koepka, recently named the PGA Tour player of the year, gave himself the perfect opportunity to become the No. 1 player in the world when he shot a 7-under par 65 to move to within one shot of the lead in the CJ Cup on Friday.
At the Nine Bridges course, the three-time major champion made an eagle on his closing hole to finish on 8-under par 136 after two rounds, just one stroke behind Scott Piercy, who was bogey-free in matching Koepkas 65.
Thomas, playing alongside Koepka, matched Koepkas eagle on the last, but that was only for a 70 and he is tied for 22nd place at 1-under.
Piercy, who has fallen to No. 252 in the world ranking despite winning the Zurich Classic earlier this year with Billy Horschel there are no world ranking points for a team event was rarely out of position in a round in which he found 13 of 14 fairways off the tee and reached 16 greens in regulation.