Max McGreevy leads Magnit Championship with second-round 67
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JACKSON, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 16: Max McGreevy of the United States plays his shot from the 14th hole during the second round of the Magnit Championship presented by Woodhouse at Metedeconk National Golf Club on August 16, 2024 in Jackson, New Jersey. (Photo by Brennan Asplen/Getty Images)
Things to know
- Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Max McGreevy cards a 5-under 67 – breaking the 36-hole event scoring record with a 12-under 132 – to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend at the Magnit Championship
- First-round leader Will Chandler posts a 2-under 70 and stands T2 along with Sam Bennett, who finished the day bogey-free with a 5-under 67
- The 36-hole cut was made at 3-under 141, with 75 professionals advancing to the weekend
- Third-round pairings will go off No. 1, with tee times running from 6:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. local time
Second-round lead notes
0 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Magnit Championship
5 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win on Tour in 2024
Charting the Leader
Category (Stats entering week) | Max McGreevy |
Age (birthdate) | 29 (May 3, 1995) |
2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List | No. 4 |
Starts – Wins – Top-10s in Korn Ferry Tour career | 79-2-13 |
Starts – Wins – Top-10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 2024 | 20-1-6 |
Starts – Wins – Top-10s at Magnit Championship | 0-0-0 |
Max McGreevy (Leader/-12)
- Broke the 36-hole event scoring record with a 5-under 67 with seven birdies (Nos. 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 18) against a double bogey (No. 7); previous record of 133 was set by Jeff Overton in last year’s inaugural event
- Carded a bogey-free 7-under 65 in the opening round
- Secured his return to the PGA TOUR next season with his second career Korn Ferry Tour victory at the Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS earlier this year
- Along with his win, owns eight top-25 finishes and six top-10s in 20 starts this season
- In his 80th start on Tour, holds the second 36-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career (2021 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club/finished 2nd)
- First career start at the Magnit Championship
- Finished T23 at Final Stage of 2023 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry to earn 12 guaranteed starts to begin the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season
- Made 66 starts on the PGA TOUR with two career top-10 finishes; best finish was a solo second at the 2022 Puerto Rico Open
- Originally earned his first PGA TOUR card (for the 2021-22 season) after finishing 14th on the Korn Ferry Tour's Regular Season Points List in 2020-21
- Played four seasons at University of Oklahoma (2013-17), helping the Sooners win the 2017 NCAA Championships for their second team national title in program history
Quotables
Max McGreevy on his 5-under 67 … “I think I just gave myself a lot of good looks to start. Was able to make a decent putt on 3, and I think that just kind of settled the nerves a little bit, then hit a couple close shots on the next, and I made birdie. Again, I've been focused in on every shot, and I wouldn't say I wasn't focused on No. 7 when I made double, I just wasn't looking on the right side of the pin and ended up getting into a bad position. Probably tried to do too much with it, trying to potentially make a par and ended up making double like I did. I was happy to bounce back on the next hole and make birdie, but on a golf course like this, you're going to find yourself in the fescue or something at some point this week. Happy to come back after I did, and yeah, put a good round together.”
McGreevy on playing the last four holes as a solo… “Yeah, only having four holes left kind of by myself didn't feel that much different. Kind of felt like a practice round where I was waiting behind the group in front of me. No, I do think it's just harder to slow yourself down. I walk pretty fast. I do everything pretty fast. It was hard for me to get myself to take a couple extra seconds and almost get myself out of routine a little bit. But no, was happy to get one there at the end and make a nice par on 17.”
Notes
- 18-hole leader Will Chandler (T2/-10), who began the week No. 134 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, cards a second-round 2-under 70 to make his sixth cut in what is his seventh start of the season
- The former Georgia Bulldog entered the season with no status on Tour and open-qualified into five of his six previous starts this season
- First-year member Sam Bennett (T2/-10) posts a bogey-free 5-under 67 and stands T2 to log the highest 36-hole position of his career (previous; T5/117 Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro/finished T18)
- Bennett owns five top-10s in 19 starts this season and currently stands No. 24 on the 2024 points list
- Hank Lebioda (T4/-9) and Jefferey Kang (T13/-6) log the low rounds of the day with 6-under 66s
- Kang played the second-round bogey-free and seeks his fifth top-25 in what is his 21st start of the year
- Lebioda made six birdies on the day, including a stretch of five consecutive from Nos. 11-15 (four birdies, one eagle), against one bogey (No. 9)
- Zach Bauchou (T4/-9) makes his second career cut at the Magnit Championship (T61/2023) and stands inside the top 10 for the fifth time this season after a bogey-free 5-under 67
- Bauchou has seven top-25s and three top-10s in 19 starts this season, currently No. 37 on the 2024 points list
- Korn Ferry Tour rookie Ryan Hall (T9/-8), who is making his 22nd career start on Tour, cards a 3-under 69 and stands inside the top 10 after 36 holes for the first time in his career
- Five players who entered the week outside the top 156 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List made the 36-hole cut: Daniel Miernicki (T22/-6), Scott Gutschewski (T22/-6), Mason Williams (T32/-5), Chris Petefish (T32/-5) and Blaine Hale Jr. (T59/-3)
- The top 156 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List will qualify for the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, the first of four Korn Ferry Tour Finals events
- Jacob Solomon (MC/+3) made an ace on the 195-yard par-3 seventh with a 7-iron