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Hero World Challenge: Akshay Bhatia, looking for a PGA Tour win for the third year running, put himself in a very good position at the halfway stage of the Memorial Tournament. Bhatia, who was T-7 after the first round, 2-under 70, added a 3-under 69 to get to 5-under, sole third place.

Bhatia, who had five Top-10 finishes between November and March, has, however, not been able to finish that close since his third place at the Players. He was T-2 at Dunlop Phoenix, 4th at Hero World Challenge, T-9 at Genesis, 9th at Mexico, and T-3 at the Players tournament. Has since then cooled off with two missed cuts and a best of T-22 at Charles Schwab last week.

The World No. 31 had five birdies against two bogeys, which came in the middle of the round on the ninth and the 11th. Two of his birdies came with putts of 28 feet on the third and a 22-footer on the 12th.