Fedexcup fall

Sanderson Farms Championship:  Akshay Bhatia dropped three bogeys late in his second round and slipped down the leader board with a 72 after his first round 66 at the Sanderson Farms Championship. From T-4 he dropped to T-41 but made the cut.

Among other Asian stars, Chinese duo Carl Yuan and Marty Zecheng Dou fired matching 6-under 66s to move into title contention at the Sanderson Farms Championship and also maintained their fight for PGA TOUR survival.

Ben Griffin carded a stellar 63 to lead on 14-under with rounds of 67-63 and is 14-under and two ahead of four players, including Yuan (66-66), Luke List (66-66), Harrison Endycott (67-65) and Henrik Norlander (65-67), who are all at 12-under.