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The second round of the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational takes place on Friday from TPC Southwind. Here’s how to follow all the action. Round 2 leaderboard Round 2 tee times HOW TO FOLLOW TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 2-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, noon-1:45 p.m. (GC), 2-6 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 12-7 p.m. ET (Featured Groups). Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. ET (Featured Groups), 2 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Featured Holes). International subscribers (via GOLF.tv): Thursday-Friday, 13:00 to 23:00 GMT. Saturday-Sunday, 13:30 to 22:00. RADIO: Thursday-Friday, 1-7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com). FEATURED GROUPS Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Jason Day: 12:53 p.m. ET (off 10th tee) Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth: 12:53 p.m. ET (off 10th tee) MUST READS Rested Rahm leads after opening-round 62 Smith, Imahira eye Presidents Cup Win probabilities Power Rankings Expert Picks News, notes on TPC Southwind The First Look CALL OF THE DAY

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JACKSON, Miss. — Mackenzie Hughes thought he had a chance to be picked for the Presidents Cup because of his putting. The strength of his game helped carry him to a 9-under 63 on Friday and a share of the lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Hughes birdied his last two holes at the Country Club of Jackson to catch Thomas Detry of Belgium, who played in the morning and had a second straight 67. They were at 10-under 134, one shot ahead of Sepp Straka (66). Hughes ended last year at No. 39 in the world, but the Canadian slipped enough this year that he needed to rely on a captain’s pick for the Presidents Cup matches in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Hughes now lives. He was overlooked and Hughes didn’t hide the disappointment when asked about it after his round Friday. Trevor Immelman used his last pick on another Canadian, Taylor Pendrith, who missed four months with an injury this summer. Immelman cited Pendrith’s power being a good fit for Quail Hollow. Hughes has been ranked among the top 15 in putting on the PGA TOUR each of the last three years. “I thought a good putter would have done well in that format,” Hughes said. “But that’s not for me to decide if I’m a good fit. I just use it as fuel. I want to have a great season and I’m off to a nice start. “It hurt, but that’s the way it goes in this game sometimes,” he said. “I’ll work hard to be on that team in two years in Montreal.” Detry’s objective is to be in Rome next year for the Ryder Cup. The 29-year-old from Belgium is a PGA TOUR rookie, though he has been seasoned on the European Tour and won the World Cup in Australia four years ago with close friend Thomas Pieters. He also was carried by his putter on the pure greens at the Country Club of Jackson, making three birdie putts of 20 feet or longer in the second round. “I’ve made only 240 feet of putts the last two days, so that helps,” Detry said. “Although I’ve missed a couple short ones, but that doesn’t matter. I can’t complain about the putter. It’s been really good.” He also is slightly more rested. Detry was eligible for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals a year ago and chose to stay in Europe, a decision he later regretted. He was eligible again and got his PGA TOUR card in the three-tournament series. But he logged some serious miles along the way. His card secure, he flew to London for the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, the flagship event of the European Tour, and then flew across eight time zones for the start of the PGA TOUR season in California. He at least had off last week. Getting his card through the Korn Ferry Tour means Detry won’t have access to every tournament, and his priority will change every few months depending on how he fares. “You obviously don’t get into every single event, so you kind of have to take your chances the first event you get into,” he said. “You have to try to put points on the board as soon as you can, and that’s what I did.” He tied for fifth at Wentworth and tied for 12th at the Fortinet Championship, and he goes into the weekend in Mississippi tied with Hughes, so it’s a solid start. Straka, the Austrian native who won the Honda Classic this year for his first PGA TOUR title, birdied five of his last seven holes. He had a chance to join the co-leaders. He missed a quick 6-footer down the hill on the 17th and a birdie putt from 20 feet on the 18th. Mark Hubbard (69), Garrick Higgo (66) and Scott Stallings (67) were two shots behind, while Mississippi native Davis Riley managed a 71 in the morning and was in the group three shots behind with Nick Hardy, one of Detry’s close friends from their college years at Illinois. Defending champion Sam Burns had a 68 and was very much in the mix, just five shots back.

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The PGA TOUR returns to Bermuda for the second Bermuda Championship with a field led by former FedExCup winner Henrik Stenson and defending champion Brendon Todd. FIELD NOTES: Former collegiate stars Will Zalatoris and Justin Suh earned a spot in the field after parlaying sponsor exemptions into the Shriners Hospitals for Open Children into top-10 finishes ... Major champions Danny Willett, Jason Dufner, Stewart Cink, and Padraig Harrington are in the field... Sponsor exemptions include Bermuda's own Camiko Smith, Taylor Funk (son of former PLAYERS Championship winner Fred Funk, who is also in the field), Korn Ferry Tour members John Oda and James Nicholas, plus brothers Ollie and Luke Schniederjans (Luke, the younger brother, just shot a 59 at a mini-tour event in North Carolina in mid-October)... Monday Qualifiers include Danny Walker and Michael Miller, who survived a 4-for-2 playoff two weeks ago that went into Tuesday due to darkness. FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 FedExCup points. COURSE: Port Royal GC in Southampton, Bermuda, par 71, 6,828 yards (yardage subject to change). A Robert Trent Jones design, the course hosted the Grand Slam of Golf and underwent a near $15-million renovation in order to welcome PGA TOUR golfers to its facility. The Oceanside course is the longest on the island. STORYLINES: This season's Bermuda Championship will offer full FedExCup points... the Bermuda Championship will be the first event on the TOUR schedule since the COVID-19 break to allow spectators, but are limited to 500 per day... Zalatoris is looking to earn enough Nonmember FedExCup Points to get special temporary member. He has finished in the top-10 three out of his last four TOUR events, including the U.S. Open. He is just three FedExCup points away from earning special temporary membership, which would allow him to accept unlimited sponsor exemptions... Suh has posted back-to-back top-15 finishes on TOUR... Harrington and Dufner are familiar with Bermuda having competed in the PGA Grand Slam when it was contested on the island... Todd will defend his title in Bermuda after a career season in 2019-20 that was kick-started here. He also won the Mayakoba Golf Classic in his next stop. 72-HOLE RECORD: 260, Brendon Todd (2019) 18-HOLE RECORD: 62, Scottie Scheffler (first round, 2019), Brendon Todd (fourth round, 2019). LAST TIME: Brendon Todd broke a five-year winless drought in Bermuda with a four-stroke victory over Harry Higgs. Todd, who won the 2014 AT&T Byron Nelson for his first PGA TOUR title, earned his TOUR card back for 2019-20 at the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. After his win in 2014, Todd missed 37 of 41 cuts from 2016-18 and fell outside the top 2,000 in the world. But in a story of resilience, Todd fought all the way back to the PGA TOUR winner's circle, punctuated with a 9-under-par 62 in the final round in Bermuda. Hank Lebioda, Aaron Wise, Brian Gay, and Scottie Scheffler all finished T3 at 18-under. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Saturday, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. ET; Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET (Golf Channel) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. ET; Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio).

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