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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Wind swirled, balls went in the water, and teeth gnashed. Round two at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club on Friday brought brutally difficult conditions for the afternoon starters, who struggled mightily. With a few exceptions. RELATED: Full leaderboard | Inside Max Homa’s mind | Rory McIlroy makes move at Wells Fargo Championship Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz and Abraham Ancer, prospective members of the 2022 International Presidents Cup Team that will take on the U.S. at Quail Hollow, shot 68 and 70, respectively. At 4 under (Ortiz) and 3 under (Ancer) overall, they’re right behind the trio of leaders at 6 under. It was good news for them and good news for 2022 International Captain Trevor Immelman, who hosted a team dinner for prospective team members here earlier this week. “A lot,” Ortiz said, when asked how encouraged he was by his performance at Quail. “You know, Trevor talked a lot to us, and it was pretty inspiring the way he talked and definitely pumped me up. It’s something I’m really looking forward to playing. I mean, I think playing good on this golf course helps.” Ortiz jarred his bunker shot at the first hole, birdied three of his first four, and offset two back-nine bogeys with two birdies. He’s in a five-way tie for fifth in a group that also includes, among others, two-time Wells Fargo winner Rory McIlroy (66). Ancer, who is part of a four-way tie for 10th through 36 holes, also won the 2018 Australian Open in windy conditions. Like Ortiz, he lives in Texas and is no stranger to wind, but said the conditions at Quail on Friday afternoon might have been even tougher than they were in Australia. “Yeah, it was I guess pretty similar, but this golf course, it’s a lot harder with wind like this,” he said. “A lot more water, the rough is high. Over there you can definitely miss in some spots and work with the slopes, and here it’s way, way harder to do that, to play with wind out here. “It’s very – almost no room for error, to be honest.” As for the Presidents Cup, Ancer said he’s starting to think about it. “It was nice to see the guys and have dinner with them and with Captain Trevor,” he said. “I know it’s more than a year and a half from now, but we’ve still got to get ready and get some reps in here. It’s always important, it’s a big golf course and it’s good to practice as much as you can.”

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Professional golf resumes with Sunday’s charity exhibition, the TaylorMade Driving Relief best-ball Skins match, with the team of Rory McIlroy-Dustin Johnson facing the team of Rickie Fowler-Matthew Wolff at legendary Seminole. All proceeds from the match will go to COVID-19 relief. Although not long by today’s standards, Seminole is tough and will require the very best of each player to navigate the famed track. GolfWRX has identified a key club for each of the four golfers. Rickie Fowler’s Cobra RF “Rev33â€� MB irons (4-PW) RF SPECS 4 – 23° / 61.5° / D3 5 – 27° / 62° / D3 6 – 31° / 62.5° / D3 7 – 35° / 63° / D3 8 – 39° / 63.5° / D3 9 – 43° / 64° / D3 PW – 47° / 64.5° / D3 Length: -.5 inches from standard Shaft: KBS C Taper 125 S+ Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align “un-brushed RF style” Rickie Fowler thrives on courses where precision is at a premium. Long in his own right, but not in the same category as a Johnson or McIlroy, Rickie will rely on his iron game as the key to success at Seminole. This week he will have a brand new setup to show off to the world with the new Cobra Golf RF “Rev 33” muscleback irons. WRX spoke with Head of Cobra Golf Tour Operations Ben Schomin on the unique profile of Fowler’s irons and what exactly “Rev 33” stands for. WRX: Let’s get this outta the way — REV 33, what does it mean? BEN SCHOMIN: “It represents the 33 revisions that it took Rickie, myself and our engineering team to finally hone in and get to where we are today. Rickie and I worked closely over the course of a year to find and create his dream iron. This is the finished product.â€� WRX: As the man who put them together, what is the part of this iron that really stands out to you? SCHOMIN: “The engineering and creativity of this iron is quite unique. The blade has ZERO offset and even more, there is very little if any separation from the heel to the scoring lines. Even irons with minimal offset have some room there; these have none. I’d say the most unique aspect of this iron is what it represents to Rick. It’s his iron and represents his creativity and what inspires confidence. It’s not necessarily a guaranteed success when players are involved in creating their own clubs, but Rickie is one of the rare breeds that can make it work.â€� WRX: What influences from the past inspired the RF Iron? SCHOMIN: “That’s where this project got really interesting. It was more of a history lesson/reality check on how things have changed. I went into our archive for inspiration. Gathering iconic blades from years past; MP14/29, Ram FX Tour Grinds, Wilson Staff Fluid Feel sets, Cobra Norman grinds, etc. .. The crazy thing was I forgot how much offset many of those old school blades had. That’s when I realized we could pick out certain design features and aesthetics, but ultimately this new iron idea was going to be just that, an entirely new creation. Remember — Muscle Backs typically follow the similar design rules, where we and many other great companies get creative is in the engineering of it all. Edges, lines, widths, etc. — all while making sure they hold up for the best players in the world. No easy task.â€� Text provided by GolfWRX Director of Content @johnny_wunder Click here for more information on Cobra irons at PGA TOUR Superstore PREVIOUSLY: Rory McIlroy’s driver, Dustin Johnson’s wedges, Matthew Wolff’s putter

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Wesley Bryan has a long history of producing fun and entertaining trick shots, joining his older brother, George, in creating some amazing Bryan Bros. videos across the years. Bryan’s bogey save from beneath a bush while on his knees on the eighth hole late Friday at the Valspar Championship – his 17th of the day – may be the one he remembers most. It might have saved his PGA TOUR card. Playing in his final start of a major medical extension, Bryan chopped his second shot out to the greenside rough at the par-3 eighth, then pitched from 34 yards to 3 feet. Bogey, and a beautiful one at that. At the uphill, par-4 ninth, needing birdie to play on the weekend, he hit the fairway and then knocked a wedge 4 feet below the hole, barely sneaking the putt inside the left edge to make the cut on the number at 3-under 139. “I felt it on the last hole,” Bryan said, looking back after a 1-under 70 on Saturday at Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course. “I usually don’t sweat out cutlines like that. Usually you get the juices flowing when you get into contention. Yesterday just felt a little bit different for sure.” “The bogey on the 17th hole was way better than the birdie on the 18th hole, for sure. On my knees … I was in a world of hurt over there in the left hedges.” Bryan, who turns 32 next week, was playing golf at home 10 months ago when he hit a tee ball and his left wrist “exploded on me.” He played one event in October and Valspar marks his fifth start of 2022 (and his first made cut since January’s Sony Open). Bryan needs a finish of sixth or better to earn enough FedExCup points to keep his PGA TOUR card. Finishing 51st or better on Sunday (a more realistic goal, given that he still was outside the top 50 Saturday afternoon) would give him partial status for the remainder of the season. He said if that is the case, he will play every event he can get into. Watching Bryan rally with two birdies in his last three holes and mix in a miracle bogey save to earn a spot into the weekend wasn’t much of a surprise to his longtime caddie, William Lanier. Bryan was 2 under and needed to get to 3 under with three holes to play. He struck his approach to 12 feet at the seventh (his 16thhole). Lanier knew Bryan would bury the putt. “When he has to get something done, he gets it done,” Lanier said. “He has no quit. Even at his worst, he fights to the end.” Bryan’s wrist injury came after he already had watched his career interrupted by shoulder surgery. In the last four seasons, the winner of the 2017 RBC Heritage in his home state of South Carolina has made only 25 PGA TOUR starts. He is thankful for this: His injuries seem to have been well-timed. His shoulder surgery came about the time his first daughter was born, and his wrist surgery coincided with the birth of his second daughter. “I’d have missed a lot, and I was able to see them grow up under our own roof being home for an extended period of time,” he said. “That was a blessing, for sure.” How much did Bryan miss the game while he was away? “It’s not necessarily golf that I missed,” he said. “Golf frustrates the crap out of me. It’s the competitiveness and the guys out here, your buds, and hanging out playing practice rounds on Tuesdays. Those are the parts that I miss the most.” On Sunday, there will be little to do but swing for the fences. Nothing tricky about it. “It’s going to take a special one,” Bryan said.

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