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Former world number one Adam Scott has rocketed into contention for a 15th US PGA Tour victory, after a scintillating second round at the latest event in Las Vegas

Former world number one Adam Scott has rocketed into contention for a 15th US PGA Tour victory, after a scintillating second round at the latest event in Las Vegas

16 October 2021

Scott's shot two back-nine eagles, and seven birdies, to post a nine-under par 63 to join Jordan Spieth, Harry Higgs and Kim Seong-hyeon in a four-way tie for second.

They're five shots off leader Keith Mitchell, who's on 18-under after two rounds.

Meanwhile, New Zealand's Ryan Fox heads into tonight's third round of the European Tour's Andalucia Masters in Spain in a three-way tie for second, one shot off the lead.

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17 Feb: Kiwi golfers Ryan Fox and Daniel Hillier remain inside the top 100 of the world rankings after the start-of-the-week update following the weekend's tournaments

15 Feb: Collin Morikawa has broken a two-and-a-half year drought to win one of the biggest events on golf's PGA Tour

14 Feb: Ryan Fox has fired a bogey-free eight under 64 in a stellar second round on the PGA golf Tour's Pebble Beach Pro-Am

09 Feb: Chris Gotterup has holed a long birdie putt on the first playoff hole to win the PGA Tour's Phoenix Open and claim his second event of the season

09 Feb: Golfer Ryan Fox has opened his season with a tie for 24th at eight-under par in the Phoenix Open, courtesy of a three-under 68 in the final round

08 Feb: World number one Scottie Scheffler is lurking at the PGA Tour's latest stop in Phoenix

08 Feb: New Zealand golfers will be in contention heading into the final round at the big tournaments in Europe and the United States

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