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It started off with some turbulence and quickly went into a nose dive. Thankfully, Corey Conners was able to pull his second round of the PGA Championship out of that downward trajectory and keep himself close to the top of the leaderboard with a round of 75.
Conners, who began his day on the more difficult back side, bogeyed his opening hole when his approach came up short and landed in a bunker. After rolling in a 30-footer on his next for a birdie, he struggled through a string of four bogeys that included some missed greens, poor wedge shots and awkward putting.
Conners fought back on his second nine and seemed to find his tempo and balance, especially with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 seventh and a 16-foot birdie putt on the ninth to finish out the day. Last month at the Masters, Conners started Sunday in contention but went five over through a four-hole stretch on the opening nine. A two-under par back nine pushed him into a very respectable tie for eighth.