Branden Grace made six birdies and two bogeys on Saturday in the second round of the LIV Golf Invitational event in Boston on his way to a four-under-par 66 and a share of eighth ahead of the final round of the 54-hole event.
Grace moved to seven-under for the tournament after his opening 67, and was five shots behind the leader, Talor Gooch of the United States. Gooch had a five-under 65 in his second round, and led by one from first-round leader Joaquin Niemann of Chile who was on 11-under. Dustin Johnson was on 10-under, and India’s Anirban Lahiri was fourth on nine-under.
Grace shared eighth with compatriot Louis Oosthuizen, who had a round of three-under 67 to move to seven-under. Charl Schwartzel carded a one-under 69 to move to three-under for the tournament in a share of 24th. Shaun Norris carded his second successive level-par 70 and was in a share of 32nd. Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent had a four-under 66 and was in a share of 19th on four-under.
In the team contest, the all-South African Stinger GC was in a share of sixth on 14-under after the second round. The leaders were Four Aces GC on 22-under, with Gooch, Dustin Johnson, Pat Perez and Patrick Reed.
