Stephan Jaeger tees off on the primary gap on the primary day of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, August 15, 2024. Germany’s Stephan Jaeger held a one-stroke lead on the Black Desert Championship when second-round play was suspended as a consequence of darkness Friday in Ivins, Utah.
Jaeger posted an 8-under-par 63 at Black Desert Resort to maneuver to 14-under 128, one shot away from Ben Kohles (64) and Canadian Adam Svensson (69).
Twenty gamers have been nonetheless on the course Friday night when tour officers suspended play. Amongst them was Matt McCarty, who was 3 beneath for his spherical and 12 beneath for the event with three holes to go. He’s tied for fourth with Harris English (64), Sam Ryder (66) and Sweden’s Henrik Norlander (68).
Play will resume Saturday morning at 8:15 a.m. native time.
The Black Desert Championship is the primary PGA Tour cease performed in Utah since 1963 and the latest addition to the FedEx Cup Fall sequence. On the finish of the autumn, gamers within the high 125 within the factors standings could have full standing on the PGA Tour for 2025.
That is vital for gamers equivalent to Norlander, who’s No. 131 getting into the week, and Ryder, who’s No. 132.
Jaeger’s 63 matched the bottom spherical of the day. He made 9 birdies and only one bogey, and he concluded his spherical with birdies at Nos. 14, 15, 16 and 18. He chipped in from the tough for a birdie on the par-3 fifteenth.
Jaeger, 35, doesn’t want to fret about protecting his card for subsequent season. He received the Houston Open in March for his first profession PGA Tour title, made the FedEx Cup playoffs and completed inside the highest 50 in factors.
–Discipline Degree Media