Thomas Detry is making his mark known in his second start as a PGA Tour member.
He has played in numerous Tour events and has been a member of the DP World Tour, but he earned his card through the Korn Ferry Tour Finals and is now looking to strike quickly.
Detry shot consecutive rounds of 5-under 67 to sit at 10 under, tied with Hughes for the 36-hole lead. He had three birdies in four holes to begin his back nine on Nos. 1, 2 and 4, and he made five straight pars to close his round.
“(My) putting has been really nice. I’ve made only 240 feet of putts the last two days, so that helps,” Detry said. “It’s been really good. I drove it beautifully well yesterday. Today, I struggled a little bit.”
Sepp Straka, who won the 2022 Honda Classic, is in third at 9 under. He shot 6-under 66 in the second round, which included five birdies on the back nine, to follow up his 3-under 69 on Thursday.
Before his consecutive rounds in the 60s to open this week, Straka had never broken 70 in four missed cuts at the Sanderson Farms Championship.
“I didn’t really know what to expect this week,” Straka said. “I took a couple weeks off after the Tour Championship and didn’t really know where my game was and just tried to kind of find it here this week. Thankfully, after kind of a rough first nine yesterday, it’s been pretty nice.”
Sepp Straka hits his approach shot from the 18th fairway on the second day of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson on Friday, September 30, 2022, in Jackson, Miss.
(Photo: Chris Todd/Special to Clarion Ledger)
