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World number two Scheffler, last year’s Masters champion, and Canada’s Conners fired two-under-par 68s while Norway’s 11th-ranked Hovland closed with

The four-time major-winner from Northern Ireland closed with a 16-foot birdie putt to fire a one-under-par 69 in Friday’s second round to share 10th o

Scheffler was steady as ever, posting a 2-under 68 that gave him a share of the lead with Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland.

Young, last year’s British Open runner-up, made a ball-marking blunder on the 16th green at Oak Hill playing alongside Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and En