After missing the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Championship last August, Patrick Rodgers knew improvements were in order.
He hadn’t advanced past the first playoff event since 2017.
Two seasons prior, he needed to go to Korn Ferry Tour Finals to keep his card.
He posted three top-10s, a career best, but just five top-25s, the second worst total of his Tour career.
As Rodgers put it Friday in Houston, where he shot 7-under 63 to move into solo second at 9 under, he felt like he had “lots in my process to improve.