ATLANTA — Steady rains saturated East Lake Golf Club on Friday but, despite softer, more receptive greens, players found the going difficult in the second round of the Tour Championship.
"It was harder today," said British Open champion Zach Johnson, in fourth place at four under par, five strokes behind leader Henrik Stenson, despite double-bogeying the par-five ninth and dropping shots on three of the next four holes.
"The ball was going shorter. (You needed) a lot longer clubs into holes," added Johnson, one of the shorter hitters in the game.
Englishman Paul Casey also had an up-and-down round, with four birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey in a level-par 70 that put him in third place, four off the pace.