With Friday's round of the Fed Ex St. Jude Classic winding down, Rory McIlroy finds himself atop the leaderboard at seven under par. McIlroy is just ahead J.B. Holmes, Jeff Maggert and Kevin Stadler, who are each six under par. Among the notables in contention are Davis Love (-4), Padraig Harrington (-4), John Daly (-3) and Dustin Johnson (-2)
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Colorado State alum Martin Laird is well off the pace at +2, but he will narrowly make the cut -- also +2 -- and play through to Sunday. Here's the full leaderboard.
A number of golf's biggest names, like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson, are sitting this week out in preparation for next weekend's U.S. Open.
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