Claycomb maintains lead in Boys Junior PGA Championship

Published 7:15 am Thursday, August 1, 2019

Bowling Green’s Canon Claycomb maintained a one-stroke lead after Wednesday’s second round of the Boys Junior PGA Championship in Hartford, Conn.

Claycomb, who fired an opening-round 62 to share the first-round lead, followed that with a 6-under par 64 on Wednesday to claim a one-stroke lead and set a tournament 36-hole record at 14-under 126. Claycomb, an Alabama commit, leads Jake Beber-Frankel by a stroke in the tournament at Keney Park Golf Course.

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Frankel’s second-round 10-under 60 was the lowest score in the 44-year history of the Boys Junior PGA Championship.

Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas are among the current PGA stars who have played in the event.{&end}