RIDGELAND, SC – Chesson Hadley with an 11-under (131), holds the first 36-hole lead/co-lead of his PGA Tour career. He tied his career-best 36-hole total at (131): 2013 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (finished T-5), 2016 The RSM Classic (finished T-45).
Dustin Johnson was tied for the lead on the 18th hole but closed with a double-bogey.
Monday qualifier Tain Lee opened with a 4-under (67) and followed that with a (68), good for third place on the leaderboard. This is Lee’s third start on Tour this season as a Monday qualifier and he made the cut in both prior events (T-69 at the Farmers Insurance Open, and T-59 at the Valero Texas Open.
Brooks Koepka missed his sixth cut of the 2020-21 season, marking the most missed cuts in one season of his career.
Palmetto Leaderboard:
Chesson Hadley 65-66—131 (-11)
Dustin Johnson 65-68—133 (-9)
Tain Lee 67-68—135 (-7)
Six players 136 (-6)