2023 Canadian Open: Leaderboard, highlights explored

Modified Jun 10, 2023 00:51 GMT

RBC Canadian Open - Round Two — Carl Yuan is the solo leader of the 2023 RBC Canadian Open (Image via Getty).

China's Carl Yuan is the surprise solo leader after the second round of the Canadian Open. It was a day of many ups and downs, in which 75 golfers managed to make the cut.

Carl Yuan, a player who joined the PGA Tour just in 2023 and whose best result is having made the cut in seven of the 20 tournaments he has played, had an outstanding round at the Canadian Open's second round. He played for -5 (-9 overall) with seven birdies and two bogeys.

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So far, it has been a very steady tournament for Yuan. The first round was also very solid for him (-4).

If we are talking about a dream round, it was Tyrrel Hatton's. He scored -8 this Friday at the Canadian Open (the best of the day) to advance 68 places to T2. Corey Conners and Aaron Rai remained among the leaders, although they dropped one place compared to Thursday.

The fourth occupant of second place is C.T. Pan, who posted the second-best round to climb 27 places and claim his place among the leaders.

The defending champion of the Canadian Open and most renowned golfer in the field, Rory McIlroy, had a much better day than Thursday by scoring -5. With this, he has an overall score of -6 and will start Saturday's round in T12, three strokes behind the leader.

A special mention for Michael Block, who was in the Canadian Open thanks to an exemption he received for his outstanding performance in the PGA Championship. Block had a rather poor first round (+7), so although he managed to improve his performance with a -3 on Friday, he failed to make the cut.