Todd Clements Leads Corales Puntacana Championship by Two Strokes After Second Round

Todd Clements shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to hold a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the Corales Puntacana Championship, with three players within striking distance. The 29-year-old Englishman reached 13-under 131 and closed with a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 ninth hole.

ESPN reported that Clements birdied four of his last six holes in windy conditions at the co-sanctioned event in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Clements won the 2023 Czech Masters and missed the cut last week in the ISCO Championship. He said he plans to keep trying to do the same things this weekend. "The field has some great players out here and I know golf does some funny things," Clements said.

Ben James, Johannes Veerman and Gordon Sargent are tied for second place. James shot 66 while Veerman and Sargent each shot 67. James is making his fifth professional start after earning a PGA Tour spot through the PGA Tour University ranking.

"Just pretty much just do the same thing, hit it nice and putt it nice," James said. " Alejandro Del Rey of Spain is 10-under after a 68. Joe Highsmith shot 67 to reach 9-under. Ivan Cantero Gutierrez and Blades Brown are tied for seventh at 8-under.

Brown, 19, is playing as a special temporary member of the PGA Tour. Brandt Snedeker is tied for 20th at 6-under after a 68. He won an opposite-field event in Myrtle Beach in May. There are 50 European tour players in the field for the tournament played opposite the British Open.