STATELINE, Nev. – Weather delays couldn’t stop tennis player Mardy Fish from taking a strong lead on the second day of the American Century Championship. Fish started the day trailing leader Adam Thielen by one point, but after getting nine birdies, Fish ended the day squarely in the lead.
He ended the round with 34 points and 57 points total. Following the round, Fish said he started off with two bad holes, then a bogey on Hole 4 but soon found his stride. “So 1-over through four holes and was able to make a birdie on 5.
It really helped just kind of get the round going just a little bit, just something positive,” said Fish. Six of his birdies came in the back-nine when he became seemingly unstoppable. Along with Thielen, Fish played with Derek Lowe.
When asked what it was like to see someone make that many birdies in a row, Lowe said, “honestly, what makes it beautiful is you root for him, you want him to keep going.” “No way, no heck, no how are you going to root against somebody, but when you start making 60 footers, when you start firing them from the 60, you’re like ‘uh oh,” Lowe said. “But it was just a beautiful round.
” Mark Mulder, who started the day tied for fifth said his card was tracking Fish’s progress throughout the day. “He’s a bully. It’s not cool.
We’re all trying to catch him and he’s running away from us,” said Mulder. Mulder ended the round tied for fourth with Lowe at 42 points and despite the point difference betwe.