New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox has moved up the leaderboard on day two at The Players Championship.
Fox carded a two-under 70 in the second round at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida on Friday (Saturday NZ Time) to rise more than 20 places from a tie for 62nd following an even-par 72 in the opening round.
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In a roller-coaster round, Fox made three birdies and two bogeys on the back-nine, after starting on the 10th hole.
The 37-year-old added four birdies and three bogeys on the front-nine, making only six pars in his round.
Fox was two shots above the projected cut-line at even-par, but still trailed the clubhouse co-leaders, Australian Min Woo Lee and American Akshay Bhatia, by nine strokes, with half of the field still on the course in the second round.
At the LIV Golf Singapore event, Kiwis Danny Lee and Ben Campbell are both tied for 11th at three-under after the opening round.
Lee made four birdies and a bogey at the Sentoas Golf Club on Friday, while Campbell produced six birdies and three bogeys, to trail the leader, American Dustin Johnson, by five strokes.
Meanwhile, at the WPGA's Australian Women's Classic at Coff's Harbour, Momoka Kobori is the best-placed New Zealander in a share of 42nd at one-over.
Kobori three birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey at the par-five sixth to sit seven shots back of the co-leaders. Wenyung Keh is tied for 55th at two-over after a round featuring a birdie and three bogeys.