They’ve been paired together the first two days, and the amiable Australian Cameron Percy and fresh PGA Tour Champions rookie Soren Kjeldsen continued their good play on Friday at Congressional Country Club.
Percy shot an opening 5-under 67 to take the solo first-round lead on Thursday, and he backed it up with a 1-under par 71 Friday morning. Kjeldsen stormed to the outright lead for a moment on Thursday afternoon and was 5-under through seven holes, before ultimately finishing with a 2-under par 70. The Dane backed that up on Friday morning with a matching 70 that included another torrid stretch of four birdies in five holes.
Kjeldsen has a deferring and gracious nature to him, and he heaped credit on Percy for setting the tone in the grouping alongside their third Eric Bogar.
“Obviously Cameron has been playing great these two days, we played with Eric as well, who’s a great guy, so it's obviously nice to play with somebody that's playing really well,” Kjeldsen said in his presser after round two. “I think generally if you look at groups, you often get two guys in the same group playing really well. Yeah, so I've enjoyed these two days.”
Percy saw some similarities in how they performed together on certain holes, and from his front row seat, he observed a Kjeldsen performance that was good, yet could have been great on Friday.
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“We both birdied 7 and 8, and he actually birdied 9 and 11. He actually laid up and wedged it close, which where I was, it was almost easier from the fairway 100 yards away because the pins were just really crazy,” Percy said in his presser after round 2. “He got on a real roll there. I'm like,’ geez, he's playing good again.’ He didn't hole any long putts today. He hit it really, really close today, though.”
For Kjeldsen, the tournament this week has also been a bit sentimental as he makes his PGA Tour Champions debut and has run into a number of friends and old opponents he hasn’t seen in quite some time. Going back down memory lane has certainly put a smile on the 50-year-old’s face.
“It felt like a school reunion coming here,” Kjeldsen smiled. “There are so many people that I hadn’t seen for five, ten, and fifteen years, so it’s been a lot of hugs with the guys and asking them how are the kids and the family. I’ve spent a lot of time with 22-year-olds the last few years (DP World Tour), and it’s nice to get to spend some good time with players who are closer to my age now.”
