After finishing with a triple bogey seven in round one for a 71 that left him outside the projected cut line, the West Waterford man moved up to 34th on four-under. He’s eight shots behind Belgium’s Thomas Derry, who carded 64 to lead by two from Alex Smalley and Michael Kim on 12-under. World number 84 Jordan Spieth is just a shot further back, tied with Tom Kim, after picking up five shots in his last five holes in a bogey-free 65. Slowly getting back to form after wrist surgery last August, Spieth eagled the 13th and 15th and birdied the 17th to give himself a chance of his first win since the RBC Heritage in 2022. “It feels great,” Spieth said. “The progress I've made since January 1 is huge. Because I was going to miss the cut this week if I was playing the first or second week of January, without a doubt. “So it's just progress, just one one day at a time. I don't feel like I'm where I can be, but I know that I'm getting better each day. “It's really fun to wake up and go to work and you know you're going to get better that day. “It’ll be a good test. I honestly haven't been in contention since April of last year, so it's been a while. So hopefully tomorrow, I keep myself in there and then see how everything holds up Sunday.” World number one Scottie Scheffler resumed normal service after his rollercoaster 69 on Thursday and shot a bogey-free 66 to move up to 11th on seven-under. Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo also had a great day, slam dunking his tee shot at the stadium par-three 16th for a hole-in-one that helped him make the cut on the mark after a 69. At the LPGA Founders Cup presented by US Virgin Islands, Leona Maguire fought back from her first round 73 and made five birdies in a three under 68 to make the level par cut with a shot to spare at Bradenton Country Club. The Co Cavan golfer was joint 42nd on one-under, 11 strokes behind Jin Young Ko, who shot a bogey-free, eight under 63 to lead by two shots from Yealimi Noh, Minami Katsu, Angel Yin and Jin Hee Im.