Rickie Fowler shows old sparkle to take share of lead at halfway stage of ZOZO Championship

Rickie Fowler has signalled a possible resurgence in recent weeks and that upturn in form continued as he charged to the top of the leaderboard at the ZOZO Championship. Fowler is a five-time winner on the PGA Tour and Ryder Cup stalwart, but his form deserted him completely and he dropped as low as 173 in the world. Ad A reset was required.

He hooked up with his old coach Butch Harmon, and there have been positive signs. Zozo ChampionshipMatsuyama makes slow start to ZOZO Championship defence, seven behind Steele20 HOURS AGO He opened the tournament at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club with a 67, and followed that on Friday with a 63 to get into a share of the lead at 10-under. “The last two days I wouldn’t say I had my best swing wise," Fowler said.

«I kind of did a good job of managing my way around. But I'll get some work in tomorrow before the round and try and exaggerate a few things where I'm a little bit tighter in lines and flights that I want. But I can’t complain about a 63.

“I’m very happy with where we’re at. Obviously didn’t have the week we wanted last week, drove it poorly, but with some of the changes we’ve made and to have the finish that we did at Napa and kind of seeing a lot of good things, I'm definitely happy about it and excited to be here and off to a good start.” Second Round Leaderboard T1. Andrew Putman, 10-under T1.

Rickie Fowler, 10-under 3. Keegan Bradley, nine-under 4. John Huh, eight-under 5.

Keita Nakajima, seven-under T6. Matthew NeSmith, six-under T6. Sam Ryder, six-under T8.

Adam Schenk, five-under T8. Collin Morikawa, five-under T8. Joel Dahmen, five-under T8.