Taylor claims joint share of lead in Memorial

Memorial Tournament second-round leaderboard

-7 B Griffin (US), N Taylor (Can); -5 A Bhatia (US); -4 S Scheffler (US); -3 S Lowry (Irl), S Burns (US).

Selected others: E J Rose (Eng), J Spieth (US); +1 R MacIntyre (Sco) X Schauffele (US); +3 T Fleetwood (Eng); +5 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); +9 A Rai (Eng).

Canadian Nick Taylor shot an impressive four-under-par round of 68 to take a share of the lead at the Memorial Tournament in Columbus, Ohio.

The 37-year-old made four birdies during his second round as he joined overnight leader Ben Griffin, who carded an even-par 72, at the top of the leaderboard.

Griffin’s fellow American Akshay Bhatia is a further two shots behind the pair in third at five under.

World number one Scott Scheffler is within striking distance after he finished the day at four under following back-to-back rounds of 70 at the Muirfield Village Golf Club.