Martin Dempster's second round report from Hero World Challenge

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00:00Hello it's Martin Dempster the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here coming to you from Albany

00:07Golf Course in the Bahamas where right now it's flat cam glorious evening and at the

00:16top of the leaderboard not for the first time in this event is world number one Scottish

00:22Sheffler the defending champion this week shot a eight under par 64 in today's second round

00:30he was out in 29 shots having started with four straight birdies then adding three more before

00:36the turn as he stormed to the top of the leaderboard he leads by two shots after 36 holes

00:44from double PGA champion Justin Thomas and American left-hander Akshay Bhatia

00:52for Scotland's Bob McIntyre it was a frustrating day Bob was two under after seven holes

01:01then dropped a couple of shots just after the turn and found out about a battle thereafter

01:07he shot one under today for a five under par total and sits just outside the top ten

01:16Sheffler he's won seven times already this year including the Masters the Players Championship

01:21and also the Tour Championship he's the game's dominant force by a considerable margin

01:28and it's going to be really really tough for the chasing pack to catch the American in the final

01:35two rounds elsewhere Scottish duo David Rysdale and Stephen Gallagher they come up came up

01:42agonizingly short in their bids to secure champions tour cards out in Arizona just five

01:49cards were up for grabs and both players really battled hard but just fell short as Dane

01:59Kjeldsen finished on 24 under and eight shots clear of the field to keep up to

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