2022 Valspar Championship scores: Matthew NeSmith tops Round 2 with Justin Thomas among those just off lead

NeSmith went 10 under to tie the Copperhead course record

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) -- Matthew NeSmith has been working so hard and getting so little out of his game that he tried to get out of his own way. He wound up in the record book Friday at the Valspar Championship.

No more worrying about whether his drives would find the fairway, his approach shots would land on the green instead of the bunkers, whether his putts would lip out instead of curl in.

NeSmith crafted a 10-under 61 to tie the Copperhead course record at Innisbrook set 10 years ago by three-time major champion Padraig Harrington. He missed one fairway and two greens, and there was a stretch late in his round when it seemed he couldn't miss a putt.