Both golfers tee off after 3, and both start the day on 8-under par, three shots adrift of leader Daniel Brooks.
Michael Hoey will begin the day on 5-under, while Padraig Harrington goes out within the hour from 4-under.
Justin Thomas is the halfway leader of the John Deere Classic in Illinois.
He's 12-under par, one clear of his fellow Americans, Johnson Wagner and Tom Gillis.
