Day two is officially in the books at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, NC., the cut has been made at +1, and as we hoped the leaderboard is log-jammed near the top. You couldn’t ask for more going into the weekend of a major championship than to have a really tight group of players all bunched up near the top. And now we get moving day in round three where we will really get a good idea of the true contenders and pretenders.
The golf course has been fighting back with it’s length and rather treacherous greens, forcing players to putt with their backs to the hole at certain times because of how much break they had to play. We saw some of the best players in the world missing seemingly “gimmie” putts, because there truly is no such thing as a straight putt at Quail Hollow. There was also some incredible shots from guys like Max Homa, who almost hit an ace on a par 4 (something that has only been done once on the PGA Tour, believe it or not). Si Woo Kim actually did hit a hole-in-one on Friday using his 5-wood on the goliath 252-yard par three sixth, the second of the week from the field. The leader, Jhonattan Vegas started off a little shaky, missing greens for most of his front-nine, but settled in nicely and held his lead through 36-holes. He actually built up a very nice cushion for himself before carding a double-bogey on his final hole of the day. Below is the leaderboard before what promises to be an incredible Saturday at the PGA Championship.
| POS | PLAYER | SCORE | TODAY | THRU | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Jhonattan Vegas |
-8 | -1 | 1:45 PM | 64 | 70 | — | — | 134 | |
| T2 | 58 | Si Woo Kim |
-6 | -7 | 1:35 PM* | 72 | 64 | — | — | 136 | |
| T2 | 44 | Matthieu Pavon |
-6 | -6 | 1:45 PM | 71 | 65 | — | — | 136 | |
| T2 | 7 | Matt Fitzpatrick |
-6 | -3 | 1:35 PM | 68 | 68 | — | — | 136 | |
| T5 | 68 | Max Homa |
-5 | -7 | 1:25 PM* | 73 | 64 | — | — | 137 | |
| T5 | 15 | Scottie Scheffler |
-5 | -3 | 1:25 PM | 69 | 68 | — | — | 137 | |
| T7 | 22 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
-4 | -3 | 1:15 PM* | 70 | 68 | — | — | 138 | |
| T7 | 22 | Sam Stevens |
-4 | -3 | 12:35 PM* | 70 | 68 | — | — | 138 | |
| T7 | 22 | Denny McCarthy |
-4 | -3 | 12:35 PM | 70 | 68 | — | — | 138 | |
| T7 | 13 | Garrick Higgo |
-4 | -2 | 12:25 PM | 69 | 69 | — | — | 138 | |
| T7 | 2 | Michael Thorbjornsen |
-4 | -1 | 1:15 PM | 68 | 70 | — | — | 138 | |
| T7 | 2 | J.T. Poston |
-4 | -1 | 12:45 PM* | 68 | 70 | — | — | 138 | |
| T7 | 2 | Robert MacIntyre |
-4 | -1 | 12:45 PM* | 68 | 70 | — | — | 138 | |
| T7 | 3 | Ryan Fox |
-4 | E | 1:05 PM | 67 | 71 | — | — | 138 | |
| T7 | 3 | Alex Smalley |
-4 | E | 1:05 PM | 67 | 71 | — | — | 138 | |
| T7 | 5 | Ryan Gerard |
-4 | +1 | 12:25 PM* | 66 | 72 | — | — | 138 | |
| T17 | 29 | J.J. Spaun |
-3 | -3 | 12:15 PM | 71 | 68 | — | — | 139 | |
| T17 | 29 | Bryson DeChambeau |
-3 | -3 | 12:05 PM* | 71 | 68 | — | — | 139 | |
| T17 | 29 | Davis Riley |
-3 | -3 | 11:55 AM* | 71 | 68 | — | — | 139 | |
| T17 | 12 | Richard Bland |
-3 | -2 | 11:55 AM | 70 | 69 | — | — | 139 | |
| T17 | 12 | Tony Finau |
-3 | -2 | 11:35 AM | 70 | 69 | — | — | 139 | |
| T17 | 12 | Ben Griffin |
-3 | -2 | 11:35 AM* | 70 | 69 | — | — | 139 | |
| T17 | 3 | Taylor Pendrith |
-3 | -1 | 12:05 PM | 69 | 70 | — | — | 139 | |
| T17 | 8 | Alex Noren |
-3 | E | 11:45 AM* | 68 | 71 | — | — | 139 | |
| T17 | 8 | Ryo Hisatsune |
-3 | E | 11:45 AM* | 68 | 71 | — | — | 139 | |
| T17 | 13 | Aaron Rai |
-3 | +1 | 12:15 PM | 67 | 72 | — | — | 139 | |
| T27 | 46 | Joe Highsmith |
-2 | -4 | 11:15 AM | 73 | 67 | — | — | 140 | |
| T27 | 2 | Eric Cole |
-2 | -1 | 11:25 AM | 70 | 70 | — | — | 140 | |
| T27 | 2 | Tommy Fleetwood |
-2 | -1 | 10:55 AM | 70 | 70 | — | — | 140 | |
| T27 | 2 | Jon Rahm |
-2 | -1 | 10:45 AM | 70 | 70 | — | — | 140 | |
| T27 | 7 | Adam Scott |
-2 | E | 11:15 AM* | 69 | 71 | — | — | 140 | |
| T27 | 7 | Viktor Hovland |
-2 | E | 10:55 AM* | 69 | 71 | — | — | 140 | |
| T27 | 7 | Marco Penge |
-2 | E | 10:35 AM* | 69 | 71 | — | — | 140 | |
| T27 | 18 | Keegan Bradley |
-2 | +1 | 10:45 AM | 68 | 72 | — | — | 140 | |
| T27 | 25 | Cam Davis |
-2 | +3 | 11:25 AM | 66 | 74 | — | — | 140 | |
| T36 | 62 | Joaquín Niemann |
-1 | -4 | 10:25 AM* | 74 | 67 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 37 | Corey Conners |
-1 | -3 | 9:45 AM | 73 | 68 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 24 | Wyndham Clark |
-1 | -2 | 10:15 AM* | 72 | 69 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 24 | Nicolai Højgaard |
-1 | -2 | 9:45 AM | 72 | 69 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 10 | Lucas Glover |
-1 | -1 | 10:35 AM* | 71 | 70 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 10 | Matt Wallace |
-1 | -1 | 10:05 AM | 71 | 70 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 10 | Beau Hossler |
-1 | -1 | 9:55 AM* | 71 | 70 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 7 | Tom McKibbin |
-1 | E | 10:05 AM* | 70 | 71 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 16 | Harry Hall |
-1 | +1 | 9:35 AM* | 69 | 72 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 27 | Tyrrell Hatton |
-1 | +2 | 10:25 AM* | 68 | 73 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 27 | Rafael Campos |
-1 | +2 | 10:15 AM | 68 | 73 | — | — | 141 | |
| T36 | 32 | Luke Donald |
-1 | +3 | 9:55 AM* | 67 | 74 | — | — | 141 | |
| T48 | 25 | Cameron Young |
E | -2 | 9:15 AM | 73 | 69 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 25 | Brian Campbell |
E | -2 | 8:55 AM | 73 | 69 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 25 | Taylor Moore |
E | -2 | 8:55 AM* | 73 | 69 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 12 | Austin Eckroat |
E | -1 | 9:35 AM | 72 | 70 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 12 | Harris English |
E | -1 | 8:45 AM* | 72 | 70 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 2 | Daniel Berger |
E | E | 9:15 AM* | 71 | 71 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 2 | Thorbjørn Olesen |
E | E | 8:25 AM* | 71 | 71 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 19 | Collin Morikawa |
E | +1 | 9:25 AM* | 70 | 72 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 19 | Maverick McNealy |
E | +1 | 8:25 AM | 70 | 72 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 28 | Byeong Hun An |
E | +2 | 9:25 AM | 69 | 73 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 28 | Justin Lower |
E | +2 | 8:15 AM | 69 | 73 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 39 | Nico Echavarria |
E | +3 | 8:45 AM* | 68 | 74 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 39 | Rasmus Højgaard |
E | +3 | 8:35 AM | 68 | 74 | — | — | 142 | |
| T48 | 44 | Stephan Jaeger |
E | +4 | 8:35 AM* | 67 | 75 | — | — | 142 | |
| T62 | 50 | Sergio Garcia |
+1 | -3 | 8:05 AM* | 75 | 68 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 36 | Bud Cauley |
+1 | -2 | 7:45 AM* | 74 | 69 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 36 | Rory McIlroy |
+1 | -2 | 7:25 AM | 74 | 69 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 11 | Kevin Yu |
+1 | -1 | 7:55 AM | 73 | 70 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 11 | Chris Kirk |
+1 | -1 | 7:35 AM* | 73 | 70 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 11 | Sam Burns |
+1 | -1 | 7:15 AM | 73 | 70 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 2 | Xander Schauffele |
+1 | E | 7:25 AM | 72 | 71 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 16 | Tom Kim |
+1 | +1 | 8:15 AM* | 71 | 72 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 16 | Brian Harman |
+1 | +1 | 8:05 AM* | 71 | 72 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 16 | David Puig |
+1 | +1 | 7:45 AM* | 71 | 72 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 16 | Michael Kim |
+1 | +1 | 7:35 AM* | 71 | 72 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 16 | Max Greyserman |
+1 | +1 | 7:15 AM | 71 | 72 | — | — | 143 | |
| T62 | 33 | Elvis Smylie |
+1 | +2 | 7:55 AM | 70 | 73 | — | — | 143 | |
| The following players failed to make the cut at +1 | |||||||||||
| – | 50 | Jordan Spieth |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 68 | — | — | 144 | |
| – | 37 | Tom Hoge |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 69 | — | — | 144 | |
| – | 23 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 70 | — | — | 144 | |
| – | 2 | Jake Knapp |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 71 | — | — | 144 | |
| – | 2 | Padraig Harrington |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 71 | — | — | 144 | |
| – | 2 | Kurt Kitayama |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 71 | — | — | 144 | |
| – | 2 | Sepp Straka |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 71 | — | — | 144 | |
| – | 2 | Shane Lowry |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 71 | — | — | 144 | |
| – | 46 | Akshay Bhatia |
CUT | – | CUT | 70 | 74 | — | — | 144 | |
| – | 28 | Niklas Norgaard |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 70 | — | — | 145 | |
| – | 28 | Takumi Kanaya |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 70 | — | — | 145 | |
| – | 14 | John Catlin |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 71 | — | — | 145 | |
| – | 11 | Justin Thomas |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 72 | — | — | 145 | |
| – | 11 | Thriston Lawrence |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 72 | — | — | 145 | |
| – | 11 | Victor Perez |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 72 | — | — | 145 | |
| – | 24 | Keith Mitchell |
CUT | – | CUT | 72 | 73 | — | — | 145 | |
| – | 24 | Hideki Matsuyama |
CUT | – | CUT | 72 | 73 | — | — | 145 | |
| – | 55 | Ludvig Åberg |
CUT | – | CUT | 70 | 75 | — | — | 145 | |
| – | 42 | Patrick Fishburn |
CUT | – | CUT | 77 | 69 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 5 | Gary Woodland |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 72 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 5 | Thomas Detry |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 72 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 5 | Min Woo Lee |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 72 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 20 | Rickie Fowler |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 73 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 20 | Eugenio Chacarra |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 73 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 33 | Patrick Reed |
CUT | – | CUT | 72 | 74 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 33 | Matt McCarty |
CUT | – | CUT | 72 | 74 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 33 | Jimmy Walker |
CUT | – | CUT | 72 | 74 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 33 | Séamus Power |
CUT | – | CUT | 72 | 74 | — | — | 146 | |
| – | 22 | Keita Nakajima |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 71 | — | — | 147 | |
| – | 30 | Sungjae Im |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 74 | — | — | 147 | |
| – | 30 | Max McGreevy |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 74 | — | — | 147 | |
| – | 30 | Daniel van Tonder |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 74 | — | — | 147 | |
| – | 18 | Nick Taylor |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 72 | — | — | 148 | |
| – | 5 | Jacob Bridgeman |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 73 | — | — | 148 | |
| – | 5 | Davis Thompson |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 73 | — | — | 148 | |
| – | 5 | Lee Hodges |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 73 | — | — | 148 | |
| – | 9 | Dean Burmester |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 74 | — | — | 148 | |
| – | 9 | Patrick Cantlay |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 74 | — | — | 148 | |
| – | 34 | Jason Day |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 75 | — | — | 148 | |
| – | 47 | Will Zalatoris |
CUT | – | CUT | 72 | 76 | — | — | 148 | |
| – | 23 | Cameron Smith |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 71 | — | — | 149 | |
| – | 10 | John Keefer |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 73 | — | — | 149 | |
| – | 86 | Erik van Rooyen |
CUT | – | CUT | 70 | 79 | — | — | 149 | |
| – | 20 | Martin Kaymer |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 72 | — | — | 150 | |
| – | 20 | Nick Dunlap |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 72 | — | — | 150 | |
| – | 7 | John Parry |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 74 | — | — | 150 | |
| – | 6 | Laurie Canter |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 75 | — | — | 150 | |
| – | 20 | Shaun Micheel |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 76 | — | — | 150 | |
| – | 89 | Andrew Novak |
CUT | – | CUT | 70 | 80 | — | — | 150 | |
| – | 27 | Patrick Rodgers |
CUT | – | CUT | 80 | 71 | — | — | 151 | |
| – | 24 | Phil Mickelson |
CUT | – | CUT | 79 | 72 | — | — | 151 | |
| – | 14 | Mackenzie Hughes |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 73 | — | — | 151 | |
| – | 1 | Justin Rose |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 75 | — | — | 151 | |
| – | 12 | John Somers |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 76 | — | — | 151 | |
| – | 12 | Brooks Koepka |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 76 | — | — | 151 | |
| – | 26 | Sami Välimäki |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 77 | — | — | 151 | |
| – | 51 | Tyler Collet |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 78 | — | — | 151 | |
| – | 6 | Bob Sowards |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 74 | — | — | 152 | |
| – | 3 | Russell Henley |
CUT | – | CUT | 77 | 75 | — | — | 152 | |
| – | 7 | Michael Kartrude |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 76 | — | — | 152 | |
| – | 7 | Eric Steger |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 76 | — | — | 152 | |
| – | 34 | Tom Johnson |
CUT | – | CUT | 74 | 78 | — | — | 152 | |
| – | 11 | Jesse Droemer |
CUT | – | CUT | 79 | 74 | — | — | 153 | |
| – | 1 | Karl Vilips |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 75 | — | — | 153 | |
| – | 12 | Ryan Lenahan |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 77 | — | — | 153 | |
| – | 25 | Rico Hoey |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 78 | — | — | 153 | |
| – | 25 | Dylan Newman |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 78 | — | — | 153 | |
| – | 64 | Adam Hadwin |
CUT | – | CUT | 73 | 80 | — | — | 153 | |
| – | 5 | Dustin Johnson |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 76 | — | — | 154 | |
| – | 5 | Brandon Bingaman |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 76 | — | — | 154 | |
| – | 6 | Bobby Gates |
CUT | – | CUT | 80 | 75 | — | — | 155 | |
| – | 7 | Jason Dufner |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 77 | — | — | 155 | |
| – | 7 | Timothy Wiseman |
CUT | – | CUT | 78 | 77 | — | — | 155 | |
| – | 20 | Justin Hicks |
CUT | – | CUT | 76 | 79 | — | — | 155 | |
| – | 14 | Brian Bergstol |
CUT | – | CUT | 77 | 79 | — | — | 156 | |
| – | 38 | Michael Block |
CUT | – | CUT | 75 | 82 | — | — | 157 | |
| – | 3 | Nic Ishee |
CUT | – | CUT | 82 | 76 | — | — | 158 | |
| – | 2 | Andre Chi |
CUT | – | CUT | 82 | 79 | — | — | 161 | |
| – | 4 | Larkin Gross |
CUT | – | CUT | 79 | 82 | — | — | 161 | |
| – | 3 | Rupe Taylor |
CUT | – | CUT | 80 | 84 | — | — | 164 | |
| – | 1 | Greg Koch |
CUT | – | CUT | 82 | 83 | — | — | 165 | |
| – | – | Patton Kizzire |
WD | – | WD | 74 | — | — | — | 74 | |
































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