PGA Championship leaderboard LIVE: Rory McIlroy makes cut as Scheffler and Fitzpatrick shine

Rory McIlroy acknowledges the crowd after making a birdie on the second hole - (AP)

Rory McIlroy fought back into contention on day two at Quail Hollow after a disappointing opening round to the 2025 PGA Championship, before a sluggish back nine slowed his progress.

McIlroy and playing partner Scottie Scheffler put together a string of birdies on the front nine to climb up the leaderboard, which is still headed by Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas. Vegas, who began the day two shots clear and leading a major for the first time in his career, returned a one-under-par 70 after a double bogey on the 18th to reach eight under.

Others in contention are Matt Fitzpatrick, Robert MacIntyre and Bryson DeChambeau, while Max Homa fired the lowest major round of his career to move into the mix.

Follow all of the latest from the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow with our live blog below.

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PGA Championship LIVE

• PGA Championship resumes with round two at Quail Hollow
• Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas double bogeys 18th but still leads on -8
• Kim Si Woo hits 252-yard hole in one on sixth hole
• Leaderboard: -8 Vegas | -6 Pavon, Fitzpatrick, Kim | -5 Homa, Scheffler
• Selected others: -3 DeChambeau, Rai | -2 Scott, Hovland, Rahm | -1 Hatton | +1 McIlroy

Matt Fitzpatrick speaks

01:07 , Lawrence Ostlere

"I'm obviously delighted I have given myself a good chance going into the weekend and that is all you can ask for.

"Everything has been really solid and I have been really comfortable with my game and where it's been going over the last four weeks. The underlying performance and how I am feeling has been good, the results have just not been there."

Si-Woo Kim shoots low to challenge

Saturday 17 May 2025 00:11 , Lawrence Ostlere

A brilliant seven-under 64, featuring a hole in one, sends Si-Woo Kim into contention for the weekend, one of three players sharing second on the leaderboard at six under.

Scheffler ends second round on -5

Saturday 17 May 2025 00:09

Scheffler pars the last for a 68 and he is in very good shape, joint fifth going into the weekend on five under par.

Scheffler has outplayed McIlroy at Quail Hollow this week (Getty Images)

McIlroy cards 69 for +1 overall

Saturday 17 May 2025 00:00 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy makes a mess of the 18th, hitting the grandstand before hacking out from the bank of the creek that runs along the edge of the fairway. He duffs his chip on to the green and two putts for a bogey to card a 69 and end on +1 heading into the weekend.

A prestine front nine was held up by some mistakes coming in, and the Masters champion only just makes the cut.

Fitzpatrick cards 68 to be in contention

Friday 16 May 2025 23:54 , Lawrence Ostlere

Matt Fitzpatrick wraps up an excellent day’s work with a par on 18 to sit joint second on six under going into the weekend.

McIlroy drops another shot on the back nine

Friday 16 May 2025 23:51 , Lawrence Ostlere

And McIlroy does exactly what Scheffler just did, lipping out from the right edge! Shocking from such close range. McIlroy makes bogey, while Scheffler settles for par.

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Friday 16 May 2025 23:41 , Lawrence Ostlere

Scheffler misses his birdie putt! Oh dear oh dear, it was never really on line, fizzing towards the right edge before lipping away for another four footer coming back. What a waste of a beautiful tee shot.

Meanwhile McIlroy’s recovery chip is excellent, and he has a good chance to escape with par.

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Friday 16 May 2025 23:34

McIlroy hangs his tee shot on 17 out to the right, missing the green and rolling down into a little hollow. A testing chip to come.

Scheffler’s tee shot, by contrast, is stunning, clearing the water to find the front of the green and running it up to just a couple of feet.

McIlroy in action at Quail Hollow (Getty Images)

Scheffler, McIlroy and Schauffele par 16th hole

Friday 16 May 2025 23:26 , Lawrence Ostlere

Pars all round on the 16th for the big three.

Scheffler, McIlroy and Schauffele make birdies at 15

Friday 16 May 2025 23:08 , Lawrence Ostlere

Scheffler chips precisely to the 15th flag before rolling in for his birdie to move to five under par for the tournament. Schauffele and McIlroy both roll home their birdie putts too, and that’s a nice result for the group before they take on the infamous Green Mile finale.

Hole in one!

Friday 16 May 2025 23:05 , Lawrence Ostlere

Kim Si Woo fires a low fadey wood towards the sixth green, and his ball lands near the front before rolling up and into the cup! A hole in one and not just any hole in one, but made from 252 yards.

Incredible, and the Korean celebrates brilliantly, throwing his club in the air and running down the fairway.

That moment has fired him up to five under par, joint fourth on the leaderboard.

PGA Championship 2025 – leaderboard

Friday 16 May 2025 23:02 , Lawrence Ostlere

Here is how the leaderboard looks right now. Scottie Scheffler has got himself right in the mix, joint sixth on four under par, and he could just be the favourite right now.

-8 Vegas (70)

-6 Pavon (65), Fitzpatrick (15)

-5 Homa (64)

-4 seven players

McIlroy back to level par

Friday 16 May 2025 22:55 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy and Scheffler make birdies, but Schauffele has to settle for par and the world No 3 is in a battle here to make the cut, which at present is set to be +2.

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Friday 16 May 2025 22:43 , Lawrence Ostlere

A bit of fun here: Rory, Scottie and Xander are all in the greenside bunker on the par-four 14th after long tee shots, so it’s a shootout.

Scheffler goes first and it’s perfection, checking and rolling out to stop about a foot or two from the hole.

McIlroy goes next and it’s not bad, but not great, and he’ll have perhaps eight feet for birdie.

Schauffele’s effort releases too far and he’ll have the first putt of the group.

Scheffler drops a shot at 13

Friday 16 May 2025 22:27 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy’s response to the setback is admirable, chipping beautifully to about four feet to make par. Schauffele plays an almost identical shot for the same score, but Scheffler can’t pull of the tough up-and-down he needs from the left rough, and makes bogey.

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Friday 16 May 2025 22:22 , Lawrence Ostlere

It goes from bad to worse for McIlroy, whose tee shot lands in the heart of the 13th green before funneling horribly off the edge and down into a furrow. That is cruel and he’s frustrated, throwing his club to the floor. A tough chip to come.

Scheffler’s tee shot is worse, crashing into spectators a long way left.

McIlroy makes back-to-back bogeys

Friday 16 May 2025 22:18 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy makes another bogey at 12 and that’s a huge blow after such a sublime front nine. It was a short but tricky putt which swung from right to left, and he just under-read the break. He’s back to +1.

Fitzpatrick moves joint-second on leaderboard

Friday 16 May 2025 22:14 , Lawrence Ostlere

Matt Fitzpatrick has really got his game together this week, it seems. He birdies 12, his sixth of the day, to move to six under par for the tournament.

Matt Fitzpatrick is in the mix at the top of the leaderboard (Reuters Connect)

McIlroy makes first bogey of second round

Friday 16 May 2025 22:01 , Lawrence Ostlere

A blow for Rory McIlroy, whose momentum is stalled by a bogey on the 11th, narrowly missing his par putt from aroud six feet. He drops back to level par.

Mickelson loses battle with bunker

Friday 16 May 2025 21:46 , Lawrence Ostlere

Oh boy: Phil Mickelson had been having a fine day to make up for yesterday’s disaster, but he has just had a nightmare in a bunker, slicing through sand THREE TIMES without getting his ball out of the trap. He finally emerges at the fourth attempt, and his playing partner Tommy Fleetwood doesn’t know where to look. Eeesh.

Phil Mickelson is not making the cut this week (Getty Images)

McIlroy picks up another shot to reach -1

Friday 16 May 2025 21:40 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy and Schauffele birdie the 10th but Scheffler misses his short birdie putt and he fumes, audibly swearing at the green, or his ball, or just himself. That one hurt.

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Friday 16 May 2025 21:21 , Lawrence Ostlere

The star group reach the turn with pars all round on the ninth.

McIlroy is three under for the day, as is Scheffler, but Schauffele is two over and scrambling to make the projected +1 cut line.

-4 Scheffler, E Rory McIlroy, +3 Schauffele (9)

Scheffler and McIlroy on the march

Friday 16 May 2025 21:03 , Lawrence Ostlere

Ominous from Scottie Scheffler, as he birdies the short par-four eighth hole to move to four under. McIlroy matches that birdie and he’s got himself down to even par – both players are looking supreme out there.

Schauffele pars.

McIlroy is having a great day so far (Reuters Connect)

Smalley moves to seven under

Friday 16 May 2025 21:00 , Lawrence Ostlere

Alex Smalley is going along nicely today at three under par through 10 holes, and he has broken out from the chasing pack to only one shot behind leader Jhonattan Vegas.

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Friday 16 May 2025 20:54 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy stripes his drive down the eighth fairway. He seems to have fixed whatever was going wrong with the big stick yesterday.

McIlroy picks up a shot on par-five 7th

Friday 16 May 2025 20:44 , Lawrence Ostlere

Schauffele chips in to save par on the seventh hole, and that’s important to give himself a chance of making the weekend. He’s on +3, and it looks like +1 could be the cut mark.

McIlroy follows with a steady birdie putt to move to +1.

Par for Scheffler.

Fitzpatrick bogeys 8th hole

Friday 16 May 2025 20:40 , Lawrence Ostlere

Urgh – Matt Fitzpatrick sees a short putt lip out on eight, and his visit to -5 doesn’t last long.

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Friday 16 May 2025 20:27 , Lawrence Ostlere

That Lowry moment:

This rules official will not be receiving a Christmas card from Shane Lowry. pic.twitter.com/D7Ed9Z1n6G

— GOLF.com (@GOLF_com) May 16, 2025

Lowry fumes after back luck on 8th

Friday 16 May 2025 20:25 , Lawrence Ostlere

Shane Lowry is furious. His tee shot rolls into a pitch mark and it leaves him an impossible lie, and he can’t hack out properly. It’s a bad break which totally ruins his hole, and he lashes his club at the ground furiously in frustration. A moment later he walks off with a bogey and gives the middle finger to the hole, too. Oh dear.

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Friday 16 May 2025 20:21 , Lawrence Ostlere

Scheffler almost nails his putt from off the green on par-three six, and he’ll have a short one for par.

McIlroy rolls home his par, but Schauffele just misses his eight footer and that will be a bogey.

Rory McIlroy in action during round two (Getty Images)

Donald doubles to fall back

Friday 16 May 2025 20:13 , Lawrence Ostlere

A pity here, as Luke Donald doubles the 18th hole (his ninth) after finding the water, and that sets him back to three under.

Scheffler makes birdie on third hole

Friday 16 May 2025 19:42 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy saves par with an excellent downhill putt on three. Scheffler birdies to move to -3.

Vegas finishes with double bogey

Friday 16 May 2025 19:41 , Lawrence Ostlere

Our leader Vegas double bogeys the 18th! Oh dear. First he hit a woeful bunker shot which found the false front and rolled back down off the green, and then he missed a putt from perhaps two feet.

That’s a disappointing end to what had been a good day, and the Venezuelan’s lead is cut from four to two.

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Friday 16 May 2025 19:33 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy is having to scrap on the third hole after missing the fairway with his drive and getting blocked out by a tree. He scurries a low one up close to the green and then chips six feet past, leaving himself a fast downhill putt for par.

McIlroy moves to +2

Friday 16 May 2025 19:21 , Lawrence Ostlere

And McIlroy makes the 15ft putt! Just what he needed on the second hole.

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Friday 16 May 2025 19:19 , Lawrence Ostlere

Much, much better from McIlroy, who drives long on the second fairway, cutting off the bend, before sticking his wedge close to set up a birdie chance.

McIlroy makes up and down on 1st

Friday 16 May 2025 19:12 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy recovers well from the bunker on the first to make a crucial par save. Scheffler does likewise but Schauffele bogeys to drop back to +2.

Vegas given helping hand by rake

Friday 16 May 2025 19:08 , Lawrence Ostlere

An extraordinary moment for leader Jhonattan Vegas, whose wayward tee shot on the par-three 17th hits a rake lying on the edge of a greenside bunker and bounces on to the short stuff. What a stroke of fortune for the man out in front.

Jhonattan Vegas is enjoying a great day (Imagn Images)

Donald joins chasing pack on five under

Friday 16 May 2025 19:04 , Lawrence Ostlere

Luke Donald wipes out his early bogey with a couple of birdies to move to joint-third on the leaderboard at five under par.

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Friday 16 May 2025 18:58 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy finds the fairway with his opening tee shot – an immediate improvement on yesterday’s driving show – but follows it with a slightly overdrawn approach which finds the greenside bunker, and he’s short-sided.

McIlroy set to begin second round

Friday 16 May 2025 18:43 , Lawrence Ostlere

Rory McIlroy strides to the first tee wearing a burnt orange shirt over white trousers, all smiles. He needs to shoot at most a 66, for my money, to be back in this tournament.

Hovland finishes round with a birdie

Friday 16 May 2025 18:39 , Lawrence Ostlere

Chip in! Viktor Hovland finds the cup on the 18th and doesn’t need his putter. There’s that famous big grin.

That birdie levels a rollercoaster round, and the Norwegian will begin the weekend on two under par.

DeChambeau makes fifth birdie of his second round

Friday 16 May 2025 18:26 , Lawrence Ostlere

Bryson powers in a five foot birdie putt on 8 (his 17th) to move to four under par, and waves to the crowd. He knows he is right in this.

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Friday 16 May 2025 18:10 , Lawrence Ostlere

McIlroy, Scheffler and Schauffele are tuning up before their 6.46pm BST tee time.

The Masters champion struggled badly off the tee yesterday and needs to come back looking like a completely different player if he is to get himself back into contention.

(Getty)

Vegas moves to nine under par

Friday 16 May 2025 17:59 , Lawrence Ostlere

Vegas birdies 13 and he’s out at nine under par, three clear once more.

Homa posts 64 to end round two on five under

Friday 16 May 2025 17:23 , Lawrence Ostlere

Max Homa pars the last to complete a stunning 64 – who saw that coming after his tough time recently? – and the popular American will go into the weekend right in the mix at the sharp end of this PGA Championship.

Max Homa out on the course at Quail Hollow (AP)

Vegas extends lead to three shots

Friday 16 May 2025 17:18 , Lawrence Ostlere

Jhonattan Vegas birdies 10 to move to eight under, three clear of his nearest rivals.

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Friday 16 May 2025 17:12 , Lawrence Ostlere

Homa misses that birdie putt but another par keeps him on seven under par for the day, with one more hole to play.

Homa joins chasing pack on -5

Friday 16 May 2025 17:01 , Lawrence Ostlere

What a day Max Home is having, with six birdies and one eagle on his card through 16 holes, albeit one bogey too. He started on the 10th and is currently on the par-four eighth, his penultimate hole of the day, where his approach leaves him perhaps 10 feet for another birdie.

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Friday 16 May 2025 16:43 , Lawrence Ostlere

JJ Spaun drains a long birdie putt on 14 to take a share of second on the leaderboard. He’s five under today and making a serious move into contention.

US PGA Championship leaderboard

Friday 16 May 2025 16:15 , Mike Jones

-7: Vegas

-5: Rai, Thorbjornsen, Gerard

-4: Homa, Spaun, Pavon, Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald

Vegas moves further ahead!

Friday 16 May 2025 16:11 , Mike Jones

Jhonattan Vegas gets it to drop!

The putt for birdie was aroung eight feet and the leader knocks it right-to-left and rolls the ball into the cup.

He’s back to -7.

Vegas has birdie chance

Friday 16 May 2025 16:10 , Mike Jones

The current leader has a putt for eagle on the seventh.

He’s just on the front of the green and has a 40ft putt for eagle. It’s all uphill and he smokes his putt.

The ball rolls past the cup and leaves Vegas with a tricky return putt for birdie.

His lead will extend if he makes it.

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Friday 16 May 2025 16:05 , Mike Jones

All action through the opening stages of round 2 and there’s still a couple of hours before Rory McIlroy takes to the course.

(AP)

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Homa bogeys 13

Friday 16 May 2025 15:58 , Mike Jones

It’s probably a bit of due karma for Max Homa after his birdie on 12.

With his tee shot he goes over the green on 13 then stumbles with the chip back.

He leaves it in the short stuff and two-putts for a bogey four.

Back to -4.

Another one!

Friday 16 May 2025 15:49 , Mike Jones

Over on 12, Max Homa’s exceptional day goes on.

He’s in trouble off the tee but a solid second and a fine 20ft putt allows him to steal another shot.

He’s up to -5 and is just one off the lead.

Slow and steady

Friday 16 May 2025 15:46 , Mike Jones

Bryson DeChambeau’s booming drive comes inhandy on a 526-yard par four.

He smokes the ball 359 yards off the tee and lays up to around 17ft with his approach.

A well judged putt brings up a birdie and he moves to -2.

It’s been a frustrating round so far but he’s done well to stay bogey-free and now his rewards may come.

Oh JJ

Friday 16 May 2025 15:35 , Mike Jones

JJ Spaun is having an incredible round too.

He’s got five birdies now, and a bogey, having started his round at level par.

Moving to -4, he’s right in contention for the lead after 10 holes.

Bryson three-putts

Friday 16 May 2025 15:25 , Mike Jones

The course is starting to take back some of the early shots that were gained.

Bryson DeChambeau is the latest to feel the sting though he manages to avoid dropping a shot.

A lovely two shots on 15 get him on the green and in with the chance of a eagle.

He’s a long way from the hole, around 50ft, and smokes his putt past the hole and off the back of the turf.

Two putts from there see him save par but that will feel as though his dropped a shot.

A nightmare for Hatton

Friday 16 May 2025 15:19 , Mike Jones

Tyrell Hatton has outdone Adam Scott.

Also down the 18th, Hatton is in trouble off the tee and lands just above the creek.

He takes a penalty drop and pushes his third into the thick stuff on the right.

After his fourth, Hatton is still short of the green before his fifth topples off the slope an drolls back down.

A strong up-and-down gets him through the hole with a seven but that’s a triple bogey and he falls away from the lead.

(AP)

Double Bogey for Scott

Friday 16 May 2025 15:15 , Mike Jones

All of Adam Scott’s good work is wiped out with a terrible trip down the 18th.

He slides a bogey putt to the right side of the hole and shakes his head in horror.

The best he can settle for is a double bogey and he drops away to -2.

Why ‘mud balls’ are angering the world’s best players at PGA Championship

Friday 16 May 2025 15:15 , Mike Jones

World number one Scottie Scheffler hit out at the decision not to allow preferred lies, saying “mud balls” cost him two shots in the first round of the US PGA Championship.

Despite torrential rain disrupting practice rounds on Monday and Tuesday, tournament organisers opted not to allow players to "lift, clean and place" balls in the fairway at Quail Hollow.

That raised the prospect of more complaints about "mud balls", as voiced by Jordan Spieth at last month's Masters, and they duly arrived after Scheffler completed an opening 69.

Why ‘mud balls’ are angering the world’s best players at PGA Championship

How low can Homa go?

Friday 16 May 2025 15:08 , Mike Jones

Max Homa went out in six under par across the nine holes on the back side of the course.

Can he go lower than Jhonattan Vegas’ seven under yesterday?

(AP)

(AP)

Homa chips in!

Friday 16 May 2025 15:00 , Mike Jones

Max Homa has played, possibly, the best front nine of the season.

Six under par thru nine holes, four birdies and an eagle with four pars and no dropped shots.

On 18, his ninth hole, Homa chips up the slope at the bottom of the green and aims for the pin.

The weight is perfect and the ball drops. The American is -4 for the tournament and just a couple shots off the lead.

He wouldn’t have thought that was possible at the start of the day.

Another birdie for Rai

Friday 16 May 2025 14:55 , Mike Jones

Aaron Rai has completely turned his round around.

Two dropped shots to start the day before birdies on the fourth and fifth got him back on track.

An eagle putt on the seventh just comes up short and the 30-year-old rolls in the next shot for a third birdie of the day.

He has a share of second place at -5 now and his accuracy is paying off handsomely so far.

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Close one from Hatton!

Friday 16 May 2025 14:47 , Mike Jones

Tyrell Hatton’s mood may be improving.

A delightful tee shot on the 17th almost lands him a hole-in-one.

A big bounce short of the pin sends the ball forward then a shorter bounce takes it past the hole by a couple of centimetres.

The ball continues to roll and his left with around 10ft for birdie.

US PGA Championship leaderboard

Friday 16 May 2025 14:45 , Mike Jones

-6: Vegas

-5: Davis, Gerard

-4: Rai, Hatton, Scott, Thorbjornsen, Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald

Scott just two shots back

Friday 16 May 2025 14:42 , Mike Jones

Adam Scott is pushing closer to the leader.

A solid first seven holes (all on the back nine) sees him record consecutive birdies and move up to -4.

The 44-year-old is due a strong major outing and the US PGA Championship tends to be accessible for the older players on the tour.

Overnight leader starts his round

Friday 16 May 2025 14:36 , Mike Jones

Jhonattan Vegas leads the PGA Championship after a superb round of -7 yesterday.

He’s struggling out there though. Vegas found two bunkers on the fist but scrambled a par only to bogey the second and drop a shot.

He’s still leading but the gap is down to one now.

Hatton is ticking

Friday 16 May 2025 14:34 , Mike Jones

After a strong start for Tyrell Hatton his famous temper is starting to bubble up.

A dropped shot moves him back to -4 before he miscues his approach to the 16th green.

He pulls it left and lands the ball on the dancefloor though he’s around 30ft from the hole.

As such, he shakes his head and admonishes himself as he strides towards the green. That’s not a bad shot at all but Hatton has higher standards.

Double bogey for Hovland

Friday 16 May 2025 14:29 , Mike Jones

A shocker for Viktor Hovland at 12.

His approach shot doesn’t reach the green and as he chips up from the bottom of a steep slope his ball almost comes to a stop before rolling back to his feet.

His second attempt ends with the same result then the third finishes right on the edge of the cup.

That limits the damage to two dropped shots and he slips back to -1.

Rai back to four under

Friday 16 May 2025 14:22 , Mike Jones

Aaron Rai started the day at -4 but consecutive bogeys on the first and second threatened to derail him.

A par on the third managed to stop the rot and he’s turned around his form with back-to-back bogeys on the fourth and fifth.

Morikawa finding form

Friday 16 May 2025 14:17 , Mike Jones

Collin Morikawa is another player who has started fast.

Two birdies in three holes, at 10 and 12, and he’s -3 for the tournament.

Equally, Bryson DeChambeau gets up and down from 43 yards on his first hole, the 10th, to open with birdie.

Bryson moves into the red.

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Friday 16 May 2025 14:13 , Mike Jones

(IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

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(IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

Homa making moves

Friday 16 May 2025 13:48 , Mike Jones

Max Homa is having a fine day. He’s four under through five holes (having started on the 10th) and has just recorded back to back twos.

A two on 13 for birdie and a two on 14 for eagle sees him shoot into the red and he’s now on course to move closer to the leaders.

Out of position

Friday 16 May 2025 13:40 , Mike Jones

Jordan Spieth is slightly out of position on the 11th and sends his approach over the back of the green.

He chips back to within a few feet and should make par.

In comparison, his playing partner Ludvig Aberg rolls in a birdie putt for three and moves to -1.

Up ahead, Tyrell Hatton sends his tee shot on the 13th into the greenside bunker. Slightly out of position for Hatton who was storming.

A delicate chip sees him slow the ball down on the slope and finishes with a simple putt for par. Lovely stuff.

Hatton on the move

Friday 16 May 2025 13:33 , Mike Jones

Tyrell Hatton is up to -5 after two birdies from his opening three holes.

The Englishman is two shots off the lead and looks in good touch early on here.

Cam Davis, meanwhile, has dropped a shot on the third and is back to -4.

Spieth eagles!

Friday 16 May 2025 13:20 , Mike Jones

Jordan Spieth has plenty of work to do in this round after posting five over yesterday.

He gets off to the perfect start on the 10th with his approach that leaves about 8-10ft left for an eagle.

A slight right to left turn sees Spieth roll the ball into the middle of the cup and he pulls two shots back immediately.

Solid start for Davis

Friday 16 May 2025 13:18 , Mike Jones

Australia’s Cam Davis has made a strong start to his round today.

Along with Hatton, he’s one of the early starters who are challenging at the top of the leaderboard.

The 30-year-old has made par on his first two holes to remain at -5.

Spieth underway, Hatton starts with birdie

Friday 16 May 2025 13:08 , Mike Jones

Jordan Spieth kicks off his round with a perfect drive down the middle of the fairway on the 10th tee.

Up ahead Tyrell Hatton rolls in a three for birdie and is up to -4 for the tournament.

If he gets on a roll this afternoon he could move into the lead before some of the big names head out later on.

US PGA Championship round two

Friday 16 May 2025 13:00 , Mike Jones

The second round of the US PGA Championship is well underway with the first groups having now been out on the course for around an hour’s time.

Ludvig Aaberg, Patrick Reed, and Jordan Spieth are just about to get their rounds going from the 10th tee and Rory McIlroy will be back on the course, alongside Scottie Scheffler, later this evening.

Justin Rose ‘baffled’ by praise after losing Masters play-off to Rory McIlroy

Friday 16 May 2025 12:50 , Mike Jones

Justin Rose was ‘baffled’ by the outpouring of praise he received following his defeat to Rory McIlroy in a play-off at the Masters in April.

The 44-year-old have a superb final round featuring 10 birdies to force McIlroy into a play-off hole where the Northern Irishman’s birdie beat Rose’s par and won him the green jacket for the very first time.

It was the third time Rose finished as the runner-up at the Masters but he understood the 11-year toil McIlroy had gone through in his pursuit to finally complete a career grand slam and embraced his friend on the 18th green.

Justin Rose ‘baffled’ by praise after losing Masters play-off to Rory McIlroy

Why ‘mud balls’ are angering the world’s best players at PGA Championship

Friday 16 May 2025 12:38 , Mike Jones

World number one Scottie Scheffler hit out at the decision not to allow preferred lies, saying “mud balls” cost him two shots in the first round of the US PGA Championship.

Despite torrential rain disrupting practice rounds on Monday and Tuesday, tournament organisers opted not to allow players to "lift, clean and place" balls in the fairway at Quail Hollow.

That raised the prospect of more complaints about "mud balls", as voiced by Jordan Spieth at last month's Masters, and they duly arrived after Scheffler completed an opening 69.

Why ‘mud balls’ are angering the world’s best players at PGA Championship

First alternate Smalley takes his chance

Friday 16 May 2025 12:27 , Lawrence Ostlere

First alternate Alex Smalley got in on Wednesday afternoon when Sahith Theegala withdrew due to injury, and has made the most of his chance, recording four under in round one.

"I was losing hope after every passing hour and you hear about everybody's ailments as first alternate, as well," Smalley said.

"I was prepared to be here all day if I didn't get in yesterday afternoon or last night. Obviously I feel for Sahith, but it was nice to know before the morning that I was going to play so I could kind of mentally prepare for that."

Alex Smalley drives on the 16th hole (Getty Images)

McIlroy off the pace with error-strewn first round at PGA Championship

Friday 16 May 2025 12:12 , Lawrence Ostlere

Masters champion Rory McIlroy faces an uphill battle to claim back-to-back major titles after an error-strewn opening round in the 107th US PGA Championship.

Full report on yesterday’s action:

Rory McIlroy off the pace after error-strewn first round at PGA Championship

Gerard slips but in the mix after round one

Friday 16 May 2025 11:55 , Lawrence Ostlere

Ryan Gerard stumbled late but remained near the top of the leaderboard after the round of his life at Quail Hollow.

Gerard, a North Carolina native competing in just his third major, was cruising along and sitting three shots clear until bogeys on his final two holes left him with a five-under-par 66.

The 25-year-old Gerard looked in total control as he roared out of the turn with four consecutive birdies and then chipped in for eagle at the par-five 15th before missing the green at the par-three 17th and finding a fairway bunker at the last.

Ryan Gerard shot a first-round 66 (Getty Images)

Scheffler in contention after opening 69

Friday 16 May 2025 11:39 , Lawrence Ostlere

World No 1 Scheffler salvaged his round with two birdies over his closing three holes for a two-under-par 69 while Schauffele, bidding to become the event's first repeat champions since Brooks Koepka in 2019, carded a 72.

Scheffler jump-started his round with an eagle at the 15th but gave it back with a double-bogey at 16 when his approach shot from the fairway landed in the water behind the green.

It marked the first time Scheffler had ever made a double-bogey, or worse, in the first round of a major.

"I'm satisfied with my finish. It's always nice coming off the course finishing with a birdie," said Scheffler.

"Overall I did a good job battling and keeping a level head out there during a day which there was definitely some challenging aspects to the course."

McIlroy struggles off the tee in first round

Friday 16 May 2025 11:26 , Lawrence Ostlere

Rory McIlroy, in his first major since completing the career Grand Slam, struggled on a course he is used to dominating.

There was plenty of focus on McIlroy ahead of the year's second major, not only due to his stellar form this year but also because Quail Hollow is his happy hunting ground having won the PGA Tour event there for a record fourth time last year.

But McIlroy, who started from the 10th tee alongside Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele in a group featuring the world's top three players, was errant off the tee and struggled to get anything going as he posted an opening three-over-par 74.

Afterwards McIlroy skipped media duties to work on the range.

McIlroy was wayward with his driver (Getty)

Great day for Ryder Cup captains

Friday 16 May 2025 11:12 , Lawrence Ostlere

Ryder Cup captains Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley made a brilliant start at Quail Hollow on Thursday, with Europe’s Donald shooting a bogey-less 67 and his US rival a further shot back after a 68.

Prior to the opening round, only five sitting Ryder Cup captains had opened a PGA Championship with a round in the 60s during a Ryder Cup year, all of whom were American and the most recent being Jim Furyk in 2018 at Bellerive.

PGA Championship 2025 tee times and schedule for round 2

Friday 16 May 2025 11:08 , Lawrence Ostlere

Masters champion Rory McIlroy faces an uphill battle to claim back-to-back major titles after an error-strewn opening round in the 107th US PGA Championship.

McIlroy's play-off victory over Justin Rose at Augusta National in April had made him just the sixth male golfer to complete a career grand slam and gave him a fifth major title, one behind Sir Nick Faldo.

The world number two was also strongly fancied to equal Faldo's tally at the first opportunity at Quail Hollow, a venue where he won his first PGA Tour title in 2010 and has since claimed three more victories, including last year.

However, McIlroy, who hit just three fairways in regulation, was fortunate not to find the water with a number of pulled tee shots and unsurprisingly did not speak to the media before heading straight to the range after his round.

Here are the tee times for round two.

PGA Championship: Round 2 tee times and schedule

Luke Donald reflects on round one

Friday 16 May 2025 11:02 , Lawrence Ostlere

“67 on a course that’s probably not suited to my game is pretty good. My putter felt good and the hole just seemed a little bigger today, which is a pretty nice feeling in golf.”

PGA Championship 2025

Thursday 15 May 2025 19:58 , Lawrence Ostlere

Hello and welcome along to live coverage of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.