The second round of the 2025 PGA Championship is now underway from the Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The first round leader is Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas, who finished Thursday at -7.
Here are the live updates:
12:02 PM ET– leaderboard– 1) Vegas -7 2) Americans Max Homa, J.J. Spaun, Ryan Gerard, England’s Aaron Rai and France’s Matthieu Pavon -5, 7) Americans Michael Thobjornsen and Alex Smalley, England’s Luke Donald, Germany’s Stephan Jaeger and New Zealand’s Ryan Fox at -4…
12:04 PM ET–Vegas birdies the 10th hole to improve to -8…
12:08 PM ET–Thobjornsen birdies the 12th to improve to -5….
12:10 PM ET–Homa goes into the rough on nine…having a brilliant round to date…started at +2 and finished at -5..Homa’s second round includes an eagle on the 14th hole, when he almost made an albatross…
12:16 PM ET–Pavon birdies the 14th to improve to -6…
12:22 PM ET–Homa finishes second round score of seven-under-par 64…
12:43 PM ET–Thobjornsen birdies the 14th hole to improve to -6…
12:46 PM ET–Vegas birdies the 13th to improve to -9…
12:50 PM ET–Aaron Rai double bogeys the 16th after hitting a tree with his approach shot….
1:13 PM ET–Vegas birdies the 14th and improves to -10…
1:23 PM ET–Vegas hits the ball into the rough with his intermediate shot on the 15th hole…
1:33 PM ET–Thobjorsen bogeys the 16th and drops to -5…
1:34 PM ET–Matthieu Pavon of France in the clubhouse at -6…
1:59 PM ET–Vegas’s tee shot on the 17th hole hits a rake in the rough and gives him a birdie opportunity…
2:09 PM ET–Vegas pars the 17th hole to remain at -10…comfortable four stroke lead over Pavon…
2:38 PM ET–Vegas misses a short putt on the 18th hole…finishes with a double bogey and ends at -8…has a two stroke lead on Pavon, and a three stroke lead on Americans Max Homa and Ryan Gerard, England’s Luke Donald and Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune….
2:43 PM ET–Hisatsune birdies the 15th hole to improve to -6…
2:43 PM ET–Smalley birdies the seventh to improve to -5…
3:03 PM ET–Smalley birdies the eighth to improve to -6…two strokes back of Vegas…
3:08 PM ET–Hisatsune bogeys the 16th and drops to -5…
3:12 PM ET–Donald double bogeys the ninth and drops to -3…
3:12 PM ET–Gerard birdies the 11th to improve to -5…
3:20 PM ET–J.T. Poston makes par after making his approach shot from the drop zone on the 17th hole to remain at -2…
3:22 PM ET–1) Vegas -8, 2) Pavon & Smalley -6, 4) Homa, Hysatsune & Gerard -5…
3:27 PM ET–Alex Smalley of Rochester, New York only got into the tournament because Sahith Theegala of Orange, California withdrew because of a neck injury…
3:29 PM ET–Fitzpatrick birdies the seventh to improve to -5…
3:32 PM ET–World number three Xander Schauffele hits ball into the water from the bunker on the seventh hole…currently at +3…
3:41 PM ET–Fitzpatrick bogeys the eighth to drop to -4…
3:44 PM ET–Smalley birdies the 10th to improve to -7…
3:57 PM ET–Current leaderboard: 1) Vegas -8 2) Smalley -7, 3) Pavon -6 4) Homa, Gerard and Hisatsune -5…
3:59 PM ET–Ben Griffin of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, home of the University of North Carolina eagles the 15th hole to improve to -5….third player from North Carolina in contention…Smalley who attended Duke is at -7, and Gerard of Raleigh, who attended University of North Carolina is at -5…
4:14 PM ET–Smalley bogeys the 12th and drops to -6…
4:15 PM ET–Fitzpatrick birdies the 10th and improves to -5…
4:16 PM ET–Griffin bogeys the 16th hole and drops to -4…
4:33 PM ET–Hisatsune bogeys the third and drops to -4…
4:48 PM ET–Fitzpatrick birdies the 12th and improves to -6…
4:50 PM ET–Gerard birdies the 15th hole to improve to -6…
5:22 PM ET–Gerard bogeys the 18th and goes to the turn at -5 and three strokes back at -5…
5:41 PM ET–Gerard bogeys the first and drops to -4…
5:46 PM ET–Smalley bogeys the 17th and drops to -5…
5:59 PM ET–Smalley bogeys the 18th and drops to -4…
6:01 PM ET–Si Woo Kim of South Korea records a hole in one on the sixth to improve to -5 and three strokes back of Vegas…was very excited after the shot and threw his club in the air…
6:05 PM ET–World number one and two-time Masters champ Scottie Scheffler birdies the 15th hole and improves to -5 and three strokes back of Vegas…
6:39 PM ET–Scheffler misses a short birdie putt on the 17th hole….remains at -5…
7:03 PM ET–Garrick Higgo of South Africa birdies the 15th and improves to -5…the 15th hole continues to be the easiest on the course…it is a disappointment do not get a birdie…but remember 16, 17, and 18 are playing very difficult…
7:15 PM ET–Gerard birdies the seventh and improves to -5…
7:33 PM ET–Higgo bogeys the 17th and drops to -4…
7:45 PM ET–Gerard bogeys the 18th hole and drops to -4…
7:56 PM ET–Leaderboard: 1) Vegas -8 2) Pavan, Fitzpatrick, Kim -6 5) Homa & Scheffler -5
