Thanks for reading today. A few shots still to be played before everything is wrapped up but no television pictures so we’ll bid farewell.
Scott Murray will guide you through all the weekend action. Can Rory McIlroy repeat history? Will Bryson DeChambeau fire? Is Scottie Scheffler going to land a third major championship victory? Or are we due a surprise? Join Scott tomorrow to find out!
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Jhonattan Vegas confirmed as the halfway leader on -8
The Venezuela player holds a two-shot advantage over the field, but Scottie Scheffler will be the man whose shadow looms darkest for the pace-setter.
-8: Vegas (F)
-6: Pavon (F), Fitzpatrick (F), SW Kim (F)
-5: Homa (F), Scheffler (F)
-4: Stevens, (F), MacIntyre (F), Poston (F), Smalley (F), Fox (F), Bezuidenhout (F), Thorbjornsen (F), McCarthy (F), Gerard (F), Higgo (17)
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Catch up with the day’s action with Ewan Murray’s report.
Among those who have missed the cut this week are: Shane Lowry, Sepp Straka, Jordan Spieth (all +2), Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas (both +3), Patrick Reed (+4), Patrick Cantlay (+6) and Cameron Smith (+7).
Scottie Scheffler on his position heading into the weekend: “I think most of me is just glad to be close to the lead. If you’re going to play a 72-hole tournament, there’s going to be days and stretches of golf where you’re not swinging it your best and bumps in the road. It’s all about how you respond to those. I did a good job of responding to those mistakes today and keeping myself in the tournament.”
Ryan Gerard has got himself back on the top page of the leaderboard. The North Carolina man has gone 2-4 at the par-three 6th and par-five 7th to return to -5 for the week.
Scottie Scheffler recently said that Si Woo Kim has great comedic timing and the South Korean backs that up by dealing with the week’s big issue – mud balls – with a laugh. “I didn’t realize how bad was the mud balls yesterday,” he said just now. “Because I didn’t hit the fairway much. I hit much better driving today so I realized it’s really bad for mud balls.”
How important is position at this stage of the PGA Championship? 27 of the last 30 winners were in the top 10 at halfway and 21 of them were tied third or better. 26 of those winners were within four shots of the lead and none was further than six back at this stage.
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Si Woo Kim makes it to the clubhouse in a share of second – and South Africa’s Garrick Higgo is ticking along nicely. He opened with a double bogey-6 at the 1st but has bounced back in style. He’s -3 for the day but has The Green Mile to come.
-8: Vegas (F)
-6: Pavon (F), Fitzpatrick (F), SW Kim (F)
-5: Homa (F), Scheffler (F), Higgo (15)
Scottie Scheffler chastises himself for a softish birdie putt at 18. He secures par, however. A 68 today and he heads into the weekend on -5. He’ll be the biggest threat to the field at the weekend. Defending champion Xander Schauffele had to grind to make the cut but does so right on the number.
A good putt from Rory McIlroy. He fancied it might drop but it just slips by. He avoids the ignominy of a missed cut but will need something very special at the weekend. Sitting +1 for the tournament, he’s nine shot back of the lead (he did win at Quail Hollow from nine back in 2010 …).
McIlroy is able to play his ball from the creek. But he is so wary of hooking it yet again that he hangs it out to the right. He’ll have a testing par-saving pitch to come from lush rough. There’s a curious atmosphere. The few cheers sound quite echoey. Wayne Riley thinks it’s an easy enough pitch and, not for the first time today, McIlroy’s shot suggests otherwise. It comes up short by 36 feet. A three-putt would miss the cut …
Robert MacIntyre staves off a mucky finish to his second round. The Scotsman’s approach to the 9th skewed right of the green and he cried loudly and colurfully about mud balls. His scramble left him 10 feet for par. A miss would have ruined his day but it dropped nicely into the hole. He finishes -1 for the day and -4 for the week.
Rory McIlroy’s drive at 18, meanwhile, is a nasty tug left onto the roof of the hospitality pavillion. It ricochets down toward the creek but clings to a steep slope. The hope at the turn is fizzling out and one more bad shot or decision could see him miss the cut.
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So much for unflappable Scottie Scheffler. He misses his short birdie putt and then McIlroy does the same thing with his par putt! They both took aim at the right edge, the ball didn’t take the borrow they expected, and lipped out. Far more damaging for the Northern Irishman and they depart to silence from the galleries.
McIlroy steps off his tee shot at the par-three 17th. The wind gusted, disturbed him and, even after resettling, he pushed the ball wide of the putting surface. I played nine holes this morning and coincidentally had to step away from a tee shot. I was just about to pull the trigger when I heard a strangled yelp from my playing partner. I turned around to see him dancing around the tee box, pulling his shirt over his head, and swatting at a wasp that flown up his sleeve and stung his shoulder. “Sorry about that,” he said, gingerly poking his unlikely puncture wound.
The unflappable Scottie Scheffler could probably be stung by a wasp as he plays a shot and casually brush it off. His tee shot at 17 settles four feet from the flag.
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A birdie for Robert MacIntyre at the 8th gets him -1 for the round and -4 for the week. The Scot was eighth in this event last year and said: “It was a great week. The first time I feel like I’ve really been contending in a major going into a final round. Emotionally it worked. I stayed patient and got my reward.”
Ewan Murray from Quail Hollow: “Scheffler, once such a placid soul, was dictating what he may and may not be asked. About golf balls.”
Cameron Smith has three LIV Golf top 10 finishes in his last four starts worldwide. But he has missed the cut in his last three majors: 80-74 at last year’s Open, 71-78 last month in the Masters, and 78-71 this week.
Bob Cushion emails regarding Rory McIlroy’s attire today. Let’s just say that Bob is no fan of a brown shirt and he’s not cushioning the blow.
Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy complete birdies at the par-five 15th. The American is now -5 for the tournament and tied fourth. The Northern Irishman is back in red on -1. The Green Mile (16, 17, 18) to come.
-8: Vegas (F)
-6: Pavon (F), Fitzpatrick (16)
-5: Homa (F), SW Kim (15) Scheffler (15)
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Si Woo Kim has won the “fifth major” (The Players Championship) but he has a rotten record in the real majors. He’s played 28 of them and is yet to land a top 10 finish. It could change this week – the ace has vaulted him into the top five.
Hole-in-one! Si Woo Kim recorded the longest ace in Open history on the 238-yard par-three 17th at Royal Troon last summer and now he negotiates the 252-yard par-three 6th in one blow. He’s -6 for the day and -5 for the week. A 6th career ace for the Korean star.
Meanwhile, Alex Smalley makes a bogey at 18. He had to take a drop from the creek, but stay calm and limited the damage.
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Is Dustin Johnson finished as a major championship contender?! He’s carded 78-76 this week for +12 and a missed cut. Add those numbers to his scores in his last four major starts (74-78-73-74-74-74) and it makes for ugly reading.
Bad news for Alex Smalley. His tee shot at 18 isn’t in the creek that runs down the fairway but only because the grass is long enough to grab hold of it. He’s unlikely to be bunting the ball forward, however, because he seems to be snug behind a small stone bridge. He’s fighting to stay in a share of fifth on -5 for the championship.
Eight years ago Justin Thomas won the PGA Championship when it visited Quail Hollow for a first time. He won’t be completing a repeat on Sunday, however. Rounds of 73-72 will see him miss the cut. It’s his sixth missed cut in the last 10 major championships.
Another significant Rory McIlroy moment – his birdie putt at 14. His bunker shot left him 10 feet and he makes it! Back to level-par. The par-five 15th to come. Scottie Scheffler makes an easier birdie shortly afterwards to return to -4.
Shane Lowry looks like he wants to bite through his putter shaft. In contention at the Masters until a tired finish on Saturday, in the final group last week in the Truist Championship watching his friend Sepp Straka win, that rotten lie in the middle of the fairway at 8 earlier today – his patience is being tested and he’s always struggled at Quail Hollow (no top 30 in six starts).
Rory McIlroy hits the tee at the par-four 14th. It’s 340 yards with water all the way down the left. He naturally favours the right side and finds the greenside bunker. Scottie Scheffler is up next, with driver rather than the 3-wood McIlroy used, and he joins his playing partner in the sand. Earlier today Max Homa left his drive just 1 feet 9 inches from the pin and drained the eagle putt.
By the way, take the leader out of this and the scoring is stacked. There are currently 23 players within three shots of second place (-6).
Rory McIlroy stops the rot. He gets up and down for par at the short 13th. He needs to make the most of the short par-four 14th and par-five 15th to come. Scottie Scheffler, however, has dropped a shot after his wonky blow from the tee and is now back to -3.
Scottie Scheffler is -2 for the day but has just hit a rotter at 13. He misses the green at the par-three 50 yards to the left. It’s an ugly swing and he completes it with one hand on the club, shouting “Fore!”. Rory McIlroy’s tee shot appears to find the heart of the green but then catches a slope and is swept off the putting surfaces. The testing period continues.
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“So very difficult,” says Wayne Riley of Rory McIlroy’s pitch. He flips it over a bunker and it follows the contours to slide 11 feet behind the hole. But this is not a straightforward par putt – it is going to move significantly right-to-left and it will be pacey. It feels like a big moment. He’s on the brink of undoing so much good work. He misses and he was up very quickly from his stance. So very deflating. He closes his eyes in frustration. Back to +1 for the week.
Is it all about to unravel for Rory McIlroy?! After his limp bogey at 11, he doesn’t want to fritter away more shots in a hurry, but he pulls his drive into thick rough at the par-four 12th and needs to hit a low chaser onto the green below the branches of a tree. There was a touch of deceleration and he caught more grass than he hoped to. The ball slumps short of the green in more of that lush rough. TV’s Wayne Riley says that his position after two blows is “dead”.
There are many local connections this week at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ryan Gerard (currently tied second) hails from North Carolina (so does Ben Griffin, currently T13th), Alex Smalley (tied second) was brought up there, Matt Fitzpatrick (tied second) used to holiday in South Carolina, and Max Homa (sixth) is a course winner.
Scottie Scheffler makes a nasty par putt at 11 while Rory McIlroy misses one. The Northern Irishman has tested his short putting today and the law of averages finally caught up with him. He’s back to level-par for the week.
-8: Vegas (F)
-6: Pavon (F), Smalley (14), Fitzpatrick (12), Gerard (7)
-5: Homa (F)
Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick, the 2022 US Open champion, curls a beautiful birdie putt into the hole at 12. He’s now -3 for the round, -6 for the week, and in a four-way share of second. He has not made a top 20 anywhere since August last year but looks very steady so far this week, especially as he has an average course record (a best of T35th in three visits).
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A 12th hole to forget for Phil Mickelson. The 2021 champion found the greenside bunker in two at the par-four. It took him three shots to escape the sand and he also missed a short putt to register a deflating quadruple bogey-8. He’d ticked four birdies in the five holes before that. It’s a typically Mickelson-like manner with which to play six holes in level-par.
There was a nice bounce back for Sergio Garcia today. The Spaniard laboured on Thursday with a 75 but signed for a 68 today. He’s +1 for the week. He hasn’t recorded a major championship top 10 since he slipped his arms inside a Green Jacket at Augusta National way back in 2017. It’s an astounding slump.
More progress for Rory McIlroy. His approach to the par-five 10th settles in the first cut, just off the putting surface. His lag putt settles at tap-in distance. It’s his ninth one-putt through 10 holes and he’s in red! -1 for the week (-4 for the round). He makes ground on the leader – and also Scottie Scheffler who misses a short birdie putt and mutters a rude word that TV hastily says sorry for.
What is on offer for Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy in the next 90 minutes? The final three holes of the back nine – known as the Green Mile – ranked third, fifth and first most difficult holes for the week in the 2017 championship. That said, the front nine played tougher than the back that year. Combine those stats and it suggests that the scoring holes are the six after the turn. Then it’s hold on to whatever you’ve got down 16, 17 and 18.
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At the start of his front nine Rory McIlroy trailed the leader Jhonattan Vegas by 13 shots. With a par at 9 he is now eight back of the lead. Vegas helped him narrow the gap with that final hole double bogey, but the Masters champion is also -3 for the round and level-par for the championship. He’s not really been at his best either. It’s been decent rather than vintage.
Sweden’s Alex Noren is a nice little story this week. He’s had to deal with a neck injury in 2025 which kept him out of action until last week when he made the cut in the Truist Championship. He’s currently -1 for today and -4 for the week which has him just inside the top 10. He was T12th in the PGA Championship last year and also T13th in the Open.
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Simon Ronson has emailed: “How is Cornwall’s Harry Hall faring?” Hi Simon - Hall, who likes a flat cap, is currently -2 for the day and -4 for the tournament. Lovely stuff in just his second major championship start. Let’s also play catch-up with other thriving British players. Matt Fitzpatrick is -1 today and also -4 for the week. Veteran Richard Bland and Aaron Rai have finished on -3 for the championship, Robert MacIntyre is on that number through eight holes.
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Another birdie opportunity for Rory McIlroy. His drive at the 353-yard par-four 8th finds greenside rough and the chip settles around five feet from the pin. Can he make it -3 for the day? Yes he can. He’s now level-par for the tournament. Not back in it, but this is what he’d have hoped for as he approaches the turn. Playing partner Scottie Scheffler is doing Scottie things – he’s quietly -2 for the day and -4 for the championship.
Talking of broken runs, Hideki Matsuyama has made the cut in his last 19 major championships. But television pictures just showed him thrashing himself as much as balls and clubs on the range. His 72-73 is +3 for the week and he’ll have a unusually free weekend.
Something peculiar might be about to happen this PGA Championship Friday. Xander Schauffele has finished top 20 in his last dozen major championship starts. That’s a staggering run of elite-level consistency. But it might be about to end. He’s currently not only outside the top 20 but beyond the cut mark. He’s +2 for the round and +3 for the week.
Alex Smalley is now solo second at -7 after a birdie at the 596 yard par-five 10th. He found the green in two enormous blows. He’s not a well-known name but he is an 11-time top 10 finisher on the PGA Tour so he’s far from being a mug. He was also T18th at Quail Hollow in his only previous course start in 2023 (and he’d been T101st after 18 holes).
Back at 7 Rory McIlroy finds the back of the par-five green in two magnificent shots but his chip races five feet past. He makes the birdie putt, though, and he’s now inside the cut mark, -2 for the day and +1 for the week.
The clubhouse leader Jhonattan Vegas on what the upcoming weekend opportunity means to him: “This is kind of what we put all those hours for - to give yourself chances like this. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to do it throughout my career, but like I said, you never know. You’ve got to keep the pedal down, keep your head down, and keep working hard. You never know when things are going to turn your way. I’m enjoying the process.”
Appalling fortune for Shane Lowry at 8. His drive finds someone else’s pitch mark in the middle of the fairway. Half the ball is settled in damp turf. His best effort can only flop the ball into a front bunker. His escape leaves him 22 feet for par and it pulls up short. Disgruntled, he offers the course an opinion TV apologises for. He’s level for the day, +2 for the week and one shot outside the cut mark.
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A solid pitch from Rory McIlroy and he makes par at 6. But he’s making life a little difficult for himself. True, he drained a 12 foot birdie putt at 2 and he’s bogey-free, but his par putts have tested the nerves from 4’2”, 9’8”, 3’7”, 5’6” and now 4’0”.
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Fun and games for JT Poston at the par-three 17th. His tee shot found water but his third shot from the drop zone takes a few hops before disappearing down the hole. He’ll scratch a par on his card and quietly smile to himself. Meanwhile, Luke Donald, who was the only bogey-free golfer in round one, closes his first nine today with a double bogey-6 at the 18th. He slips back to -3 for the week.
Ryo Hisatsune drops from the share of second with a bogey at 17. He wasn’t there long. He’s replaced on that mark by Alex Smalley who is -2 for the day through eight and joins Matthieu Pavon on -6 for the championship. Back at the par-three sixth Rory McIlroy liked his tee shot – great line – but it hits the false front and rolls back to the fairway.
A third fairway hit for Rory McIlroy at the 5th. That 3-for-4 today after going 4-for-14 yesterday. “A different Rory McIlroy,” says Sky Sports on-course commentator Wayne Riley. The Aussie has a tendency to over-sell McIlroy pre-shot. He’ll either predict the successful completion of a high tariff effort or say something like “this is easy for McIlroy”. The approach just missed the green, Riley then purrs that the chip is “asking” to be holed … and it slips by. A nasty distance, actually – nearly six feet. But he just about holes it. It wobbled!
A slow start for Jon Rahm: one bogey, five pars. I miss him at his best. With his strong frame, beard, and glowering looks he used to resemble a bear with a sore head when mixing it with the world’s best in the majors. It was gloriously fiery and dramatic. But he hasn’t been genuinely in contention in the events that define a career since 2023 and, despite making a tricky par putt at 6, he departs the green looking more like a subdued bear trapped in captivity.
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Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune completes a two-putt birdie at the par-five 15th. He won the Open de France on the DP World Tour in late September 2023 and was actually planning to go home to Japan the week after! He thought he was done with Europe so that result transformed his career and hopes. He ended the year qualifying for a PGA Tour card and now he is tied second in a major!
-8: Vegas (F)
-6: Pavon (F) Hisatsune (6)
-5: Homa (F), Donald (8), Gerard
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Jhonattan Vegas sets a clubhouse target of -8
Not the finest closing hole for the championship leader Jhonattan Vegas. His second shot at the par-four 18th finds sand, his recovery shot is less blast than waft, it dribbles off the front apron of the green, his chip slips a nasty three feet past the pin, and oh dear! Another ugly effort – he misses! Yikes. He finally finds the bottom of the cup after six strokes. He’s added a 70 to his opening round of 64 to set a 36-hole mark of -8. Back out on the course, Rory McIlroy drains an excellent par putt at the third to stay -1 for the day.
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Luke Donald continues to give us all a blast from the past, sitting in a share for third on -5. The former World No. 1 rarely plays in the majors these days and last finished top 10 in 2013, but his long game has been solid, while his putter has been hot. Sky Sports noted earlier that he didn’t miss a putt inside 20 feet in round one. He’s not quite so sharp today – and misses a par breaker from 10 feet at the par-three 17th – but the European Ryder Cup captain must be having a terrific time. For one thing, he leads every member of his Rome 2023 team.
Rory McIlroy at the 2nd: Another fairway hit, this time he finds the green … and the 12 foot birdie putt drops! Cheers from the galleries who are surely desperate for good reasons (birdies – lots of them, ideally) to stick with the Masters champion all day.
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What did Bryson DeChambeau make of his 68 today? “A weird day, much like yesterday,” he said. “I felt like I was playing good, just didn’t get anything out of it. A 64, 65 is out there. I almost shot it today and I definitely saw it out there, I just didn’t accomplish it.” He’s currently in the top 10 and on target to add to two great runs: he’s finished top four in three of the last four PGA championships, and he’s also been top six in four of the last five majors.
How did Rory McIlroy start his second round? The good news: he found the fairway from the tee. The bad news: he pulled his wedge approach into the greenside bunker. From there he has 4 feet for par and he makes it. Meanwhile, extraordinary good fortune for the leader Jhonattan Vegas. His approach at the par-three 17th misses the green and clatters into a rake behind a greenside bunker. It could have gone absolutely anywhere - the sand, the rough, the water - but instead it ricochets across the putting surface and leaves him a 33 foot birdie putt.
Frenchman Matthieu Pavon completed a 65 to sit second in the clubhouse. He hasn’t finished top 10 anywhere in the world since last year’s US Open (when he was fifth). He was also in a share of 12th at last year’s Masters so he likes the big occasion. His theory is to keep it simple. “It’s all about getting a good mindset and sticking to a clear game plan,” he said to the press just now.
-10: Vegas (16)
-6: Pavon (F)
-5: Homa (F), Smalley (4) Gerard
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Rory McIlroy laughs with Scottie Scheffler on the 1st tee as he prepares to start his second round after that limp 74 yesterday. Can he turn it around? Well, we’ve had a sub-65 score already today so a low one is out there. But bear in mind that in major championships he’s shot 74 or worse in round one on 13 occasions and he’s responded with a sub-70 score in round two just three times. What about at Quail Hollow? In his 13 course visits, he’s five times failed to break 72 in round one and on three of those occasions he failed to do so again in round two. But when it happened most recently, in 2021, he went 72-66 jumping from T73 to fifth on his way to the third of his four course victories. So, it is possible ...
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Sky Sports commentator Rich Beem on the conditions today: “Fewer mud balls … benign conditions … with the heat and humidity the ball will fly long.”
A big moment for Bryson DeChambeau. He’s -4 through 17 holes, for the round and the championship, but has a par putt of a touch below 10 feet. He’s got himself back into contention and he won’t want to leave the course with a bad taste in his mouth. It’s a swift right-to-left putt, he didn’t like it the minute he hit it, and it duly misses. He’s now -3 for the championship.
Max Homa has been talking to press after completing his 64. He’s really struggled for form in recent months and said of those woes: “I’ve hit a lot of golf balls in the last seven months, like an absurd amount of golf balls … it’s been difficult because I felt like I was so broken … there’s been something stuck in the golf swing, or I’ve been stuck in the golf swing … I’m an overthinker, so when it comes to golf, I can overthink a swing fix or a problem probably too much.” He’s a course winner, though, and has finished eighth on both his last two visits.
Thanks Scott. A big afternoon/evening ahead for Rory McIlroy. If he’s on it we’re set for a fantastic evening of entertainment. But to be in that state he’ll need to be hitting more fairways. He was poor from the tee last week in the Truist Championship before arguing that he’d be okay when he returned to Quail Hollow. Why the confidence? Well, in the past he’s said that the reason he has such a good record on the course is that: “I like trees. Seriously. I like tree-lined golf courses. I like that it gives you definition, I like that it frames holes for you. I love that.” He badly needs that high-definition over the next five or six hours. He hits the first tee at 6.47 with defending champion Xander Scheuffele and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
A couple of street-fighting pars to close out Aaron Rai’s round. A staunch response after that double on 16. He ends the day with a 72 and is still in the thick of it at -3. Meanwhile Luke Donald follows up bogey on 12 by raking in a 20-footer on 13. He’s back to where he started the day at -4. And he’s joined there by Bryson DeChambeau, who makes it three birdies in six holes, the latest his reward for nearly driving the green at the 353-yard par-four 8th.
And with that, I’ll hand you over to Matt Cooper, who will take this blog home in style. See you tomorrow for Moving Day.
An opening birdie for Shane Lowry. After yesterday’s 73 he needs a fast start, and there’s the first step. A 20-foot left-to-right curler on 1. He’s +1 overall. Meanwhile some work for the leader Jhonattan Vegas, who from the centre of the 15th fairway, pulls his second into deep rough to the left of the green. He’s short-sided, with a bunker in the way.
Jhonattan Vegas takes advantage of a huge break on 14. He carves his tee shot towards the 15th tee, and initially looks to have sent his ball into all sorts. But there are TV cameras there, and all manner of on-course paraphernalia in between his ball and the green, so he gets a free drop. He lobs softly from 60 yards to ten feet, then calmly strokes in the birdie putt. The leader into double figures!
-10: Vegas (14)
-6: Pavon (17), Thorbjornsen (15)
-5: Homa (F), Gerard
-4: Smalley (1), Jaeger
Jordan Spieth rattles in a six-foot par putt on 9. He celebrates with a couple of energetic fist-pumps, because at +2, there’s a good chance he’ll make it to the weekend. By the skin of his teeth. A fine round of 68 that should salvage his latest bid to join the career-slam club. The cut’s still projected to fall at +1, but the consensus in the Sky commentary box is that it’ll move out to +2. Meanwhile yesterday’s early leader Ryan Fox goes backwards with bogey at 2.
A disappointing end to JJ Spaun’s round. A three-putt bogey on 18. But the Players runner-up still signs for a 68 to go alongside yesterday’s 71. He’s nicely positioned going into Moving Day at -3.
Jhonattan Vegas looked jittery over the first few holes today. He soon calmed his nerves, though, and now he looks unflappable. A tee shot at the 211-yard par-three 13th to eight feet, then a walk-in birdie putt. He increases his lead to three strokes. Meanwhile Aaron Rai fails to get up and down from the front of 16, and that’s a double bogey six. He slips back to -3, suddenly well off the pace.
-9: Vegas (13)
-6: Pavon (16), Thorbjornsen (14)
-5: Homa (F), Gerard
-4: Spaun (17), Fox (1), Donald (1*), Jaeger, Smalley
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Michael Thorbjornsen claims a share of second spot by clattering his drive at 14 into the heart of the green, then taking two putts for his birdie. He’s -6. Bryson DeChambeau enjoys a big stroke of luck on 6 as a hot chip pings off the flagstick and stops a couple of feet behind the hole. That would have been 20 feet past otherwise. He tidies up for par to remain at -3. And the two-time winner Justin Thomas is in the hutch with a 73, but at +3 overall it’s touch and go as to whether he’ll be here this weekend.
Bogey for Tyrrell Hatton at the 9th. That’s a sad end to a round that initially promised so much. He finishes the day at -1 having carded 73. Trouble also for Aaron Rai on 16, who follows up a drive into thick rough down the right with a full-blown shank that nearly takes out a few punters but clatters off the nearest tree trunk and pings back and to the left. He only just finds the fringe of the green with his third, so it’s damage limitation now.
That double-bogey six on 18 looked to have taken the wind completely out of the 2020 champion Collin Morikawa’s sail. He went on to make bogeys at 2, 3 and 6. But he’s in the process of salvaging something with back-to-back birdies at 7 and 8. He’s back into the red at -1.
Some trouble for Aaron Rai at the par-five 15th. His second scuttles through the green and down the back; he then fails to conquer the slope coming back, his chip running back down to the bottom of the swale. But his second attempt saves the day, up to kick-in distance, and remains in good nick at -5.
Joe Highsmith is on a charge. Already four under for his round, standing in the middle of the 15th fairway, he creams a wood from 273 yards to a couple of feet. Just a thing of beauty, gently drawn into the green, rolling right to left and nearly holing out for albatross. Never mind, eagle will do, and the 25-year-old from Washington state, making his PGA Championship debut this week, rises to -4. He’s in form, coming off the back of his first Tour win at the Cognizant Classic a couple of months ago. He’s just gone 3-3-3!
Max Homa shoots 64
Max Homa’s drive at 9 sails in the wayward fashion towards trouble down the left. But not for the first time this afternoon, he’s got a chance to go for the green by whipping high over a tree. And not for the first time this afternoon, he makes it. Two putts later, and that’s par and a brilliant round of 64, matching Jhonattan Vegas’s effort yesterday. Inches away from a hole-in-one-albatross as well. That’s his lowest career round in a major. He’s the early clubhouse leader at -5.
Tyrrell Hatton is hanging on in there. That triple-bogey seven at 18 threatened to derail him, especially when he followed it up with bogey at 2, but he’s parred his way along the front nine since, and now wedges his second at 8 from 60 yards to five feet. In goes the birdie putt, and he’s back to -2.
The cut is currently predicted to fall at +1. The wind might pick up a little bit for the afternoon wave, and the greens are expected to firm up a bit. But then they said it would become more difficult yesterday afternoon as well, and look what Jhonattan Vegas got up to later on. So plenty of the big names – Scottie, Rory, Brooks et al – will fancy themselves to make up some lost ground.
Bounce-back birdie for Bryson DeChambeau. He strokes in a 12-footer on 3 to return to -2. He’s set himself up nicely for another, too, swishing his tee shot at the par-three 4th to 12 feet. In it goes! He rises to -3 in short order! Birdies as well for Michael Thorbjornsen, on 12, and Matthieu Pavon at 14, the latter sending his approach from 113 yards to three feet and tidying up to grab second spot all for himself.
-8: Vegas (10)
-6: Pavon (14)
-5: Homa (17*), Spaun (15), Rai (14), Thorbjornsen (12), Gerard
… but he’s still three off the lead, because Jhonattan Vegas birdies 10. Reward for lashing a fairway wood out of thick rough and over a bunker guarding the front of the green. Two careful putts later, and Vegas is beginning to dream of becoming the first Venezuelan to win a major championship. He’s three clear!
-8: Vegas (10)
-5: Homa (17*), Spaun (15), Rai (14), Pavon (13), Gerard
-4: Thorbjornsen (11), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald
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Birdie for Aaron Rai on 14. A fine 14-foot right-to-left slider that was confidently rapped into the centre of the cup. He joins the group at -5.
Over to Max Homa, then, and all that hootin’ and a-hollerin’ at his ball was well worth it in the end. From the bank near the creek, he sends his second greenside, knocks his third to 11 inches, and walks away with birdie that brings him back into a share of second. He’s chill.
-7: Vegas (9)
-5: Homa (16*), Spaun (14), Pavon (12), Gerard
-4: Rai (13), Thorbjornsen (10), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald
Bryson DeChambeau’s wedge into 2 isn’t all that, and he leaves himself a 17-foot left-to-right slider. He prowls around it for an age, but doesn’t make the read. It misses well to the right. He’ll drop back to -1. But Viktor Hovland takes the option of Texas wedge, and rolls uphill from 95 feet to seven, then makes the par saver. He remains at -1, and that’s a staunch two-putt par from an unpromising position.
“Chill. Chill. Chill. STOP!!!” Max Homa screams with increasing intensity at his drive as it whistles towards water down the right of 7. The ball listens, just in time, and snags in the rough. Meanwhile some similar vegetation-related bother back on 2, where Bryson DeChambeau and Victor Hovland take turns to send their tee shots into the trees down the left, then hit branches with their attempts to escape. Both are short of the green. Some big names with work to do here.
… but Vegas has copped a decent lie, and he takes advantage of the opportunity he’s given. He scoops an elegant wedge over the bunker and nearly holes out. The ball horseshoes, but a par is more than acceptable on one of the hardest holes on the course. He’ll remain at -7, having turned in level-par 35.
Matthieu Pavon grabs himself a share of second with a 17-foot birdie putt across 12. He’s -5, as is JJ Spaun, who birdies 14. The pair could find himself even closer to the lead soon, because from the centre of the 9th fairway, Jhonattan Vegas flays a 5-iron into the gallery down the right. He hollers an excuse-cum-explainer: “Mud, mud, mud, mud, mud, mud!” Hey, if it’s good enough for the world number one …
More chipping woes for Viktor Hovland. This time he flies one straight across the 1st green, and doesn’t get particularly close with the one coming back. He limits the damage by rolling in a 12-footer for bogey, but he’s slipping back to -1. Meanwhile par for his playing partner Bryson, who isn’t particularly happy with his prize, having cut the corner from the tee with a 340-yard boom. He remains at -2.
Bogey for Aaron Rai at 12. That’s the result of sending his tee shot into thick rough down the right. He manages to manufacture a low fade under some branches, but it scampers through the back of the green, and though he does well to chip to 12 feet across a viciously sloping surface, he can’t salvage par with his putt. Michael Thorbjornsen also finds himself going backwards, with a strangely similar chain of events on 9. All of a sudden, there’s a little bit more separation at the top.
-7: Vegas (8)
-5: Gerard
-4: Homa (14*), Spaun (13), Rai (11), Pavon (11), Thorbjornsen (9), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald
Scottie Scheffler has arrived at the property for his Friday shift. He’s managed to do so without having his collar felt this time. Onwards and upwards. He tees off at 6.47pm BST with Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele.
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Bryson DeChambeau’s approach at 18 threatens to topple back down the false front. But it snags on the fringe. He’s left with a relatively straight uphill putt for birdie, but he underhits it, to his great frustration. But that’s par, and he’s played the back nine in a blemish-free 34 strokes. He’s -2 and positioned very nicely, especially as the names ahead of him aren’t the most frightening in world golf. Meanwhile bogey for his playing partner Viktor Hovland, punishment for pulling his drive so much that he was chipping back into play from the high bank to the left of the creek. He’s -2 as well.
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An eagle chance for Jhonattan Vegas on the par-five 7th. But it’s from 78 feet. He races it eight feet past the hole. Still, it’s an opportunity to get back to where he started the day, and he teases the right-to-left birdie curler into the cup. His lead is back to two!
-7: Vegas (6)
-5: Rai (11), Thorbjornsen (8), Gerard
-4: Homa (13*), Spaun (12), Pavon (10), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald
… so having said there’s no stopping Max Homa, he drops his first stroke of the day at the par-three 4th. Sorry about that, Max, we should have kept quiet. His tee shot goes long and right, and disappears into the thick stuff. He fluffs his first attempted lob, the ball landing apologetically on the fringe. He nearly holes his second chip, but it doesn’t drop, and that’s his first backwards step today. He’s -4.
Viktor Hovland has shown great moxie since coming a cropper at the bottom of the false front at 12. Birdie at 15, and now another at 17, as he holes a big left-to-right swinger on the par-three. He’s back to -3, his bid back on course. Meanwhile his playing partner Bryson DeChambeau pumps a fist of celebration and relief, after carving his tee shot miles right of the green, then getting nowhere near with the chip. A ten-footer retains his status at -2.
There’s no stopping Max Homa! He yanks a wild drive into the trees down the left of 3. He catches a break, in so much that he’s got a route into the green, albeit over a large tree. He whips high and hard, and finds the green, 30 feet past the flag. And then the inevitable, a little left-to-right downhill tickler over a ridge. It never looked like missing. When you’re hot, you’re hot. He’s now seven under for his round today, and -5 overall. Meanwhile another birdie for Michael Thorbjornsen, and there’s a new look to the top end of the leaderboard.
-6: Vegas (5)
-5: Homa (11*), Rai (9), Thorbjornsen (7), Gerard
Bryson DeChambeau takes out his frustration over that careless three-putt on the monster 526-yard par-four 16th. He blooters his drive 359 yards down the track, then wedges (!) from 160 yards to 15 feet. He’s left with a straight uphill putt, and it’s always dropping into the middle of the cup. What a birdie! A wedge into a 526-yard par four, though. He’s -2.
Collin Morikawa takes his penalty drop at 18. Then, having hacked back out onto the fairway, falls victim to that false front, like Tyrrell Hatton before him. Unlike Hatton, Morikawa only (only!) makes double bogey, but he’s now taken six strokes at 18 on both days. The hole’s cost him four shots already. Goodness knows what’ll go through his mind if he’s in contention coming down the last on Sunday. He’s -2 overall.
Matthieu Pavon hadn’t done much in the majors before last season. But then he finished tied for 12th at Augusta, before grabbing fifth spot for himself at the US Open. Now the 32-year-old Frenchman is going again: birdies at 2, 4, 7 and 8 have elevated him to -4, just a couple off the leader Jhonattan Vegas. JJ Spaun continues to rise as well, birdie at 10 taking him to -4 as well. And they’re alongside the 23-year-old Michael Thorbjornsen – born in the USA to Norwegian and Zimbabwean parents – who is going along very steadily today: one under for his round through 6, with birdie at 2, after yesterday’s quietly impressive 68.
Cam Davis finds a big bunker down the left of the 11th fairway. Always out of position as a result, he ends up carding bogey and slips back to -4. But there’s a bounceback birdie for Aaron Rai, who moves the other way as reward for swishing a glorious fairway wood from 242 yards to seven feet. He’s -5 again.
Bryson DeChambeau just about avoids a full-blown putting fiasco on the par-five 15th. Having found the dancefloor in two, he overcooks his 50-foot eagle putt so much that it nearly topples off the green at the back. The fringe just about stops that particular humiliation. Then he whistles the 15-foot birdie putt he’s left himself five feet past the hole. He does very well to keep his calm and tidy up for a three-putt par, but that was a piping-hot rush of blood, and he leaves the scene in a full miff. He’s -1.
Tyrrell’s gonna blow. Having already taken a wild swish at the rough after leaving his fourth short of the green, his fifth, a chip up, topples back off the false front. This could be super costly. In the end, he does well to clip his sixth to kick-in distance, but that’ll be a triple bogey seven. He clatters down the standings to -2. Though he’s not the only one: in the group behind, the previously blemish-free Collin Morikawa finds the creek from the tee as well.
Tyrrell Hatton is in all sorts down the 18th. He hooks his drive into the creek on the left. Then having taken his penalty drop, sends his third into thick oomska down the right. The lush stuff grabs the hosel as he plays his fourth. He’s short of the green and staring a double, maybe a triple, in the face. Meanwhile there’s trouble afoot for Aaron Rai, too, at 8. His drive disappears into shoe-covering rough and, always out of position, he ends up with bogey five. He’s -4.
Max Homa 'out' in 30
Max Homa misjudges his second into 18, and his ball topples back off the false front. No matter! He bumps a chip up the bank and straight in! Yet another birdie, and he’s covered the back nine in 30 strokes. That’s just two shy of the nine-hole scoring record currently held by Brad Faxon, who took 28 across the front nine at Riviera in 1995! Green Mile, Schreen Mile. He’s -4 and right in the mix now. As is Collin Morikawa, who looks in the mood to add a second PGA title to his resumé. He rolls in a 20-footer across 16 for his third birdie of a blemish-free round. And with Jhonattan Vegas getting up and down from sand again, this time at 3, the leaderboard is beginning to hot up after a slow start.
-6: Vegas (3)
-5: Davis (10), Hatton (8*), Rai (7), Gerard
-4: Homa (9*), Scott (8*), Morikawa (7*), Thorbjornsen (4), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald
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… as does Tyrrell Hatton, who tidies up for his richly deserved birdie on 17. Hatton had wobbled a bit after that watery meltdown on 14, requiring a lucky ricochet out of the trees at 15 to make par, but he seems to have settled again. That’ll certainly help. And he could be sharing the lead soon, because Jhonattan Vegas is looking skittish this morning, and has just pulled his approach at 3 into a bunker.
-6: Vegas (2)
-5: Davis (9), Hatton (8*), Rai (7), Gerard
-4: Scott (8*), Thorbjornsen (4), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald
Aaron Rai started the day cold, with a pair of bogeys at 1 and 2. No way to build on yesterday’s superb 67. But the 30-year-old late-bloomer from Wolverhampton has responded brilliantly. Birdies at 4 and 5 to repair the damage, and now another at the par-five 7th. Just a shame he didn’t hit his long eagle effort, because it was dead on line. He joins Cam Davis and Ryan Gerard in sharing second place at -5.
Tyrrell Hatton nearly aces 17. A dart launched with great precision at the flag. One big bounce. One smaller bounce. A third bounce that lands the width of one ball behind the hole. So close. He’s left with a ten-footer coming back for his birdie.
Jhonattan Vegas scrambled par from the bunker at 1. He can’t get up and down from greenside rough at 2. His lead halved in short order.
-6: Vegas (2)
-5: Davis (9), Gerard
-4: Rai (6), Hatton (6*), Scott (6*), Thorbjornsen (3), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald
Back-to-back birdies for Adam Scott at 14 and 15. He’s -4 overall after a fine 69 yesterday. The genial 2013 Masters champion is in veteran territory now – he’s 44 years old – but if you’re going to chalk up a major late in the day, the PGA is the tournament in which to do it. Here’s the list of the oldest major champions of all time, and it’s dominated by players winning this very championship.
1. Phil Mickelson (2021 PGA, 50 years 11 months)
2. Julius Boros (1968 PGA, 48 years 4 months)
3. Tom Morris Sr. (1867 Open, 46 years 3 months)
4. Jack Nicklaus (1986 Masters, 46 years 2 months)
5. Jerry Barber (1961 PGA, 45 years 3 months)
6. Hale Irwin (1990 US Open, 45 years)
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Viktor Hovland demonstrates the absurdity of golf at 12. His approach doesn’t reach the green and he chips up from the bottom of a steep swale. The ball thinks about stopping on the putting surface but eventually topples and rolls back to his feet. At an excruciatingly slow pace, just to rub it in. He tries again. The same thing happens. Then a third attempt … which ends the width of a dimple away from dropping into the cup. But that’s a double bogey and he slips back to -1.
A street-fighting par for Jhonattan Vegas at 1. Having found a fairway bunker with his opening drive, he sent his second into another trap guarding the front left of the green. Shortsided, he could only flip his third shot 12 feet past the flag … but he made a series of big putts yesterday, and he makes another now. He remains at -7.
Max Homa pours in another birdie putt, this time on 15, and he’s started 4-4-4-2-2-4. Green Mile coming up, let’s see if he dismantles that as well. He’s -3. He’s playing with Joaquin Niemann, who is also flying, and repairing the damage done by his opening round of 74 at great speed: birdies at 10, 12, 14 and 15 have whisked the Chilean up the standings to -1.
Here comes the tournament leader Jhonattan Vegas. An astonishing late-evening finish, five birdies in his last six holes, for a front-nine total of 30. A magnificent 64. He finds a fairway bunker with his opening drive. Vegas is going round with a 23-year-old Aussie called Elvis Smylie. Elvis and Vegas. That’s some coincidence if it’s not deliberate. And if it is deliberate, then that’s all right.
Tyrrell’s gonna Tyrrell at some point. And here he blows! His drive into the short par-four 14th is heading straight for the flag. A little bit to the right and it’s landing on the green and rolling out into Max Homa territory. But it’s not a little bit to the right. It takes a kick left off a bank just in front of the green and into the drink. Having taken his drop, he chips up to six feet, but pulls the attempted par saver. He taps in for bogey on a hole that Homa nearly made albatross, and all for the sake of a few feet either way in the landing zone. Hatton launches his ball into the water and exits the scene, powered solely by the steam pouring from his lugs. He’s -4.
The erstwhile PGA and Open champion Collin Morikawa has also started fast. Birdies at 10 and 12 and he’s -3. Bryson DeChambeau gets up and down from 43 yards on 10 to open with birdie; he’s -1. And JJ Spaun birdies 2, 3 and 4, though this year’s Players Championship runner-up hands one of those strokes back at 5. The 34-year-old Californian is nicely placed at -2 nonetheless.
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All bets for today’s shot of the day are off. If anyone does better than Max Homa on the driveable par-four 14th – a 341-yard tee shot that rolls to within a couple of feet – we’ll be doing well. A mere 21 inches away from a hole-in-one albatross. As it is, he taps in for an eagle two. He’d just birdied the par-three 13th as well, and unsurprisingly that’s the first time in his major career that he’s gone 2-2. Having also birdied 10 this morning, it’s the fastest of starts for Homa, who had been in appalling form this season (five consecutive missed cuts) until making the weekend at the Masters and finishing in a tie for 12th. He’s clearly rediscovered something. He’s -2 overall.
Yesterday’s other shot of the day was made by Justin Thomas on 18. His approach had landed in the creek down the left, but bounced off a rock and back out … only to settle on the other side of the creek, in a thick tuft of grass, his backswing hampered by another large rock. He tried the Jean van de Velde approach, shoes and socks off, standing in the stream, but eventually opted for balancing on the small patch of waterside grass on tippy toe, before chopping down and firing his ball over the water and onto the green to ten feet. Shame he didn’t make the putt for one of the all-time par saves, but he’d have taken bogey when watching his approach sail towards the hazard. The two-time PGA champion signed for a 73 that stood as something of a salvage job after a horror start led to four dropped shots in the first six holes. He’s still not without hope and is now +1 overall after birdie this morning at 11.
Tyrrell Hatton makes one of the great two-putts for par on 12. He sends his approach over the flag, but he’s on a ridge that’s no use for getting to the pin. He’s forced to face away from the hole with his first putt, utilising the backstop to send his ball on an absurd 50-foot U-turn. He nearly makes it, too, though the ball rolls a good ten feet past the pin. He smiles wryly … then nails the putt that remains. That’s outrageous. His flat stick very much the hero so far today. He remains at -5.
A good number of pundits identified Bryson DeChambeau as this week’s winner. But yesterday it didn’t quite happen for the reigning US Open champion and Masters nearly man. A level-par round of 71 that was, by his own widescreen standards, a little nondescript … though he still managed to hit one of the two shots of the day (the other we’ll mention in a minute) at the 227-yard par-three 17th: an 8-iron punched to three inches. So close to an ace, and what power. So here’s an indication of how well Jordan Spieth played the 10th back there; Bryson is currently 50 yards short of the green in his first two strokes of the day. It’s a long old track all right.
Jordan Spieth’s dream of joining Rory et al in the Career Slam club looks kaput for another 12 months after yesterday’s 76. Too far gone already, the 2015 Masters and US Open champion and 2017 Open winner has his work cut out simply making the cut. That’s right, yes? Well, let’s just hang on a minute, because he’s come out on the front foot swinging haymakers. Having split the 10th fairway with his opening drive, he’s just launched a fairway wood straight at the flag, from 283 yards to eight feet. In goes the eagle putt, and all of a sudden he’s back up the standings at +3. It’s still the longest of long shots, but you know Jordan, no situation is considered irretrievable. Here’s to some more of his trademark swashbuckle.
The first significant move of the day has been made by Tyrrell Hatton. The entertainingly volatile Englishman has kept a lid on things so far this week, and you’d be in a good mood too had you birdied the last yesterday. His approach at 18 was one of the strokes of the day, and has clearly buoyed him going into round two. Consecutive birdies to start, at 10 and 11, a 15-foot birdie putt followed by another from 20 feet, and Hatton moves into a tie for second. Heading in the other direction: Cam Davis, with bogey at 3, and Aaron Rai with bogey at 1.
-7: Vegas
-5: Hatton (2*), Gerard
-4: Davis (4),Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald
-3: Scott (2*), Rai (1), Campos, Thorbjornsen, Bradley, R Højgaard, MacIntyre, Fitzpatrick, Echavarria, Poston, Hisatsune, Noren
The first yelp recorded by today’s blog is emitted by Ludvig Åberg. The young Swede didn’t bring his Å-game yesterday – the air-mailing of a couple of greens never a great sign – and yet he still managed to battle his way to a 70, his putter digging him out once or twice. But his first shot of the day doesn’t augur well, a drive at 10 carved into the trees down the right. His playing partners Patrick Reed (+1) and Jordan Spieth (+5) split the fairway.
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It’s a star-studded leaderboard. Just not studded with the stars we expected. Here’s how the top of it looks …
-7: Vegas
-5: Davis, Gerard
-4: Rai, Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald
-3: Campos, Thorbjornsen, Hatton, Bradley, R Højgaard, MacIntyre, Fitzpatrick, Echavarria, Poston, Hisatsune, Noren
… and here are today’s tee times (USA unless stated, all times BST). It’s on!
Starting at hole 1
12.00 Adam Hadwin (Can), Keith Mitchell, Bob Sowards
12.11 Eric Cole, Cameron Davis (Aus), Eric Steger
12.22 Brian Bergstol, Jacob Bridgeman, Austin Eckroat
12.33 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Niklas Noergaard (Den), JJ Spaun
12.44 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Patrick Rodgers, Nick Taylor (Can)
12.55 Joe Highsmith, Aaron Rai (Eng), Cameron Young
13.06 Tom Hoge, Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
13.17 Patton Kizzire, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den)
13.28 Richard Bland (Eng), Tyler Collet, Jimmy Walker
13.39 Jason Dufner, Shaun Micheel, Michael Thorbjornsen
13.50 Rafael Campos (Pur), Ryan Lenahan, Matt Wallace (Eng)
14.01 Brian Campbell, Elvis Smylie (Aus), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
14.12 Larkin Gross, Johnny Keefer, Chun-An Yu (Tai)
17.30 Ryan Fox (Nzl), Justin B Hicks, John Parry (Eng)
17.41 Andre Chi, Patrick Fishburn, Seamus Power (Irl)
17.52 Max McGreevy, Sepp Straka (Aut), Alex Smalley
18.03 Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry (Irl)
18.14 Jason Day (Aus), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Phil Mickelson
18.25 Patrick Cantlay, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Jon Rahm (Spa)
18.36 Corey Conners (Can), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
18.47 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
18.58 Tony Finau, Max Greyserman, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den)
19.09 Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy, Andrew Novak
19.20 Akshay Bhatia, Sam Burns, Denny McCarthy
19.31 John Catlin, Jesse Droemer, Garrick Higgo (Rsa)
19.42 Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Spa), Justin Lower, Rupe Taylor
Starting at hole 10
12.05 Michael Kartrude, Jake Knapp, Sami Valimaki (Fin)
12.16 Michael Block, Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)
12.27 Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
12.38 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Adam Scott (Aus), Will Zalatoris
12.49 Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas
13.00 Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Patrick Reed, Jordan Spieth
13.11 Wyndham Clark, Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
13.22 Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland (Nor), Gary Woodland
13.33 Daniel Berger, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Russell Henley
13.44 Brian Harman, Justin Rose (Eng), Cameron Smith (Aus)
13.55 Brandon Bingaman, Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Davis Riley
14.06 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Tom McKibbin (NIrl)
14.17 Beau Hossler, Keita Nakajima (Jpn), Timothy Wiseman
17.25 Luke Donald (Eng), Padraig Harrington (Irl), Martin Kaymer (Ger)
17.36 Taylor Moore, David Puig (Spa), John Somers
17.47 Nic Ishee, Kurt Kitayama, Alexander Noren (Swe)
17.58 Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Tom Johnson, JT Poston
18.09 Bud Cauley, Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Davis Thompson
18.20 Thomas Detry (Bel), Harris English, Michael Kim
18.31 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Chris Kirk, Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
18.42 Laurie Canter (Eng), Thorbjoern Olesen (Den), Karl Vilips (Aus)
18.53 Rico Hoey (Phi), Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Sam Stevens
19.04 Robert Gates, Ben Griffin, Lee Hodges
19.15 Nick Dunlap, Harry Hall (Eng), Thriston Lawrence (Rsa)
19.26 Ryan Gerard, Greg Koch, Marco Penge (Eng)
19.37 Dylan Newman, Victor Perez (Fra), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)
