US PGA Championship 2025: golf updates from second spherical – stay

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… however Vegas has copped an honest lie, and he takes benefit of the chance he’s given. He scoops a sublime wedge over the bunker and almost holes out. The ball horseshoes, however a par is greater than acceptable on one of many hardest holes on the course. He’ll stay at -7, having turned in level-par 35.

Matthieu Pavon grabs himself a share of second with a 17-foot birdie putt throughout 12. He’s -5, as is JJ Spaun, who birdies 14. The pair might discover himself even nearer to the lead quickly, as a result of from the centre of the ninth fairway, Jhonattan Vegas flays a 5-iron into the gallery down the best. He hollers an excuse-cum-explainer: “Mud, mud, mud, mud, mud, mud!” Hey, if it’s ok for the world primary …

Extra chipping woes for Viktor Hovland. This time he flies one straight throughout the first inexperienced, and doesn’t get significantly shut with the one coming again. He limits the injury by rolling in a 12-footer for bogey, however he’s slipping again to -1. In the meantime par for his enjoying associate Bryson, who isn’t significantly pleased along with his prize, having reduce the nook from the tee with a 340-yard growth. He stays at -2.

Bogey for Aaron Rai at 12. That’s the results of sending his tee shot into thick tough down the best. He manages to fabricate a low fade underneath some branches, however it scampers by way of the again of the inexperienced, and although he does nicely to chip to 12 ft throughout a viciously sloping floor, he can’t salvage par along with his putt. Michael Thorbjornsen additionally finds himself going backwards, with a surprisingly related chain of occasions on 9. Hastily, there’s somewhat bit extra separation on the high.

-7: Vegas (8)
-5: Gerard
-4: Homa (14*), Spaun (13), Rai (11), Pavon (11), Thorbjornsen (9), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald

Scottie Scheffler has arrived on the property for his Friday shift. He’s managed to take action with out having his collar felt this time. Onwards and upwards. He tees off at 6.47pm BST with Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele.

Bryson DeChambeau’s strategy at 18 threatens to topple again down the false entrance. Nevertheless it snags on the perimeter. He’s left with a comparatively straight uphill putt for birdie, however he underhits it, to his nice frustration. However that’s par, and he’s performed the again 9 in a blemish-free 34 strokes. He’s -2 and positioned very properly, particularly because the names forward of him aren’t essentially the most scary in world golf. In the meantime bogey for his enjoying associate Viktor Hovland, punishment for pulling his drive a lot that he was chipping again into play from the excessive financial institution to the left of the creek. He’s -2 as nicely.

Bryson DeChambeau hits out of a greenside bunker. {Photograph}: Kevin C Cox/Getty Photographs

An eagle probability for Jhonattan Vegas on the par-five seventh. Nevertheless it’s from 78 ft. He races it eight ft previous the outlet. Nonetheless, it’s a chance to get again to the place he began the day, and he teases the right-to-left birdie roller into the cup. His lead is again to 2!

-7: Vegas (6)
-5: Rai (11), Thorbjornsen (8), Gerard
-4: Homa (13*), Spaun (12), Pavon (10), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald

… so having mentioned there’s no stopping Max Homa, he drops his first stroke of the day on the par-three 4th. Sorry about that, Max, we must always have stored quiet. His tee shot goes lengthy and proper, and disappears into the thick stuff. He fluffs his first tried lob, the ball touchdown apologetically on the perimeter. He almost holes his second chip, however it doesn’t drop, and that’s his first backwards step at this time. He’s -4.

Viktor Hovland has proven nice moxie since coming a cropper on the backside of the false entrance at 12. Birdie at 15, and now one other at 17, as he holes an enormous left-to-right swinger on the par-three. He’s again to -3, his bid again on track. In the meantime his enjoying associate Bryson DeChambeau pumps a fist of celebration and aid, after carving his tee shot miles proper of the inexperienced, then getting nowhere close to with the chip. A ten-footer retains his standing at -2.

There’s no stopping Max Homa! He yanks a wild drive into the bushes down the left of three. He catches a break, in a lot that he’s obtained a route into the inexperienced, albeit over a big tree. He whips excessive and onerous, and finds the inexperienced, 30 ft previous the flag. After which the inevitable, somewhat left-to-right downhill tickler over a ridge. It by no means appeared like lacking. If you’re scorching, you’re scorching. He’s now seven underneath for his spherical at this time, and -5 general. In the meantime one other birdie for Michael Thorbjornsen, and there’s a brand new look to the highest finish 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 sixteenth. He blooters his drive 359 yards down the monitor, then wedges (!) from 160 yards to fifteen ft. He’s left with a straight uphill putt, and it’s at all times dropping into the center of the cup. What a birdie! A wedge right into a 526-yard par 4, although. He’s -2.

Collin Morikawa takes his penalty drop at 18. Then, having hacked again out onto the golf green, falls sufferer to that false entrance, like Tyrrell Hatton earlier than him. Not like Hatton, Morikawa solely (solely!) makes double bogey, however he’s now taken six strokes at 18 on each days. The opening’s price him 4 photographs already. Goodness is aware of what’ll undergo his thoughts if he’s in competition coming down the final on Sunday. He’s -2 general.

Matthieu Pavon hadn’t achieved a lot within the majors earlier than final season. However then he completed tied for twelfth at Augusta, earlier than grabbing fifth spot for himself on the US Open. Now the 32-year-old Frenchman goes once more: birdies at 2, 4, 7 and eight have elevated him to -4, only a couple off the chief Jhonattan Vegas. JJ Spaun continues to rise as nicely, birdie at 10 taking him to -4 as nicely. They usually’re alongside the 23-year-old Michael Thorbjornsen – born within the USA to Norwegian and Zimbabwean dad and mom – who’s going alongside very steadily at this time: one underneath for his spherical by way of 6, with birdie at 2, after yesterday’s quietly spectacular 68.

Cam Davis finds an enormous bunker down the left of the eleventh fairway. All the time out of place consequently, he finally ends up carding bogey and slips again to -4. However there’s a bounceback birdie for Aaron Rai, who strikes the opposite means as reward for swishing an excellent fairway wooden from 242 yards to seven ft. He’s -5 once more.

Bryson DeChambeau nearly avoids a full-blown placing fiasco on the par-five fifteenth. Having discovered the dancefloor in two, he overcooks his 50-foot eagle putt a lot that it almost topples off the inexperienced on the again. The perimeter nearly stops that exact humiliation. Then he whistles the 15-foot birdie putt he’s left himself 5 ft previous the outlet. He does very nicely to maintain his calm and tidy up for a three-putt par, however 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 on the tough after leaving his fourth in need of the inexperienced, his fifth, a chip up, topples again off the false entrance. This might be tremendous expensive. Ultimately, he does nicely to clip his sixth to kick-in distance, however that’ll be a triple bogey seven. He clatters down the standings to -2. Although he’s not the one one: within the group behind, the beforehand blemish-free Collin Morikawa finds the creek from the tee as nicely.

Tyrrell Hatton is in all kinds 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 best. The plush stuff grabs the hosel as he performs his fourth. He’s in need of the inexperienced and staring a double, perhaps a triple, within the face. In the meantime there’s bother afoot for Aaron Rai, too, at 8. His drive disappears into shoe-covering tough and, at all times out of place, he finally ends up with bogey 5. He’s -4.

Max Homa ‘out’ in 30

Max Homa misjudges his second into 18, and his ball topples again off the false entrance. Irrespective of! He bumps a chip up the financial institution and straight in! Yet one more birdie, and he’s coated the again 9 in 30 strokes. That’s simply two shy of the nine-hole scoring document at the moment held by Brad Faxon, who took 28 throughout the entrance 9 at Riviera in 1995! Inexperienced Mile, Schreen Mile. He’s -4 and proper within the combine now. As is Collin Morikawa, who appears to be like within the temper so as to add a second PGA title to his resumé. He rolls in a 20-footer throughout 16 for his third birdie of a blemish-free spherical. And with Jhonattan Vegas getting up and down from sand once more, this time at 3, the leaderboard is starting to scorching up after a sluggish begin.

-6: Vegas (3)
-5: Davis (10), Hatton (8*), Rai (7), Gerard
-4: Homa (9*), Scott (8*), Morikawa (7*), Thorbjornsen (4), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald

Max Homa hits his tee shot on the eleventh. {Photograph}: George Walker IV/AP

… as does Tyrrell Hatton, who tidies up for his genuinely-earned birdie on 17. Hatton had wobbled a bit after that watery meltdown on 14, requiring a fortunate ricochet out of the bushes at 15 to make par, however he appears to have settled once more. That’ll actually assist. And he might be sharing the lead quickly, as a result of Jhonattan Vegas is trying skittish this morning, and has simply pulled his strategy at 3 right 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 began the day chilly, with a pair of bogeys at 1 and a couple of. No technique to construct on yesterday’s excellent 67. However the 30-year-old late-bloomer from Wolverhampton has responded brilliantly. Birdies at 4 and 5 to restore the injury, and now one other on the par-five seventh. Only a disgrace he didn’t hit his lengthy eagle effort, as a result of it was lifeless on line. He joins Cam Davis and Ryan Gerard in sharing second place at -5.

Tyrrell Hatton almost aces 17. A dart launched with nice precision on the flag. One huge bounce. One smaller bounce. A 3rd bounce that lands the width of 1 ball behind the outlet. So shut. He’s left with a ten-footer coming again for his birdie.

Jhonattan Vegas scrambled par from the bunker at 1. He can’t rise up and down from greenside tough at 2. His lead halved briefly order.

-6: Vegas (2)
-5: Davis (9), Gerard
-4: Rai (6), Hatton (6*), Scott (6*), Thorbjornsen (3), Jaeger, Smalley, Fox, Donald

Again-to-back birdies for Adam Scott at 14 and 15. He’s -4 general after a nice 69 yesterday. The genial 2013 Masters champion is in veteran territory now – he’s 44 years previous – however should you’re going to chalk up a significant late within the day, the PGA is the event through which to do it. Right here’s the checklist of the oldest main champions of all time, and it’s dominated by gamers successful 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)

Adam Scott and Tyrrell Hatton on the eleventh inexperienced. {Photograph}: Andrew Redington/Getty Photographs

Viktor Hovland demonstrates the absurdity of golf at 12. His strategy doesn’t attain the inexperienced and he chips up from the underside of a steep swale. The ball thinks about stopping on the placing floor however finally topples and rolls again to his ft. At an excruciatingly sluggish tempo, simply to rub it in. He tries once more. The identical factor occurs. Then a 3rd try … which ends the width of a dimple away from dropping into the cup. However that’s a double bogey and he slips again to -1.

A street-fighting par for Jhonattan Vegas at 1. Having discovered a fairway bunker along with his opening drive, he despatched his second into one other lure guarding the entrance left of the inexperienced. Shortsided, he might solely flip his third shot 12 ft previous the flag … however he made a sequence of huge putts yesterday, and he makes one other now. He stays at -7.

Max Homa pours in one other birdie putt, this time on 15, and he’s began 4-4-4-2-2-4. Inexperienced Mile developing, let’s see if he dismantles that as nicely. He’s -3. He’s enjoying with Joaquin Niemann, who can also be flying, and repairing the injury achieved by his opening spherical of 74 at nice velocity: birdies at 10, 12, 14 and 15 have whisked the Chilean up the standings to -1.

Right here comes the event chief Jhonattan Vegas. An astonishing late-evening end, 5 birdies in his final six holes, for a front-nine complete of 30. An impressive 64. He finds a fairway bunker along with his opening drive. Vegas goes spherical with a 23-year-old Aussie referred to as Elvis Smylie. Elvis and Vegas. That’s some coincidence if it’s not deliberate. And if it is deliberate, then that’s all proper.

Tyrrell’s gonna Tyrrell sooner or later. And right here he blows! His drive into the quick par-four 14th is heading straight for the flag. A little bit bit to the best and it’s touchdown on the inexperienced and rolling out into Max Homa territory. Nevertheless it’s not somewhat bit to the best. It takes a kick left off a financial institution simply in entrance of the inexperienced and into the drink. Having taken his drop, he chips as much as six ft, however pulls the tried par saver. He faucets in for bogey on a gap that Homa almost made albatross, and all for the sake of some ft both means within the touchdown 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 additionally began quick. Birdies at 10 and 12 and he’s -3. Bryson DeChambeau will get up and down from 43 yards on 10 to open with birdie; he’s -1. And JJ Spaun birdies 2, 3 and 4, although this 12 months’s Gamers Championship runner-up arms a kind of strokes again at 5. The 34-year-old Californian is properly positioned at -2 nonetheless.

Collin Morikawa hits his tee shot on the twelfth gap. {Photograph}: Alex Slitz/Getty Photographs

All bets for at this time’s shot of the day are off. If anybody does higher than Max Homa on the driveable par-four 14th – a 341-yard tee shot that rolls to inside a few ft – we’ll be doing nicely. A mere 21 inches away from a hole-in-one albatross. As it’s, he faucets in for an eagle two. He’d simply birdied the par-three thirteenth as nicely, and unsurprisingly that’s the primary time in his main profession that he’s gone 2-2. Having additionally birdied 10 this morning, it’s the quickest of begins for Homa, who had been in appalling kind this season (5 consecutive missed cuts) till making the weekend on the Masters and ending in a tie for twelfth. He’s clearly rediscovered one thing. He’s -2 general.

Yesterday’s different shot of the day was made by Justin Thomas on 18. His strategy had landed within the creek down the left, however bounced off a rock and again out … solely to choose the opposite facet of the creek, in a thick tuft of grass, his backswing hampered by one other massive rock. He tried the Jean van de Velde strategy, sneakers and socks off, standing within the stream, however finally opted for balancing on the small patch of waterside grass on tippy toe, earlier than chopping down and firing his ball over the water and onto the inexperienced to 10 ft. Disgrace he didn’t make the putt for one of many all-time par saves, however he’d have taken bogey when watching his strategy sail in the direction of the hazard. The 2-time PGA champion signed for a 73 that stood as one thing of a salvage job after a horror begin led to 4 dropped photographs within the first six holes. He’s nonetheless not with out hope and is now +1 general after birdie this morning at 11.

Tyrrell Hatton makes one in all the nice two-putts for par on 12. He sends his strategy over the flag, however he’s on a ridge that’s no use for attending to the pin. He’s pressured to face away from the outlet along with his first putt, utilising the backstop to ship his ball on an absurd 50-foot U-turn. He almost makes it, too, although the ball rolls a great ten ft previous the pin. He smiles wryly … then nails the putt that is still. That’s outrageous. His flat stick very a lot the hero to date at this time. He stays at -5.

A great variety of pundits recognized Bryson DeChambeau as this week’s winner. However yesterday it didn’t fairly occur for the reigning US Open champion and Masters almost man. A level-par spherical of 71 that was, by his personal widescreen requirements, somewhat nondescript … although he nonetheless managed to hit one of many two photographs of the day (the opposite we’ll point out in a minute) on the 227-yard par-three seventeenth: an 8-iron punched to a few inches. So near an ace, and what energy. So right here’s a sign of how nicely Jordan Spieth performed the tenth again there; Bryson is at the moment 50 yards in need of the inexperienced in his first two strokes of the day. It’s a protracted previous monitor all proper.

Jordan Spieth’s dream of becoming a member of Rory et al within the Profession Slam membership appears to be like kaput for one more 12 months after yesterday’s 76. Too far gone already, the 2015 Masters and US Open champion and 2017 Open winner has his work reduce out merely making the reduce. That’s proper, sure? Properly, let’s simply cling on a minute, as a result of he’s come out on the entrance foot swinging haymakers. Having break up the tenth fairway along with his opening drive, he’s simply launched a fairway wooden straight on the flag, from 283 yards to eight ft. In goes the eagle putt, and unexpectedly he’s again up the standings at +3. It’s nonetheless the longest of lengthy photographs, however you understand Jordan, no scenario is taken into account irretrievable. Right here’s to some extra of his trademark swashbuckle.

The primary vital transfer of the day has been made by Tyrrell Hatton. The entertainingly risky Englishman has stored a lid on issues to date this week, and also you’d be in a great temper too had you birdied the final yesterday. His strategy at 18 was one of many strokes of the day, and has clearly buoyed him going into spherical two. Consecutive birdies to start out, at 10 and 11, a 15-foot birdie putt adopted by one other from 20 ft, and Hatton strikes right into a tie for second. Heading within the different course: 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 primary yelp recorded by at this time’s weblog is emitted by Ludvig Åberg. The younger Swede didn’t convey his Å-game yesterday – the air-mailing of a few greens by no means an excellent signal – and but he nonetheless managed to battle his technique to a 70, his putter digging him out a couple of times. However his first shot of the day doesn’t augur nicely, a drive at 10 carved into the bushes down the best. His enjoying companions Patrick Reed (+1) and Jordan Spieth (+5) break up the golf green.

Preamble

It’s a star-studded leaderboard. Simply not studded with the celebrities we anticipated. Right here’s how the highest of it appears to be like …

-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 listed below are at this time’s tee instances (USA until said, all instances BST). It’s on!

Beginning at gap 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 Younger
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 Energy (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 Decrease, Rupe Taylor

Beginning at gap 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 Corridor (Eng), Thriston Lawrence (Rsa)
19.26 Ryan Gerard, Greg Koch, Marco Penge (Eng)
19.37 Dylan Newman, Victor Perez (Fra), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)

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