Scottie Scheffler carded a 3-under 68 in the second round of the PGA Championship to move within three shots of the lead heading into the weekend at Quail Hollow Club.
Rory McIlroy made the cut mark on the number after a 69, but it was a round that could and should have been so much better with two late bogeys.
The third member of the marquee group in defending champion Xander Schauffele carded a 70 to also narrowly make the cut.
It marks a 64th consecutive cut in the majors for Schauffele.
Scheffler finds himself at 5-under par thru 36 holes, while McIlroy and Schauffele are well down the board at 1-over par.
None of the world's top three have brought their A-games to Charlotte so far this week, but much can change with 36 holes left to play.
Jhonattan Vegas is still the player everyone has to catch as the Venezualan posted a 70 to nudge himself up to 8-under par.
Despite a shocking double on the final hole, Vegas holds a two-shot lead over Matthieu Pavon (65), Matt Fitzpatrick (68) and Si Woo Kim (64) heading into Saturday's third round.
Scheffler then finds himself a further shot back alongside a resurgent Max Homa, who equalled the best score of the week (64).
The rounds of 64 from both Kim and Homa marked both of their best rounds at a major.
Kim made an ace on the par-3 6th, which marked the second hole-in-one of the week and also the longest ace in major history at 238 yards.
Elsewhere, LIV Golf superstar Bryson DeChambeau pushed himself up the board with a 68 to move to 3-under par.
Jhonattan Vegas | -8 | 70 |
Matthieu Pavon | -6 | 65 |
Matt Fitzpatrick | -6 | 68 |
Si Woo Kim | -6 | 64 |
Max Homa | -5 | 64 |
Scottie Scheffler | -5 | 68 |
Hatton -4 (1)
It's an early birdie for England's Tyrrell Hatton at the par-5 10th.
That's his first hole of the round.
Hatton is now up to 4-under par, which is just three shots off the lead.
He's the lead name of the 16 LIV Golf players in the field at the moment.
Could Hatton pick up a first major title?
Hatton is looking to become the first Englishman in 106 years to win the PGA Championship.
Jim Barnes captured his second PGA in 1919.
Davis -5 (2)
We're off and away in the second round of the PGA Championship.
Cam Davis has just made two pars in a row to start his day.
The Australian remains in a tie for second on 5-under par.
Leader Jhonattan Vegas tees off in just under an hour.
All times BST
Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
12:00 | Adam Hadwin (Can) | Keith Mitchell (US) | Bob Sowards (US) |
12:11 | Eric Cole (US) | Cameron Davis (Aus) | Eric Steger (US) |
12:22 | Brian Bergstol (US) | Jacob Bridgeman (US) | Austin Eckroat (US) |
12:33 | Byeong-Hun An (Kor) | Niklas Noergaard (Den) | JJ Spaun (US) |
12:44 | Dean Burmester (SA) | Patrick Rodgers (US) | Nick Taylor (Can) |
12:55 | Joe Highsmith (US) | Aaron Rai (Eng) | Cameron Young (US) |
13:06 | Tom Hoge (US) | Matthieu Pavon (Fra) | Taylor Pendrith (Can) |
13:17 | Patton Kizzire (US) | Matt McCarty (US) | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den) |
13:28 | Richard Bland (Eng) | Tyler Collet (US) | Jimmy Walker (US) |
13:39 | Jason Dufner (US) | Shaun Micheel (US) | Michael Thorbjornsen (US) |
13:50 | Rafael Campos (Pur) | Ryan Lenahan (US) | Matt Wallace (Eng) |
14:01 | Brian Campbell (US) | Elvis Smylie (Aus) | Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) |
14:12 | Larkin Gross (US) | Johnny Keefer (US) | Chun-An Yu (Tai) |
17:30 | Ryan Fox (NZ) | Justin B Hicks (US) | John Parry (Eng) |
17:41 | Andre Chi (US) | Patrick Fishburn (US) | Seamus Power (Ire) |
17:52 | Max McGreevy (US) | Sepp Straka (Aut) | Sahith Theegala (US) |
18:03 | Rickie Fowler (US) | Brooks Koepka (US) | Shane Lowry (Ire) |
18:14 | Jason Day (Aus) | Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) | Phil Mickelson (US) |
18:25 | Patrick Cantlay (US) | Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) | Jon Rahm (Spa) |
18:36 | Corey Conners (Can) | Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den) | Min-Woo Lee (Aus) |
18:47 | Rory McIlroy (NI) | Xander Schauffele (US) | Scottie Scheffler (US) |
18:58 | Tony Finau (US) | Max Greyserman (US) | Nicolai Hojgaard (Den) |
19:09 | Keegan Bradley (US) | Maverick McNealy (US) | Andrew Novak (US) |
19:20 | Akshay Bhatia (US) | Sam Burns (US) | Denny McCarthy (US) |
19:31 | John Catlin (US) | Jesse Droemer (US) | Garrick Higgo (SA) |
19:42 | Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Spa) | Justin Lower (US) | Rupe Taylor (US) |
Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
12:05 | Michael Kartrude (US) | Jake Knapp (US) | Sami Valimaki (Fin) |
12:16 | Michael Block (US) | Mackenzie Hughes (Can) | Erik van Rooyen (SA) |
12:27 | Lucas Glover (US) | Max Homa (US) | Joaquin Niemann (Chi) |
12:38 | Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) | Adam Scott (Aus) | Will Zalatoris (US) |
12:49 | Dustin Johnson (US) | Collin Morikawa (US) | Justin Thomas (US) |
13:00 | Ludvig Aberg (Swe) | Patrick Reed (US) | Jordan Spieth (US) |
13:11 | Wyndham Clark (US) | Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor) | Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) |
13:22 | Bryson DeChambeau (US) | Viktor Hovland (Nor) | Gary Woodland (US) |
13:33 | Daniel Berger (US) | Sergio Garcia (Spa) | Russell Henley (US) |
13:44 | Brian Harman (US) | Justin Rose (Eng) | Cameron Smith (Aus) |
13:55 | Brandon Bingaman (US) | Sung-Jae Im (Kor) | Davis Riley (US) |
14:06 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA) | Takumi Kanaya (Jpn) | Tom McKibbin (NI) |
14:17 | Beau Hossler (US) | Keita Nakajima (Jpn) | Timothy Wiseman (US) |
17:25 | Luke Donald (Eng) | Padraig Harrington (Ire) | Martin Kaymer (Ger) |
17:36 | Taylor Moore (US) | David Puig (Spa) | John Somers (US) |
17:47 | Nic Ishee (US) | Kurt Kitayama (US) | Alexander Noren (Swe) |
17:58 | Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn) | Tom Johnson (US) | JT Poston (US) |
18:09 | Bud Cauley (US) | Nicolas Echavarria (Col) | Davis Thompson (US) |
18:20 | Thomas Detry (Bel) | Harris English (US) | Michael Kim (US) |
18:31 | Stephan Jaeger (Ger) | Chris Kirk (US) | 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 (US) |
19:04 | Robert Gates (US) | Ben Griffin (US) | Lee Hodges (US) |
19:15 | Nick Dunlap (US) | Harry Hall (Eng) | Thriston Lawrence (SA) |
19:26 | Ryan Gerard (US) | Greg Koch (US) | Marco Penge (Eng) |
19:37 | Dylan Newman (US) | Victor Perez (Fra) | Daniel van Tonder (SA) |
Hi guys and girls, Andy Roberts, GolfMagic Editor here to take you through the early stages of the second round of the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.
The first groups of the day will tee off in about 45 minutes time.
In the early wave of Friday groups, we've got the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Aberg and Justin Thomas out on the course.
That will then whet the appetite for the marquee group of the day - Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele.
The world's top three players will get their second round underway at 1.47pm local time, which is 6.47pm for those of you in the U.K.
McIlroy will need to take it low to haul himself back into contention for a third PGA Championship title after starting with a lacklustre 3-over 74.
Schauffele also fell out the gates with a 1-over 72, while World No.1 recovered well in the end for a 2-under 69.
Day-one leader Jhonattan Vegas (7-under par) gets his second round off and running at 9.01am local time.
Vegas birdied five of his last six holes to vault to the top of the leaderboard on Thursday.
He leads by two shots over Ryan Gerard and Cam Davis.
A host of players are then stacked in behind on 4-under par and 3-under par respectively.
We're all set for a big day here at Quail Hollow.
Fire up the kettle - or something stronger - and strap yourselves in for the second round of the PGA Championship.
