TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, CA — August 7, 2020
Li Haotong is currently the 114th ranked professional golfer in the world. Tonight he is the leader of the PGA Championship after a remarkable 65 in round 2 at the TPC Harding Park. Remarkable? Li missed the fairway on 14 holes during his round and still managed to avoid a bogey while posting birdies on five of the first 10 holes. His round of 5 under par and a two day total of -8 place him two-strokes ahead of his closest challengers.

However, the group tied for 2nd features some imposing names capable of stepping up their game over the next two days. First-round co-leader Jason Day was 3 under par on his round until a bogey on the 9th took a stroke away. He quickly responded with a birdie on #10, then just as quickly double-bogeyed 12. Unable to manage anything but pars over the final six holes left Day at 6 under and two strokes out of the lead. Brooks Koepka, Justin Rose, and Tommy Fleetwood, who shot a low round of the day -6, joined Day tied for second. Along with Daniel Berger and Mike Lorenzo-Vera.

Brendon Todd, who sat atop the leaderboard yesterday with Day, combined two nines of birdie, bogey, and seven pars to remain at 5 under. Cameron Champ posted four birdies on the back nine to score a 64, tying Fleetwood for the low round of the day, and moved into contention tied for 8th with Todd and Paul Casey who shot a solid bogey-free 67.
Further Back in the Field
Dustin Johnson is in a five-man group tied for 11th at 4 under. Tony Finau and Bud Cauley join seven other golfers tied for 16th at -3. Bryson DeChambeau remained at 2 under after an even-par round that featured five birdies and five bogeys. DeChambeau is not out of contention but will need to make a move on Saturday.
Tiger Woods likely played himself out of contention with a round of 72. His two-day score of even-par left him setting just above the cut line that fell after +1.
Missing the Cut
Kaymer, who was a shot out of the lead at 4 under after day 1, posted a triple bogey, a double bogey, eight bogeys, and a single birdie to score 12 over par and boot himself out of the tournament. Talk about the wheels coming off, wow.
Position | Player | To Pay | Today | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total |
1 | Haotong Li | -8 | -5 | 67 | 65 | 132 |
T2 | Tommy Fleetwood | -6 | -6 | 70 | 64 | 134 |
T2 | Jason Day | -6 | -1 | 65 | 69 | 134 |
T2 | Daniel Berger | -6 | -3 | 67 | 67 | 134 |
T2 | Brooks Koepka | -6 | -2 | 66 | 68 | 134 |
T2 | Justin Rose | -6 | -2 | 66 | 68 | 134 |
T2 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | -6 | -2 | 66 | 68 | 134 |
T8 | Cameron Champ | -5 | -6 | 71 | 64 | 135 |
T8 | Paul Casey | -5 | -3 | 68 | 67 | 135 |
T8 | Brendon Todd | -5 | E | 65 | 70 | 135 |
T11 | Lanto Griffin | -4 | -2 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
T11 | Xander Schauffele | -4 | E | 66 | 70 | 136 |
T11 | Dustin Johnson | -4 | -3 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
T11 | Bernd Wiesberger | -4 | -2 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
T11 | Alexander Noren | -4 | -1 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
T16 | Matthew Wolff | -3 | -2 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
T16 | Hideki Matsuyama | -3 | -3 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
T16 | Si Woo Kim | -3 | -2 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
T16 | Scottie Scheffler | -3 | 1 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
T16 | Dylan Frittelli | -3 | -3 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
T16 | Tony Finau | -3 | E | 67 | 70 | 137 |
T16 | Bud Cauley | -3 | 1 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
T16 | Brendan Steele | -3 | 1 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
T16 | Joel Dahmen | -3 | -2 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
T25 | Harold Varner III | -2 | -4 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
T25 | Brandt Snedeker | -2 | -4 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
T25 | Patrick Reed | -2 | E | 68 | 70 | 138 |
T25 | Bryson DeChambeau | -2 | E | 68 | 70 | 138 |
T25 | Adam Scott | -2 | E | 68 | 70 | 138 |
T25 | Collin Morikawa | -2 | -1 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
T31 | Joost Luiten | -1 | -2 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
T31 | Adam Hadwin | -1 | 1 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
T31 | Kevin Streelman | -1 | E | 69 | 70 | 139 |
T31 | Viktor Hovland | -1 | 1 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
T31 | Denny McCarthy | -1 | -1 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
T31 | Jon Rahm | -1 | -1 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
T31 | Webb Simpson | -1 | -2 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
T31 | Brian Harman | -1 | 1 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
T31 | Nate Lashley | -1 | E | 69 | 70 | 139 |
T31 | Gary Woodland | -1 | 2 | 67 | 72 | 139 |
T31 | Rory McIlroy | -1 | -1 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
T31 | Victor Perez | -1 | -1 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
T31 | Abraham Ancer | -1 | E | 69 | 70 | 139 |
T44 | Kurt Kitayama | E | 2 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
T44 | Jim Herman | E | -1 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
T44 | Emiliano Grillo | E | E | 70 | 70 | 140 |
T44 | Robert MacIntyre | E | -3 | 73 | 67 | 140 |
T44 | Billy Horschel | E | 1 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
T44 | Cameron Smith | E | -1 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
T44 | Doc Redman | E | -3 | 73 | 67 | 140 |
T44 | Tom Hoge | E | -2 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
T44 | Russell Henley | E | -1 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
T44 | Kevin Kisner | E | 3 | 67 | 73 | 140 |
T44 | Ryan Palmer | E | -4 | 74 | 66 | 140 |
T44 | Shane Lowry | E | 2 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
T44 | Danny Lee | E | 1 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
T44 | Tiger Woods | E | 2 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
T44 | Keith Mitchell | E | 2 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
T44 | Harris English | E | 1 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
T60 | Byeong-Hun An | +1 | -1 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
T60 | J.T. Poston | +1 | 4 | 67 | 74 | 141 |
T60 | Bubba Watson | +1 | 1 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
T60 | Phil Mickelson | +1 | -1 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
T60 | Ian Poulter | +1 | -2 | 73 | 68 | 141 |
T60 | Matt Wallace | +1 | E | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T60 | Mark Hubbard | +1 | 1 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
T60 | Sepp Straka | +1 | 1 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
T60 | Adam Long | +1 | -2 | 73 | 68 | 141 |
T60 | Rory Sabbatini | +1 | E | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T60 | Sung Kang | +1 | 1 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
T60 | Patrick Cantlay | +1 | -2 | 73 | 68 | 141 |
T60 | Erik van Rooyen | +1 | E | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T60 | Jordan Spieth | +1 | -2 | 73 | 68 | 141 |
T60 | Justin Thomas | +1 | E | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T60 | Louis Oosthuizen | +1 | 1 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
T60 | Luke List | +1 | -1 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
T60 | Charl Schwartzel | +1 | -2 | 73 | 68 | 141 |
T60 | Chez Reavie | +1 | E | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T60 | Mackenzie Hughes | +1 | -2 | 73 | 68 | 141 |
Players missing the cut | ||||||
– | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | CUT | – | 72 | 70 | 142 |
– | Talor Gooch | CUT | – | 71 | 71 | 142 |
– | Shaun Norris | CUT | – | 69 | 73 | 142 |
– | Jim Furyk | CUT | – | 71 | 71 | 142 |
– | Rickie Fowler | CUT | – | 73 | 69 | 142 |
– | Chan Kim | CUT | – | 72 | 70 | 142 |
– | Marc Leishman | CUT | – | 70 | 72 | 142 |
– | Carlos Ortiz | CUT | – | 72 | 70 | 142 |
– | Jason Dufner | CUT | – | 70 | 72 | 142 |
– | Henrik Stenson | CUT | – | 70 | 72 | 142 |
– | Zach Johnson | CUT | – | 66 | 76 | 142 |
– | Ryo Ishikawa | CUT | – | 72 | 70 | 142 |
– | Richy Werenski | CUT | – | 71 | 72 | 143 |
– | Xinjun Zhang | CUT | – | 72 | 71 | 143 |
– | Kevin Na | CUT | – | 70 | 73 | 143 |
– | Matt Kuchar | CUT | – | 71 | 72 | 143 |
– | Lucas Herbert | CUT | – | 73 | 70 | 143 |
– | Sebastian Munoz | CUT | – | 71 | 72 | 143 |
– | Andrew Landry | CUT | – | 74 | 69 | 143 |
– | Michael Thompson | CUT | – | 71 | 72 | 143 |
– | Steve Stricker | CUT | – | 72 | 71 | 143 |
– | Lucas Glover | CUT | – | 71 | 72 | 143 |
– | Tyrrell Hatton | CUT | – | 72 | 71 | 143 |
– | Jason Kokrak | CUT | – | 69 | 74 | 143 |
– | Tom Lewis | CUT | – | 67 | 76 | 143 |
– | Sungjae Im | CUT | – | 73 | 71 | 144 |
– | Joaquin Niemann | CUT | – | 75 | 69 | 144 |
– | Wyndham Clark | CUT | – | 71 | 73 | 144 |
– | C.T. Pan | CUT | – | 72 | 72 | 144 |
– | Alex Beach | CUT | – | 73 | 71 | 144 |
– | Matthew Fitzpatrick | CUT | – | 74 | 70 | 144 |
– | Scott Piercy | CUT | – | 70 | 74 | 144 |
– | Tyler Duncan | CUT | – | 74 | 71 | 145 |
– | Brian Stuard | CUT | – | 72 | 73 | 145 |
– | Matt Jones | CUT | – | 70 | 75 | 145 |
– | Jazz Janewattananond | CUT | – | 74 | 71 | 145 |
– | Keegan Bradley | CUT | – | 73 | 72 | 145 |
– | Troy Merritt | CUT | – | 73 | 72 | 145 |
– | Matthias Schwab | CUT | – | 69 | 76 | 145 |
– | Max Homa | CUT | – | 74 | 71 | 145 |
– | Corey Conners | CUT | – | 69 | 76 | 145 |
– | Bob Sowards | CUT | – | 71 | 75 | 146 |
– | Ben Cook | CUT | – | 71 | 75 | 146 |
– | Graeme McDowell | CUT | – | 72 | 74 | 146 |
– | Sergio Garcia | CUT | – | 73 | 73 | 146 |
– | Benjamin Hebert | CUT | – | 75 | 71 | 146 |
– | Andrew Putnam | CUT | – | 73 | 73 | 146 |
– | Rob Labritz | CUT | – | 71 | 76 | 147 |
– | Jimmy Walker | CUT | – | 73 | 74 | 147 |
– | Danny Willett | CUT | – | 75 | 72 | 147 |
– | Joohyung Kim | CUT | – | 70 | 77 | 147 |
– | David Muttitt | CUT | – | 72 | 75 | 147 |
– | Jason Caron | CUT | – | 76 | 72 | 148 |
– | John O’Leary | CUT | – | 75 | 73 | 148 |
– | Martin Kaymer | CUT | – | 66 | 82 | 148 |
– | Rafael Cabrera Bello | CUT | – | 72 | 76 | 148 |
– | J.R. Roth | CUT | – | 74 | 75 | 149 |
– | Davis Love III | CUT | – | 73 | 76 | 149 |
– | Nick Taylor | CUT | – | 76 | 73 | 149 |
– | Mike Auterson | CUT | – | 75 | 74 | 149 |
– | Shaun Micheel | CUT | – | 72 | 77 | 149 |
– | Rich Berberian Jr. | CUT | – | 76 | 74 | 150 |
– | Ryan Vermeer | CUT | – | 79 | 71 | 150 |
– | Danny Balin | CUT | – | 74 | 76 | 150 |
– | Marty Jertson | CUT | – | 74 | 76 | 150 |
– | Ken Tanigawa | CUT | – | 78 | 73 | 151 |
– | Marcus Kinhult | CUT | – | 74 | 77 | 151 |
– | Shawn Warren | CUT | – | 78 | 73 | 151 |
– | Justin Bertsch | CUT | – | 78 | 75 | 153 |
– | Jorge Campillo | CUT | – | 74 | 80 | 154 |
– | Jeff Hart | CUT | – | 77 | 77 | 154 |
– | Rich Beem | CUT | – | 80 | 75 | 155 |
– | Rod Perry | CUT | – | 75 | 81 | 156 |
– | Alex Knoll | CUT | – | 77 | 80 | 157 |
– | Judd Gibb | CUT | – | 77 | 84 | 161 |
– | Zach J. Johnson | CUT | – | 82 | 79 | 161 |
– | Cameron Tringale | DQ | – | 73 | 68 | 141 |