PGA Championship Day 2, Surprise Leader and Tiger Woods Fades

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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.

Haotong Li- Photo Credit: Tom Pennington / Getty Images

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.

Tommy Fleetwood- Photo Credit: Ezra Shaw / Getty Images

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

Jim Furyk(+2), Rickie Fowler(+2), and Zach Johnson(-2) who followed his opening round 66 with a 2nd-day score of 76 missed the cut. Matt Kuchar(+3), Sergio Garcia(+6), Martin Kaymer(+8), Davis Love III(+9) were other notables who will have the weekend off.

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.

The Complete Leaderboard for Round 2 of the 2020 PGA Championship
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

 

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