PGA Championship 2024: Xander Schauffele leads after Scottie Scheffler plays on despite arrest

Woods +5 (3)

Things just got very difficult for the four-time PGA Champion.

A short-game nightmare on the second leads to a triple bogey on the second and the American compounds that the very next hole, racing his birdie effort past the hole and missing the come-backer for par.

He’s dropped like a stone to +5 and now has a mountain to climb to make the cut.

Schauffele -10 (3), Thomas -3 (3)

All the action from this morning may have led people to forget about the brilliance on display from Xander Schauffele in the first round.

In case you needed any reminding, the American rolls in his first birdie to get within one of Morikawa, while his playing partner Thomas makes it back-to-back birdies to get up to -3.

Scheffler -9 (66), Clark +4 (75), Harman -2 (68)

When placed in the context of this morning’s events, that will be right up there with the best rounds of golf Scheffler has ever played. Many might not have returned to the course, but Scheffler did and a finishing par at the last sees him card a second-round 66 to stay right in the thick of the action heading into the week.

Simply astonishing.

Meanwhile, Harman responds well from his opening round to make the cut after a Friday 68 but there will be no third round for US Open Wyndham Clark who is struggling for form of late and finishes at +4 for the tournament.

Hubbard -8 (15*)

Hubbard got up and around the lead at one point but he’s dropping back in these closing holes. A par putt comes up short and he’s back to -8 now.

McIlroy -6 (1)

Well, that’s a pretty decent way to start! Not his best approach into the first green but the Northern Irishman pours it in the middle of the cup to get himself a birdie on the first.

The two big stars are out on the course now as the afternoon wave makes its way out onto Valhalla. They’ll all be hoping for a rain-less afternoon to help them catch up with Morikawa at the top of the board.

Morikawa -11 (65)

Not the way that he would have wanted to end his round. Like Kim, the American leaves his chip short and has a lengthy putt to save his par but it doesn’t drop.

Still, a superb second-round 65 that has catapulted him into the lead as he goes in search of his third major.

Scheffler -9 (16*), Clark +3 (16*), Harman -2 (16*)

When the chipping lets him down, even the putting picks up. The American’s second into the par-5 leaves him with work to do and his follow-up chip isn’t the greatest.

Nevermind, though, as the World No.1 pours in the birdie putt from around 19 feet to get up to nine under par and ever closer to the lead.

A birdie, too, for Harman but it’s a hugely costly double bogey for Clark who now looks set to miss the cut.

Detry -9 (67)

Differing fortunes for Detry, meanwhile, who finishes with the bang at his last - the par-5 18th - as he rolls in an eagle putt to shoot up the leaderboard after carding a final-round 67.

He’ll be right in the thick of it tomorrow, that is for sure.

Kim -5 (71)

Not the end Tom Kim would have hoped for in the slightest. His wedge into the ninth green from the fairway comes up short and the South Korean’s follow-up chip doesn’t stay up on the green.

It’s not a great second attempt and he’s then forced to tap in for a double bogey after his bogey putt whistles by. A round of 71 but he’ll be seething by how it ended.