Who is leading the 2024 Hero World Challenge after day 2? Leaderboard explored

The second round of the 2024 Hero World Challenge was played this Friday, December 6, at the Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas. The big story of the day was Scottie Scheffler, who shot the best round of his career in the event.

Scheffler leads the Hero World Challenge at 13-under. Only Akshay Bhatia and Justin Thomas are within three shots of the leader.

2024 Hero World Challenge Day 2 Leaderboard

Here is the Hero World Challenge leaderboard after the second round:

• 1 Scottie Scheffler -13
• T2 Akshay Bhatia -11
• T2 Justin Thomas -11
• 4 Keegan Bradley -9
• T5 Sepp Straka -7
• T5 Sungjae Im -7
• T5 Ludvig Åberg -7
• T8 Sahith Theegala -6
• T8 Patrick Cantlay -6
• T10 Tom Kim -5
• T10 Robert MacIntyre -5
• T10 Cameron Young -5
• T13 Russell Henley -4
• T13 Sam Burns -4
• 15 Nick Dunlap -3
• T16 Brian Harman -2
• T16 Aaron Rai -2
• 18 Wyndham Clark -1
• 19 Jason Day +1
• 20 Matthieu Pavon +3

Scottie Scheffler carded seven birdies and no bogeys on the front nine to finish the first segment at 7 under 29. This marked the best front nine score at the Hero World Challenge since Rickie Fowler shot 8 under 28 in 2017.

Scheffler finished the round at 8 under 64. His score of 13 under 131 tied the Hero World Challenge record for 36 holes. The record was set by Tiger Woods in 2007 at Sherwood Country Club.

Here's what Scheffler had to say about his performance (via AFP):

"Pretty comfortable with my start lines all day. Made some important ones out there to keep the momentum of the round going. Overall pretty pleased so far with the results."

However, the windy conditions forecast for the weekend could make it difficult for Scheffler to continue his record-setting run at the Hero World Challenge.

"A lot of it here is just keeping the ball in play. When it gets windy, it can be pretty challenging to putt these greens because they can be pretty fast. They can be difficult to read and as the winds pick up, you start missing fairways, you can get into some pretty bad spots around here," he added.

Akshay Bhatia is the only rookie to stay in contention in the second round of the tournament. Bhatia carded seven birdies and one bogey to climb into a share of second place.

Justin Thomas carded six birdies and one bogey to remain tied for second. Keegan Bradley had the same score, but with five birdies and no bogeys, he climbed four places to tie for fourth.

Sepp Straka and Sungjae Im complete the top-5 after both shot identical 4-under scores in the second round.