The second round of the 2023 PGA Championship concluded on Friday, May 19, with Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners, and Viktor Hovland sharing the lead at 5-under after 36 holes at Oak Hill Country Club.
Hovland closed his second round with a birdie to advance to the top. Both Conners and Scheffler moved to the top with a second round of 2-under.
The World No. 2 golfer was looking to finish with a solo lead at PGA Championship until he dug in a bogey on the final hole. He holed in four birdies and just two bogeys on Friday.
Dustin Johnson was tied with Conners and Scheffler after the opening round but a 4-over 74 in round 2 resulted in him slipping to T19 alongside Day 1 leader Eric Cole.
Justin Suh shot an impressive 68 to jump to 3-under and finished alongside Bryson DeChambeau, who went one over on Friday.
Masters runner-up Brooks Koepka jumped 32 places after he finished at 4-under 66 on Day 2 at Oak Hill. He is tied alongside Callum Tarren at the PGA Championship.
Rory McIlroy also leapt 17 spots to T10 with 1-under 69. World No. 1 Jon Rahm had a slump in the opening round of 76 but the Spaniard recovered with a 2-under 68 to finish at T48.
Justin Thomas has been unimpressive so far as the defending champion sits at T59 with two rounds over 70. He is joined at 5-over by Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, and 15 others.
Leaderboard for the 2023 PGA Championship explored
Here are the players who made the cut for the 2023 PGA Championship:
- T1 Viktor Hovland: -5
- T1 Corey Conners: -5
- T1 Scottie Scheffler: -5
- T4 Bryson DeChambeau: -3
- T4 Justin Suh: -3
- T6 Callum Tarren: -2
- T6 Brooks Koepka: -2
- T8 Justin Rose: -1
- T8 Taylor Pendrith: -1
- T10 Michael Block: E
- T10 Rory McIlroy: E
- T10 Min Woo Lee: E
- T10 Keegan Bradley: E
- T10 Shane Lowry: E
- T10 Matt NeSmith: E
- T10 Keith Mitchell: E
- T10 Sepp Straka: E
- T10 Adam Svensson: E
- T19 Kurt Kitayama: +1
- T19 Eric Cole: +1
- T19 Collin Morikawa: +1
- T19 Cam Davis: +1
- T19 Dustin Johnson: +1
- T19 Ryan Fox: +1
- T19 Patrick Cantlay: +1
- T19 Beau Hossler: +1
- T19 Harold Varner III: +1
- T19 K.H. Lee: +1
- T19 Mito Pereira: +1
- T30 J.T. Poston: +2
- T30 Sahith Theegala: +2
- T30 Victor Perez: +2
- T30 Adam Scott: +2
- T30 Stephan Jaeger: +2
- T35 Matt Wallace: +3
- T35 Taylor Moore: +3
- T35 Nicolai Højgaard: +3
- T35 Padraig Harrington: +3
- T35 Sihwan Kim: +3
- T35 Hayden Buckley: +3
- T35 Sam Stevens: +3
- T35 Tommy Fleetwood: +3
- T35 Adam Hadwin: +3
- T35 Patrick Reed: +3
- T35 Hideki Matsuyama: +3
- T35 Joel Dahmen: +3
- T35 Max Homa: +3
- T48 Ben Taylor: +4
- T48 Xander Schauffele: +4
- T48 Lucas Herbert: +4
- T48 Adrian Meronk: +4
- T48 Pablo Larrazabal: +4
- T48 Dean Burmester: +4
- T48 Tom Hoge: +4
- T48 Chez Reavie: +4
- T48 Cameron Smith: +4
- T48 Thriston Lawrence: +4
- T48 Jon Rahm: +4
- T59 Denny McCarthy: +5
- T59 Yannik Paul: +5
- T59 Tony Finau: +5
- T59 Phil Mickelson: +5
- T59 Chris Kirk: +5
- T59 Rikuya Hoshino: +5
- T59 Taylor Montgomery: +5
- T59 Lee Hodges: +5
- T59 Kazuki Higa: +5
- T59 Thomas Detry: +5
- T59 Justin Thomas: +5
- T59 Jordan Spieth: +5
- T59 Tyrrell Hatton: +5
- T59 Patrick Rodgers: +5
- T59 Zach Johnson: +5
- T59 Thomas Pieters: +5
- T59 Mark Hubbard: +5
- T59 Alex Smalley: +5