2020 PGA Championship (The 32Nd of 36 Events in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season)
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2020 PGA Championship (The 32nd of 36 events in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season) San Francisco, California August 6-9, 2020 FedExCup Points: 600 TPC Harding Park Par/Yards: 35-35—70/7,251 Purse: $11,000,000/$1,980,000 Second-Round Notes – Friday, August 7, 2020 Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 63. Wind WSW 10-15 mph, with gusts to 25 mph. Second-Round Leaderboard Haotong Li 67-65—132 (-8) Tommy Fleetwood 70-64—134 (-6) Jason Day 65-69—134 (-6) Daniel Berger 67-67—134 (-6) Brooks Koepka 66-68—134 (-6) Justin Rose 66-68—134 (-6) Mike Lorenzo-Vera 66-68—134 (-6) Cut: 79 players at 1-over 141 from a field of 156 professionals Things to Know • Haotong Li becomes first player from China to hold a lead or co-lead after a round in a major • Brooks Koepka is in a tie for third and two strokes back as he seeks third consecutive PGA Championship title • Tommy Fleetwood, runner-up at the 2019 Open Championship, posts career-best 36-hole score in a major • Tommy Fleetwood and Cameron Champ post low tournament round through 36 holes with 64s • 82-time PGA TOUR winner and 15-time major champion Tiger Woods stands T44 • World No. 1 and 2017 PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas makes the cut on the number to remain a perfect five-for-five in made cuts in the event • Martin Kaymer and Zach Johnson, who were among nine players tied for third after opening 66s, both miss cut Second-Round Lead Notes 12 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win the PGA Championship since 2000 Tiger Woods/2000, David Toms/2001, Rich Beem/2002, Shaun Micheel/2003, Vijay Singh/2004, Phil Mickelson/2005, Tiger Woods/2007, Keegan Bradley/2011, Jason Dufner/2013, Rory McIlroy/2014 and Jimmy Walker/2016, Brooks Koepka/2019 12 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win on PGA TOUR in 2019-20 (Most recent: Michael Thompson/3M Open) Leader (entering the week) Player Haotong Li Age 25 (8/3/1995) FedExCup N/A OWGR 114 Starts at PGA Championship 3 Wins at PGA Championship 0 Top-10s at PGA Championship 0 PGA TOUR starts 37 PGA TOUR wins 0 PGA TOUR top-10s 3 Starts in 2019-20 3 Wins in 2019-20 0 Top-10s in 2019-20 0 Haotong Li (1/-8) • Bogey-free 65 leads to 132 total, his career-best 36-hole score on TOUR • Holds second career lead after any round on the PGA TOUR (R1/2019 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions) • Marks the first time a player from China has ever held a lead or co-lead after a round in a major • No player from China has ever won on the PGA TOUR; owns best all-time finish by a player from China with a third- place finish at the 2017 Open Championship (Royal Birkdale) • Making 12th start in a major; best finish: 3rd/2017 Open Championship • After a T24 at the 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions and participating in the 2019 Presidents Cup, has made two starts on TOUR in 2020: the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide (MC), WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (T75) Brooks Koepka (T2/-6) • With rounds of 66-68, 17 of his last 22 major rounds have been in the 60s • Trailed after 36 holes in two of four major titles: 2018 U.S. Open (T4/Five strokes), 2018 PGA Championship (T3/Two strokes) • Seeks third consecutive PGA Championship title and fifth major championship victory (wins: 2017 U.S. Open, 2018 U.S. Open, 2018 PGA Championship, 2019 PGA Championship) • Looks to become the first player since 1956 to win the same major in three consecutive years; players in the last 100 years to accomplish the feat: Walter Hagen (PGA Championship in 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927) and Peter Thomson (The Open Championship in 1954, 1955, 1956) • Last player to win at least one major in four consecutive years: Tiger Woods (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) • With a win, would tie Phil Mickelson for the second-most major championship titles among active players • With a win, would become the third-youngest player to win five majors since WWII, behind only Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus Tommy Fleetwood (T2/-6) • 134 marks low 36-hole score in a major (previous best: 135/2019 Open Championship) • 64 marks low score in 18 rounds at the PGA Championship • Owns two runner-ups in 18 previous major appearances, most recently, a second-place finish at the 2019 Open Championship Royal Portrush, the last major contested • In his third season as a member of the PGA TOUR; highest-ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking without a PGA TOUR win Jason Day (T2/-6) • 2015 PGA Championship winner • Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (6.751); Ranks 117th in the category on the season • 69 marks sixth straight round in the 60s on TOUR • Has recorded a top-10 in each of his last three starts (T7/Workday Charity Open, T4/the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, T6/World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational); longest streak since 2016 (Won/the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, Won/WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, T10/Masters Tournament) • 12-time PGA TOUR winner; most recent: 2018 Wells Fargo Championship • Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship in 2016 Tiger Woods (T44/E) • Sits eight shots off the lead in his 21st start at the PGA Championship • Followed season-high 114 feet, 9 inches of putts in round one with 48 feet, 11 inches in the second round • Four-time PGA Championship winner (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007) Additional Player Notes • Daniel Berger (T2) has finished in the top-three in his last four starts on TOUR, including his win at the Charles Schwab Challenge, the first event held when the season resumed in June • 2013 U.S. Open winner Justin Rose (T2), has missed cuts in his last three TOUR starts (Travelers Championship, Workday Charity Open, the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide) • Mike Lorenzo-Vera (T2) was T4 after 18 holes at the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage State Park; Making fifth major start and third start in the PGA Championship (2018/T65, 2019/T16); At No. 82 in the Official World Golf Ranking, has not made a competitive start since March 2020 when he missed the cut in the European Tour’s Commercial Bank Qatar Masters • Sacramento native Cameron Champ (T8) posts career-low round in a major with a 64 in his third major start • Making his 64th start in a major, Paul Casey (T8) has the most major starts since 2002 without a win (Ian Poulter is second as he makes his 62nd major appearance) • Rickie Fowler missed the cut, snapping a streak of 14 consecutive cuts made in majors, which was the second- longest active streak (Brooks Koepka leads at 23 consecutive made cuts in majors, with Tommy Fleetwood and Webb Simpson now in second at 12) • Cameron Tringale was disqualified under Rule 3.3b(3) for signing an incorrect scorecard Hole statistics Toughest hole Easiest hole R1 Par-3 8th (3.423) Par-5 10th (4.590) R2 Par-4 9th (4.439) Par-5 10th (4.452) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1 35.776 35.340 71.115 -- R2 35.974 35.355 71.329 71.222 Bogey-free rounds R1 (1): Jason Day (65), Tom Lewis (67), Gary Woodland (67), Brian Harman (68) R2 (2): Patrick Cantlay (68), Paul Casey (67), Haotong Li (65), Webb Simpson (68) .