Phil Mickelson will be headed home. So will John Daly. Rory McIlroy momentarily looked like he might be too, but two birdies in his final three holes at Quail Hollow salvaged an otherwise poor PGA Championship second round.
PGA Championship 2017 cut line: Jordan Spieth approaching early exit
Rory McIlroy needed a late rally, and now Jordan Spieth is playing far too close to the expected cutline of 4-over.
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With more than half of the groups back in the clubhouse, we have a pretty good idea about where the cutline is going to be set. Right now that’s at 4-over. The top 70 golfers, plus any ties, will make the cut. Currently 16 golfers are tied in 57th place at 4-over.
At 5-over, Adam Scott is one of the notable golfers on the wrong side of the cut. He’s finished his round and can only hope for a number of poor finishes to help get him in. Vijah Singh, too, has finished his round at 5-over. Justin Rose will miss the cut at 6-over.
Daly shot 8-over, and Mickelson could not rally back after his worse PGA round on Thursday (79). He followed it up with 3-over on Friday.
McIlroy struggled after making the turn (he started on the back nine, so the front nine was his issue) and found himself as high as 4-over with three holes to go. He birdied 7 and 8, and came within a few millimeters of finishing the 9th with a birdie, as well.
Through 10 holes (and with play currently suspended due to weather), Jordan Spieth is flirting with the cutline himself. After winning the British Open to set up his first chance at the career grand slam, Spieth went 1-over on Thursday and is +2 for the day after making the turn and bogeying the 10th.
Here’s a look at the leaderboard with the play currently suspended due to inclement weather.
PGA Championship leaderboard 2017
Rank | Name | Total | Thru | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Kevin Kisner | -8 | F* | -4 |
| T1 | Hideki Matsuyama | -8 | F | -7 |
| 3 | Jason Day | -6 | F | -5 |
| T4 | Francesco Molinari | -5 | F* | -7 |
| T4 | Louis Oosthuizen | -5 | F* | -4 |
| T4 | Chris Stroud | -5 | 13* | -2 |
| T7 | Rickie Fowler | -3 | F* | -1 |
| T7 | Justin Thomas | -3 | F | -5 |
| T7 | Paul Casey | -3 | F | -1 |
| 10 | Byeong Hun An | -2 | F | -2 |
| T11 | D.A. Points | -1 | F | 2 |
| T11 | Ryan Fox | -1 | F | -5 |
| T11 | Grayson Murray | -1 | F* | 2 |
| T11 | Sung Kang | -1 | F* | E |
| T11 | Brooks Koepka | -1 | F | 2 |
| T11 | Scott Brown | -1 | 15 | -3 |
| T11 | James Hahn | -1 | 14* | -3 |
| T18 | Ryan Moore | E | F* | E |
| T18 | Chez Reavie | E | F | -1 |
| T18 | Patrick Reed | E | F | 2 |
| T18 | Gary Woodland | E | F* | 3 |
| T18 | Zach Johnson | E | 15 | E |
| T23 | Bud Cauley | 1 | F | 3 |
| T23 | Graham DeLaet | 1 | F | 2 |
| T23 | Patrick Cantlay | 1 | F | E |
| T23 | Shane Lowry | 1 | F | -2 |
| T23 | Tony Finau | 1 | F* | 3 |
| T23 | Alex Noren | 1 | F | -2 |
| T23 | Daniel Summerhays | 1 | F | -4 |
| T23 | Lee Westwood | 1 | 15 | -1 |
| T31 | Omar Uresti | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Rory McIlroy | 2 | F* | 1 |
| T31 | Brian Harman | 2 | F | 4 |
| T31 | Bill Haas | 2 | F | -2 |
| T31 | Bryson DeChambeau | 2 | F* | E |
| T31 | Dylan Frittelli | 2 | F* | E |
| T31 | Robert Streb | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Chris Wood | 2 | F | 1 |
| T31 | Jim Herman | 2 | F* | 4 |
| T31 | Charl Schwartzel | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Dustin Johnson | 2 | F | 3 |
| T31 | Henrik Stenson | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Keegan Bradley | 2 | 16 | -1 |
| T31 | Thorbjorn Olesen | 2 | 15* | 6 |
| T31 | Richard Sterne | 2 | 13* | E |
| T46 | Lucas Glover | 3 | F* | -1 |
| T46 | Jason Kokrak | 3 | F* | -1 |
| T46 | Anirban Lahiri | 3 | F | 2 |
| T46 | Jon Rahm | 3 | F* | 4 |
| T46 | Steve Stricker | 3 | F | -1 |
| T46 | Matt Kuchar | 3 | F* | 3 |
| T46 | Jordan L Smith | 3 | F* | 4 |
| T46 | Jamie Lovemark | 3 | F* | E |
| T46 | Ian Poulter | 3 | F | E |
| T46 | Tommy Fleetwood | 3 | F | 4 |
| T46 | Vijay Singh | 3 | F* | -1 |
| T46 | Jordan Spieth | 3 | F | 2 |
| T46 | Charley Hoffman | 3 | 16 | -1 |
| T46 | David Lingmerth | 3 | 15 | 2 |
| T46 | K.T. Kim | 3 | 14* | 1 |
| T61 | Hideto Tanihara | 4 | F* | 4 |
| T61 | Russell Henley | 4 | F | E |
| T61 | Pat Perez | 4 | F* | 5 |
| T61 | Webb Simpson | 4 | F* | -1 |
| T61 | Billy Horschel | 4 | F* | -1 |
| T61 | Marc Leishman | 4 | F | E |
| T61 | Jason Dufner | 4 | F* | 1 |
| T61 | Sean O'Hair | 4 | F* | 4 |
| T61 | Kelly Kraft | 4 | 14 | 2 |
| T70 | Satoshi Kodaira | 5 | F* | 5 |
| T70 | Adam Scott | 5 | F* | 5 |
| T70 | Kevin Chappell | 5 | F | 4 |
| T70 | Cody Gribble | 5 | F | 4 |
| T70 | Charles Howell III | 5 | F* | -2 |
| T70 | J.B. Holmes | 5 | F* | 2 |
| T70 | Hudson Swafford | 5 | 15* | -1 |
| T70 | Bernd Wiesberger | 5 | 15* | 3 |
| -- | Projected Cut | 5 | -- | -- |
| T78 | Justin Rose | 6 | F* | 1 |
| T78 | Ross Fisher | 6 | F* | 2 |
| T78 | Jeunghun Wang | 6 | F | 4 |
| T78 | Hao Tong Li | 6 | F | 4 |
| T78 | Kevin Na | 6 | F* | -2 |
| T78 | Peter Uihlein | 6 | F* | 3 |
| T78 | Brendan Steele | 6 | 15* | 3 |
| T78 | Scott Hend | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| T86 | Joost Luiten | 7 | F | 2 |
| T86 | Luke Donald | 7 | F* | 2 |
| T86 | Tyrrell Hatton | 7 | F | 1 |
| T86 | Daniel Berger | 7 | F* | 5 |
| T86 | Martin Laird | 7 | F | 1 |
| T86 | Graeme McDowell | 7 | F | 5 |
| T86 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 7 | F* | 4 |
| T86 | Alexander Levy | 7 | F | 3 |
| T86 | Luke List | 7 | F* | 3 |
| T86 | Bubba Watson | 7 | F | 1 |
| T86 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| T97 | Shaun Micheel | 8 | F | 6 |
| T97 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 8 | F* | 3 |
| T97 | Jimmy Walker | 8 | F* | -2 |
| T97 | Mackenzie Hughes | 8 | F | 1 |
| T97 | Jhonattan Vegas | 8 | F* | 1 |
| T97 | Russell Knox | 8 | F | 2 |
| T97 | Ernie Els | 8 | F | -1 |
| T97 | William McGirt | 8 | F* | 2 |
| T97 | Sergio Garcia | 8 | F | 4 |
| T106 | Yuta Ikeda | 9 | F | 8 |
| T106 | Branden Grace | 9 | F* | 3 |
| T106 | Soren Kjeldsen | 9 | F | 7 |
| T106 | Jonas Blixt | 9 | F | 6 |
| T106 | Pablo Larrazabal | 9 | F | 3 |
| T111 | Emiliano Grillo | 10 | F | 3 |
| T111 | Jim Furyk | 10 | F* | 5 |
| T111 | Wesley Bryan | 10 | F* | 7 |
| T111 | Andy Sullivan | 10 | F* | 3 |
| T111 | Kyle Stanley | 10 | F* | 5 |
| T111 | Danny Willett | 10 | F* | 8 |
| T111 | Padraig Harrington | 10 | 16 | 2 |
| T111 | Davis Love III | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| T111 | Greg Gregory | 10 | 14* | 4 |
| T120 | Thongchai Jaidee | 11 | F | 2 |
| T120 | Phil Mickelson | 11 | F* | 3 |
| T120 | Rich Berberian, Jr. | 11 | F* | 3 |
| T120 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 11 | F* | 2 |
| T120 | John Daly | 11 | F* | 8 |
| T120 | Kenny Pigman | 11 | 14 | 6 |
| T126 | Matt Dobyns | 12 | F* | 7 |
| T126 | Danny Lee | 12 | F | 7 |
| T126 | Jaysen Hansen | 12 | F | -1 |
| T126 | Rich Beem | 12 | F* | 1 |
| T126 | Brandon Stone | 12 | 15* | 4 |
| T131 | Y.E. Yang | 13 | F | 8 |
| T131 | Adam Hadwin | 13 | F | 5 |
| T131 | Xander Schauffele | 13 | F* | 10 |
| T131 | Cameron Smith | 13 | 15* | 9 |
| T131 | Patrick Rodgers | 13 | 14 | 5 |
| T136 | Thomas Bjorn | 14 | F* | 6 |
| T136 | Chris Kirk | 14 | F* | 5 |
| T136 | JJ Wood | 14 | F | 7 |
| T136 | David McNabb | 14 | F* | 7 |
| T136 | Thomas Pieters | 14 | F* | 6 |
| T136 | Rod Pampling | 14 | F* | 8 |
| T142 | Jamie Broce | 15 | F | 7 |
| T142 | Scott Hebert | 15 | F | 3 |
| T142 | Young-han Song | 15 | F* | 6 |
| T145 | Mike Small | 17 | F* | 8 |
| T145 | Alex Beach | 17 | F* | 9 |
| T145 | Chris Moody | 17 | F* | 7 |
| T145 | Adam Rainaud | 17 | F* | 7 |
| T145 | Ryan Vermeer | 17 | 13* | 6 |
| 150 | Rod Perry | 21 | F | 10 |
| T151 | Paul Claxton | 23 | F | 12 |
| T151 | Stuart Deane | 23 | F | 10 |
| 153 | David Muttitt | 25 | F | 12 |
| WD | Andrew Johnston | -- | -- | -- |
| WD | Si Woo Kim | -- | -- | -- |
| WD | Brian Smock | -- | -- | -- |
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