PGA Championship: Collin Morikawa, Max Homa Make the Cut at Oak Hill

Both Cal grads have work to do challenge those at the top of the leaderboard.

Collin Morikawa and Max Homa still are waiting to break par for the first time this week at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club outside Rochester, N.Y.

But the two Cal grads — both ranked among the top-20 in the world — will get the chance to remedy that over the weekend after making the cut on Friday.

No. 16 Morikawa fired an even-par 70 in the second round and sits in an 11-way tie for 19th place at 1-over through 36 holes. Homa, at No. 9 in the world rankings, survived a wild day to leave the course at 2-over 72 and is part of a 13-way logjam for 35th place at 3 over.

World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland and Corey Conners share the top spot, all at 5 under. Hovland has been among the top-10 after his past 10 rounds in a major, the longest active streak of its kind.

Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Sun are tied for fourth at minus-3. Only nine players were under par after two rounds.

Morikawa had four birdies and four bogeys Friday, but the day was even more up and down for Homa. His scoreboard wound up with five birdies, five bogeys and a double-bogey on No. 6.

At least he still had a sense of humor about things, as he indicated in the tweet above that he posted after his round.

Morikawa, of course, won the 2020 PGA Championship at Harding Park in San Francisco, the first of his two major titles. Homa, although he has two tour victories each of the past two seasons, still is seeking his first win in a major. He finished in a tie for 13th last year, his best performance at the PGA.

World No. 1 Jon Rahm, the day after struggling to a 6-over 76, posted a 68 to climb to a tie for 48th place.

Defending champion Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth barely made the cut at 5 over and tied for 49th.

Cover photo of Collin Morikawa by Adam Cairns, USA Today

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