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PGA Championship Round 2: Rory McIlroy Makes Cut While Bryson DeChambeau Falls Short

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McIlroy finished round two with a score of one over par.
McIlroy finished round two with a score of one over par. | James Lang-Imagn Images

The second round of the PGA Championship just wrapped at Aronimink, and the strongest storylines of them all had to do with Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau, who were fighting to make the cut after lackluster first rounds. In the end, McIlroy pulled it off and finished 1-over in a strong performance. DeChambeau, however, was less fortunate and has now missed two cuts at two major championships.

Garrick Higgo, meanwhile, whose tardiness made headlines on Thursday, also didn't make it; had he not taken a two-strike penalty for arriving 30 seconds behind schedule, well, it's quite likely that things would be different.

Elsewhere, reigning champion Scottie Scheffler sits at T9 and two under par, and Americans Maverick McNealy and Alex Smalley are the current kings of the leaderboard, tied for first with a score of 4-under.

For those who made the cut, the fun will, of course, continue on Saturday, but until then, catch up on all of the action with our live blog below:

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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Brigid Kennedy
BRIGID KENNEDY

Brigid Kennedy is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.

Madison Williams
MADISON WILLIAMS

Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University.

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