PGA Tour Highlights | Round 2 | World Wide Technology | 2026

How about Ben James, 65 yesterday, more of the same today on 17. Been absolutely automatic with this club through the first two rounds. Middle portion of his round on 18, looking for another. This was the third of five in a row around the turn. Got Ben James to 11 under par. His final nine, day two. Final tee shot, par three ninth. Yeah, difficult finishing hole on this opening nine holes, tough par three. Not for Ben James. I think it's Brendan de Jong, Zach Blair, had it rolling, this for birdie on the eighth. Wonderful shot into the long par four, just curls that one in the right side of the hole. Chandler Blanchet for birdie here at the eighth. That's three in a row. The USC Trojan, Rico Hoey, 17th. Watch a guy that hits the center of the club face a lot, go out and watch Rico Hoey, just makes a wonderful sound. What a wonderful shot. Terrific approach. Man who's gone back and forth between the long putter and the short putter. Good putt there for Hoey. Yeah, moving closer. All-important 100 number. Straight downwind here. Back hole location. Pretty friendly when you're coming in with a long club downwind. Wants to feed back to where the hole's cut. Very nice shot. That'll be an eagle putt coming up. He's at five under par right now, Martin. When the Shriners Hospitals opened back in 2014, that eagle putt, and Martin buries it. Tiger Woods' design, the 18th hole, Malnati's third. Very nicely done there, flew it all the way up to the green surface and got it to bite pretty hard on that second bounce. Able to do so very nicely. Really good answer, and the 17th. Wedge in hand, good opportunity to get one in here close. Does so very nicely. Denny McCarthy for birdie. Let's go ahead and give him this one, Damon, the way he putts. Took the words right out of my mouth. Gets to seven under, two birdies, his last three holes. Peter Malnati has a look for eagle at the par five first. Took one down the hill, gave it a little bit too much respect. It was the easiest opening hole on the PGA Tour one year ago. On the box at the par three second, Ben Martin, three under his last two holes. See if he can keep that going. Second hole playing 207 yards today down the hill. You bet he can. What a golf shot that is. Ben Martin, not a tear right now. See how Chris Kirk handles his approach into 17. Made the necessary adjustment there and leaves that one underneath the hole. Well, this is what he needs right now to get his round jump started. Still yet to make a birdie in the round. There you go. You count. There we go. It's been opened. Thank you. 17, 18 and one. This is critical for Kurt to get back into the game now, but that's going to go left to right early and may try and straighten up a little bit as it gets to the hole. I'm going to move one closer to that Ben James lead. He does just that. Battles it in on the right side. A little bit better angle here than what it was off the tee and chance to save bogey. Wind mostly out of the left, but definitely hurting. You have to throw this past the hole. Even with a little choke down, 52, like he's hitting. Doesn't love it. He should. Perfect. Perfect. Yeah, into the ideal spot now, right underneath the hole. Took the words right out of my mouth, Graham. That's a good birdie there. Steady stroke. Good way to kick off the back nine with a birdie. He continues up that leaderboard. David Skins, the 44-year-old. His fourth shot to the par four twelfth. Plenty of ways to make par. Keeps him on the cut line as he leaves the putter in the bag. Tony Finau's second. Under 100 should be a flip wedge from 98 yards. See if he can control the spin. Yes, he can. Wonderfully done there from Finau. He'll have that to move to minus four. For Eagle for the Georgia Bulldog. How quickly things have turned around for Chris Kirk. Look at that run there. Four under through his last three holes. Nice place to be putting from here. Uphill, slightly right to left. Oh, yeah. Now we're seeing some things happen on this Friday. Slow putt up the hill here can give us a good whack. Oh, yes. Oh, showing off. Oh, yes. All of a sudden, the vibes have picked up. Four birdies in his last six holes. I would say four under the last three holes now. 207 par 3. Straight downwind. This green has got a ton of movement. This just left of the flag should funnel down to the right. Settle now, a little bit of a backstop there as well. Perfectly played by Chris Kirk and he's gonna have inside of six feet to add to that little run that he's on. Fighting hard to get inside the cut number and it could kind of slip away here real quick. Tracking, oh yeah. Big time putt there from Nick Taylor. That cut is inching closer and closer to minus six. See if it does make it all the way there by day's end. PGA Tour University number one, Preston Stout. Part of the golf course where he really needs to get something going. That's a nice putt there for Stout. CAA champion gets to minus three. Meanwhile, Malnati at seven. We've got a good one. Just a wedge in there for Malnati and taking advantage of it again. Wonderful shot. What a great Friday. Oh, yeah. 157 in the FedEx fall to start the week. He has a chance to win for the third time on the PGA Tour. How good is that from Malnati? Feeling it with that club in his hand right now. Beautiful birdie from Malnati and a wonderful round of golf. Keith Mitchell, a strange spot. 13th. Oh, how good is that? Slams on the brakes. Patrick Rogers. Still waiting for Patrick Rodgers to get that first win on the PGA Tour. Oh, that's helpful, isn't it, though? Shots like that will do the trick. Thank you very much. The two at 13. And some breathing room with that cut line. Yeah, very impressed from what Peter Malnati was able to do this afternoon, George. The conditions definitely got a lot more difficult. The wind started picking up. It became a lot harder to really hit your spots on the greens. And Peter Malnati played a wonderful round of golf at a time where he really needs to.