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Third Round Coverage of the 2025 PGA Championship | Carolina
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
CHARLOTTE - We’re 36 holes into the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow and Jhonattan Vegas still leads. Even the guys in Vegas didn’t have that one.
With rounds of 64-70, Vegas has consecutive under-par rounds for first time in 17 major championship starts (46 rounds). This is his seventh second-round lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR but stands only 1-for-6 to date (2011 American Express) in converting to a “Dub.” His most recent 36- hole lead came at the 2019 John Deere Classic (T37)
Vegas became the 16th player to hold the outright lead after the first and second rounds of a PGA Championship, with six of those going on to win. The most recent: Xander Schauffele/2024).
Over the many years, the PGA Championship has had only five wire-to-wire winners (outright lead after each round), with Brooks Koepka (2019) the most recent.
Vegas is the first Venezuelan to hold the lead/co-lead in a major championship.
International players have won 14 of the first 22 events this season.
Alex Smalley (T7/-4) became the last player in the field following Sahith Theegala’s WD on Wednesday b/c of a neck injury.
Notables to Miss the Cut at (+1) include: Jordan Speith, Sepp Straka, Shane Lowry, Ludvig Åberg, Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im, Jason Day, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka, and Dustin Johnson, among many others.
PGA Championship Leaderboard | After 36 Holes
1 Jhonattan Vegas 64 70 134 (-8)
T2 Matthieu Pavon 71 65 136 (-6)
T2 Matt Fitzpatrick 68 68 136 (-6)
T2 Si Woo Kim 72 64 136 (-6)
T5 Max Homa 73 64 137 (-5)
T5 Scottie Scheffler 69 68 137 (-5)
Full Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)
The 2025 PGA Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Quail Hollow Country Club (Charlotte, NC)
ARCHITECT: George Cobb
YARDS/PAR: 7,626 yards/Par 71
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: TBA
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Xander Schauffele
PAST RESULTS: (link)
OVERVIEW: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 750
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup
OFFICIAL SITE: (PGA Championship) - (Official Tournament Site)
PGA Championship | The Basics
PGA start times today are at 8:15am (ET) and the leaders tee-off at 2:45pm (ET).
Weather: Today’s forecast calls for morning thunderstorms and rain, clearing towards Noon. A 95% chance of rain at 8am and only a 2% chance of rain at Noon. Temperatures reaching 82-degrees. Winds 6-13 mph.
Tournament Web Site: (PGA Championship)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 8:00am (EDT) on Sunday.
PGA Championship | Cut and Tee Times
Cut: Was 62 golfers at (+1)
Tee Times: (8:15am to 2:45pm) - (link)
PGA Championship | How to Watch
Satuday, May 17, 2025 - All Times Eastern Daylight
8:00am - 10:00am - ESPN+ Streaming - (Possible rain delays)
10:00am - 1:00pm - ESPN
1:00pm - 7:00pm - CBS
2:00pm - 7:00pm (or conclusion) - PGA Championship Radio on Sirius XM
7:00pm - Live from the PGA Championship - Golf Channel
Conclusion - + 2 hours - Sirius XM’s two-hour wrap-up of the day’s play, hosted by Gary Williams.
What They’re Saying
Vegas Keeps his Lead at PGA (ESPN)
Rory’s Driver Was Deemed Non-Conforming (ESPN)
Scheffler Within Striking Distance at Quail Hollow (PGATourCom)
CBS Sports’ PGA Championship (CBS Sports)
PGA Championship Coverage (Golf Week)
Data Golf: Cutline Tracker - (Data Golf)
On This Day in Golf History
May 17, 2009 - One day after matching the La Cantera course record by shooting a 10-under (60), Zach Johnson captured the Valero Texas Open Championship in San Antonio by defeating James Driscoll on the first hole of a sudden death playoff. Johnson hit a 12-foot birdie putt to win his sixth PGA Tour title. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
PGA Second Round Highlights by Golf Channel:
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