By The 2024 PGA Championship continues Friday with Round 2 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
Xander Schauffele opened with an impressive 9-under 62 to take a three-shot lead into the second round. His round tied for best-ever in a major championship. (He also shot an opening-round 62 at the U.S. Open in 2023.)
Tony Finau, Mark Hubbard and Sahith Theegala are three shots back.
Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, shot a 67 and is tied for 12th place.
Valhalla hosted a spectacular opening round with 64 golfers shooting under par, the most in PGA Championship history. The previous record was 60 in 2006 at Medinah.
USA TODAY Sports will provide the latest on live updates, Schauffele’s quest to win his first major, Tiger Woods’ status, the leaderboard, highlights and more throughout the day. Follow along.
In an unrelated incident hours before his second-round tee time, world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was detained by police after a traffic incident near the course’s entrance. ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington witnessed the scene, saying “a misunderstanding with traffic flow led to his attempt to drive past a police office” into the course.
“When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs,” Darlington posted on X (formerly Twitter). “He is now being detained in the back of a police car.”
Darlington posted video of police detaining Scheffler in which an officer told him that the golfer was going to jail. Scheffler was scheduled to tee off at 8:48 a.m. Friday morning. The start of the second round remains delayed with more updates to come, per the PGA.
The PGA Championship’s second round was delayed after a pedestrian was struck and killed near the entrance to Valhalla. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, an adult male was crossing a road and struck by a shuttle bus and pronounced dead at the scene, per Louisville Metro Police.
Bring the umbrellas. Forecasts call for a 60% chance of rain Friday, with temperatures reaching the 70s. There is a the possibility of thunderstorms.
PGA Championship Round 2 start time
The second round of the PGA Championship starts at 7:15 a.m. ET Friday when Rich Beem, Sebastian Soderberg and Kazuma Kobori tee off.
What time does Xander Schauffele tee off at the PGA?
Xander Schauffele is set to tee off at 1:18 p.m. ET Friday along with Justin Thomas and Ludvig Aberg.
