With rounds of 64-70, Jhonattan Vegas (1st/-8) has consecutive under-par rounds for first time in 17 Major championship starts (46 rounds).
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Has his seventh second-round lead/co-lead on the PGA Tour; 1-for-6 to date (2011 American Express); most recent 36-hole lead came at the 2019 John Deere Classic (T37).
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Becomes 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 (most recent: Xander Schauffele/2024).
The PGA Championship has had five wire-to-wire winners (outright lead after each round), with Brooks Koepka (2019) the most recent to do so.
Is the first Venezuelan to hold the lead/co-lead in a Major championship.
Best finish in 16 prior Major championship starts: T22 (2016 PGA Championship).
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Has four Tour wins (318 starts): 2011 American Express, 2016 RBC Canadian Open, 2017 RBC Canadian Open, 2024 3M Open.
Has one top-10 finish in 11 starts on TOUR this season: 4th (The Sentry).
In his most recent start, opened THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson with a season-best 8-under 63 and followed with rounds of 69-67-69 to finish T13.
Matthieu Pavon (T2/-6) posts a 6-under 65, equaling the lowest score in a Major championship by a player representing France (Michael Lorenzo-Vera/R2/2018 PGA Championship).
Matt Fitzpatrick (T2/-6) sits inside the top 10 after 36 holes in a major championship for just the second time (T8/2022 PGA Championship/finished T5).
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Si Woo Kim (T2/-6) aces the par-3 sixth hole from 252 yards, the longest ace in Major championship history (previous: 245 yards by Gil Morgan at the 1978 PGA Championship/No. 8/R4); his six aces are the most on Tour since 2016, with two coming at major championships (2024 Open Championship/R3/No. 17); he becomes the first player with a hole-in-one at a Major championship in back-to-back seasons since Scott Hoch (2001 PGA Championship, 2002 U.S. Open).
Max Homa (T5/-5) equals the round of the week (Jhonattan Vegas/R1, Si Woo Kim/R2) with a 64, his best round in 23 major championship starts; previous-best score was a first-round 67 at the 2024 Masters Tournament, leading to his best finish in a Major (T3); opened round with a 6-under 30 (back nine), his best nine-hole score in a Major championship and equaling his best nine-hole score on Tour (set eight times
previously); won the 2019 Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Club, one of six Tour wins.
