Catch up on all the action with leaderboard updates, highlights, round recaps and more from Friday at the 2026 PGA Championship.

New day, same story. Over the first two rounds of the PGA Championship, the prevailing theme has been the inability for anyone to separate

Smalley (69) and McNealy (67) set the pace at 4-under 136, the highest 36-hole score to par to lead the tournament in 14 years. The 15 players separated by two shots make it the biggest logjam going into a weekend at a major since 2002.

Aldrich Potgieter was one of the first players to tee off on the PGA Tour, and that may have helped the young golfer get off to a strong start. Potgieter shot a three-under 67 on Thursday morning, making him one of several players tied for the lead at the second major of the year.