Article 5J3JA US PGA Championship 2021: second round – as it happened

US PGA Championship 2021: second round – as it happened

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Scott Murray
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12.54am BST

At the end of a very long day - SLOW PLAY IS A CRIME - this is how the top of the leaderboard looks going into Moving Day. And what a leaderboard, topped by 50-year-old Phil Mickelson, who becomes the first man to hold an overnight lead at a major championship in the 1990s, 200s, 2010s and 2020s! A living legend, whatever happens this weekend.

-5: Mickelson, Oosthuizen
-4: Koepka
-3: Grace, Bezuidenhout, Matsuyama
-2: Conners, Woodland, Streelman, Im, Casey

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12.47am BST

DeChambeau tries again, and knocks his ball to a couple of feet. He'll finish with bogey, and a round of 71. He's -1 going into the weekend. Matsuyama, perhaps spooked, lobs more aggressively, and sends it five feet past. He curls in a very missable bogey putt, and that's a fine 68. Bogey too for Morikawa, who is +1 at the 36-hole mark.

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