PGA Championship: Xander Schauffele leads with Scottie Scheffler chasing regardless of pre-round arrest at Valhalla | Golf Information

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Xander Schauffele sits high of the leaderboard after a rare Friday on the PGA Championship, the place Scottie Scheffler stays in competition regardless of being arrested forward of his second spherical.

Schauffele, who matched the bottom spherical in a males’s main and carded the primary 62 in PGA Championship historical past on the opening day, added a three-under 68 at Valhalla Golf Membership to go into the weekend on 12 beneath and a shot away from Collin Morikawa.

Two-time main winner Morikawa fired 5 consecutive birdies on his option to a second-round 65, the bottom rating of the morning wave, which got here after play had been delayed by 80 minutes on account of a deadly accident outdoors the course.

Leaderboard after day two

-12 Xander Schauffele

-11 Collin Morikawa

Chosen others: -10 Sahith Theegala; -9 Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau; -8 Viktor Hovland (Nor); -7 Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Brooks Koepka; -5 Rory McIlroy (NIrl); +7 Tiger Woods

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Collin Morikawa took the lead throughout his second spherical with a surprising five-birdie burst

Scheffler was arrested by police after attempting to drive into the golf membership in heavy site visitors attributable to the incident, with the world No 1 detained earlier than being launched from custody in time to card a exceptional five-under 66 and keep inside three strokes of the lead.

Sahith Theegala sits in third on 10 beneath, with Scheffler – chasing back-to-back main titles and a fifth win in six begins – in tied-fourth alongside Bryson DeChambeau, Mark Hubbard and Thomas Detry.

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Talking after his second spherical on the PGA Championship, Scottie Scheffler detailed his arrest and detainment earlier than being launched in time to make his tee time at Valhalla Golf Membership.

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