World No. 1 and reigning FedExCup champion Scottie Scheffler signed for a bogey-free 62, equaling the Texas Children’s Houston Open scoring record for the second time (2021/R2, 2025/R2). He leads by one shot at 11-under.
“It felt pretty good. Hit a lot of fairways out there, gave myself a lot of looks. I holed a good amount of putts today, holed a few long ones, which is always nice,” said the American.
Scheffler is bogey-free through 36 holes for the first time since the 2023 American Express.
“It was a lot different than we thought it was going to be. Today looked like, checking the forecast this morning, it was going to be one of those days where we’re going to be playing on and off, looking at a few delays out there, but it was nice to be able to get the round in and hopefully it stays clear for the boys in the afternoon as well,” added Scheffler.
Canada’s Taylor Pendrith started the day with a share of the lead and closed with a 65 to move down into a share of second place at 10-under.
Pendrith has recorded two top-10 finishes in eight starts this season on the PGA Tour (T7/Farmers Insurance Open, T9/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am).
Colombia’s Nico Echavarria is currently tied in second place. He is 9-under on his round through 16 holes and facing a 44’11” par putt on No. 17.
Australia’s Min Woo Lee is 5-under through 16 holes and holds a share of fourth place at 9-under alongside American Ryan Gerard who held a share of the overnight lead and is currently 4-under trough eleven holes.
Making first start at the event since 2014 and his debut at Memorial Park Golf Course, FedExCup leader Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland birdied three of his final four holes for a 4-under 66 and lies in T30 at 4-under.
Play was suspended due to a dangerous weather situation at 3:01 p.m. and resumed at 5:09 p.m. Play was suspended due to darkness at 7:37 p.m. with 52 players yet to complete the round. The second round will resume Saturday at 7:30 a.m. The third round will feature threesomes off split tees from approximately 10 a.m. – Noon.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | Thru | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | -11 | F | 67 | 62 | 129 |
| T2 | Taylor Pendrith | -10 | F | 65 | 65 | 130 |
| T2 | Nico Echavarria | -10 | 16 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T4 | Min Woo Lee | -9 | 16 | 66 | - | 66 |
| T4 | Ryan Gerard | -9 | 11 | 65 | - | 65 |
| T6 | Jackson Suber | -8 | F | 66 | 66 | 132 |
| T6 | Trey Mullinax | -8 | F | 66 | 66 | 132 |
| T8 | Keith Mitchell | -7 | F | 65 | 68 | 133 |
| T8 | Rasmus Højgaard | -7 | F | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T8 | Gary Woodland | -7 | F | 69 | 64 | 133 |
| T8 | Eric Cole | -7 | F | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T8 | Kurt Kitayama | -7 | F | 68 | 65 | 133 |
| T8 | Ryan Fox | -7 | 15 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T14 | Kevin Yu | -6 | F | 71 | 63 | 134 |
| T14 | Stephan Jaeger | -6 | F | 70 | 64 | 134 |
| T14 | Matthew Riedel | -6 | 13 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T14 | Alejandro Tosti | -6 | 13 | 65 | - | 65 |
| T18 | Victor Perez | -5 | F | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T18 | Tony Finau | -5 | F | 70 | 65 | 135 |
| T18 | Adam Svensson | -5 | F | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T18 | Michael Kim | -5 | F | 70 | 65 | 135 |
| T18 | Isaiah Salinda | -5 | F | 69 | 66 | 135 |
| T18 | Taylor Dickson | -5 | F | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T18 | Mac Meissner | -5 | F | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T18 | Jake Knapp | -5 | 16 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T18 | Adam Hadwin | -5 | 16 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T18 | Emiliano Grillo | -5 | 15 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T18 | Mackenzie Hughes | -5 | 14 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T18 | Sam Ryder | -5 | 14 | 66 | - | 66 |
| T30 | Chad Ramey | -4 | F | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T30 | Nate Lashley | -4 | F | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T30 | Davis Thompson | -4 | F | 71 | 65 | 136 |
| T30 | Thomas Detry | -4 | F | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T30 | Jason Day | -4 | F | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T30 | Matt McCarty | -4 | F | 71 | 65 | 136 |
| T30 | Sam Stevens | -4 | F | 71 | 65 | 136 |
| T30 | Rico Hoey | -4 | F | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T30 | Ryo Hisatsune | -4 | F | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| T30 | Rory McIlroy | -4 | F | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T30 | Sahith Theegala | -4 | 16 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T30 | Chandler Phillips | -4 | 15 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T30 | Harry Hall | -4 | 15 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T30 | Chris Gotterup | -4 | 14 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T30 | Jesper Svensson | -4 | 13 | 67 | - | 67 |
| T45 | Patrick Rodgers | -3 | F | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Davis Riley | -3 | F | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T45 | Rickie Fowler | -3 | F | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T45 | Sungjae Im | -3 | F | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T45 | Chan Kim | -3 | F | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T45 | David Skinns | -3 | F | 73 | 64 | 137 |
| T45 | Antoine Rozner | -3 | F | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Matteo Manassero | -3 | F | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T45 | Hayden Springer | -3 | F | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T45 | John Pak | -3 | F | 72 | 65 | 137 |
| T45 | Pierceson Coody | -3 | F | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T45 | Charles Reiter | -3 | F | 73 | 64 | 137 |
| T45 | Ben Griffin | -3 | F | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Joel Dahmen | -3 | F | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| T45 | Sami Valimaki | -3 | F | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Charley Hoffman | -3 | F | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Maverick McNealy | -3 | F | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Wyndham Clark | -3 | F | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T45 | Lee Hodges | -3 | 16 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T45 | Philip Knowles | -3 | 13 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T45 | Mason Andersen | -3 | 13 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T45 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -3 | 10 | 69 | - | 69 |
| Projected Cut | ||||||
| T67 | J.J. Spaun | -2 | F | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T67 | Jacob Bridgeman | -2 | F | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| T67 | Matt Wallace | -2 | F | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T67 | Seamus Power | -2 | F | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T67 | Alex Smalley | -2 | F | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T67 | Steven Fisk | -2 | F | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T67 | Kaito Onishi | -2 | F | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T67 | Andrew Novak | -2 | F | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T67 | Danny Willett | -2 | F | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T67 | Nick Dunlap | -2 | F | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| T67 | Austin Eckroat | -2 | 17 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T67 | Harris English | -2 | 15 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T67 | Kevin Velo | -2 | 14 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T67 | Cristobal Del Solar | -2 | 12 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T67 | Derek Bard | -2 | 12 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T67 | William Mouw | -2 | 11 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T67 | Max McGreevy | -2 | 11 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T67 | Trevor Cone | -2 | 11 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T85 | Vince Whaley | -1 | F | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| T85 | C.T. Pan | -1 | F | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T85 | Matti Schmid | -1 | F | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T85 | Joe Highsmith | -1 | F | 72 | 67 | 139 |
| T85 | Mark Hubbard | -1 | F | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| T85 | Thomas Rosenmueller | -1 | F | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T85 | Braden Thornberry | -1 | F | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| T85 | Jeremy Paul | -1 | F | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| T85 | Danny Walker | -1 | F | 74 | 65 | 139 |
| T85 | Greyson Sigg | -1 | F | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| T85 | Karl Vilips | -1 | 15 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T85 | Zach Johnson | -1 | 16 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T85 | Kevin Roy | -1 | 13 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T85 | Ricky Castillo | -1 | 13 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T85 | Thorbjørn Olesen | -1 | 12 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T85 | Paul Peterson | -1 | 12 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T85 | Quade Cummins | -1 | 12 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T102 | Aldrich Potgieter | Par | F | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T102 | Ben Silverman | Par | F | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T102 | Rafael Campos | Par | F | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T102 | Si Woo Kim | Par | F | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| T102 | Nick Taylor | Par | F | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| T102 | Patton Kizzire | Par | F | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| T102 | Rikuya Hoshino | Par | F | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T102 | Anders Albertson | Par | F | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T102 | Kyle Westmoreland | Par | F | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T102 | Wilson Furr | Par | F | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| T102 | Doug Ghim | Par | F | 72 | 68 | 140 |
| T102 | Nick Hardy | Par | 16 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T102 | Aaron Baddeley | Par | 15 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T102 | Henrik Norlander | Par | 13 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T102 | Niklas Norgaard | Par | 13 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T102 | Takumi Kanaya | Par | 11 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T118 | Lanto Griffin | +1 | F | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| T118 | Nicolai Højgaard | +1 | F | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| T118 | Aaron Rai | +1 | F | 73 | 68 | 141 |
| T118 | Will Gordon | +1 | F | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| T118 | Tim Widing | +1 | F | 74 | 67 | 141 |
| T118 | Ben Kohles | +1 | F | 73 | 68 | 141 |
| T118 | Justin Lower | +1 | F | 74 | 67 | 141 |
| T118 | Peter Malnati | +1 | 16 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T118 | Francesco Molinari | +1 | 15 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T118 | Noah Goodwin | +1 | 10 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T128 | Patrick Fishburn | +2 | F | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| T128 | Adam Schenk | +2 | F | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| T128 | Taylor Montgomery | +2 | F | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| T128 | Bronson Burgoon | +2 | F | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| T128 | Max Greyserman | +2 | F | 74 | 68 | 142 |
| T128 | Camilo Villegas | +2 | 15 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T128 | Luke List | +2 | 16 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T128 | Frankie Capan III | +2 | 11 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T136 | Hayden Buckley | +3 | F | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| T136 | Carlos Sainz Jr | +3 | F | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| T136 | Harry Higgs | +3 | F | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| T136 | Jhonattan Vegas | +3 | 15 | 76 | - | 76 |
| T136 | Ben Martin | +3 | 14 | 74 | - | 74 |
| T136 | Beau Hossler | +3 | 13 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T142 | David Lipsky | +4 | F | 76 | 68 | 144 |
| T142 | Noah Kent(a) | +4 | F | 74 | 70 | 144 |
| T144 | Padraig Harrington | +5 | F | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| T144 | Brandt Snedeker | +5 | F | 75 | 70 | 145 |
| T144 | Kris Ventura | +5 | 10 | 74 | - | 74 |
| 147 | Will Chandler | +6 | F | 79 | 67 | 146 |
| T148 | Vince Covello | +7 | F | 73 | 74 | 147 |
| T148 | Thriston Lawrence | +7 | 12 | 77 | - | 77 |
| 150 | Paul Waring | +8 | F | 76 | 72 | 148 |
| 151 | Jimmy Walker | +14 | 14 | 77 | - | 77 |
| 152 | Ryan Palmer | +16 | F | 79 | 77 | 156 |
| W/D | K.H. Lee | - | - | 75 | - | 75 |
