The Honda Classic R2

February 24-26
PGA National (Champion), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
$8,000,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

 

Daniel Berger shot a second round of 65 on Friday to take a three-shot lead in the Honda Classic.

“I hit a lot of quality shots, even though they don’t look like they’re five feet from the hole or 10 feet from the hole, I know that they’re so difficult that to hit it to 20 feet is a good shot.

“And that’s the challenge for this golf course is the pins are tucked, the greens are firm, wind’s up, so you have to be really on point with where you’re going to miss the ball.”

 

 

“It’s going to be tough tomorrow, the afternoons are always more difficult, the greens get firmer and faster, so my game’s in a great place so I feel comfortable.”

The American hasn’t led at the halfway point since 2016 at the Travelers Championsihip. His 10-under 130 ties the third lowest 36-hole score since the tournament’s move to PGA National in 2007. Brendon De Jonge also shot 10-under in 2014, Rory McIlroy was 11-under that year and Aaron Wise was 12-under in 2021.

Berger has had good results at PGA National, finishing in the top-5 in six previous starts including losing to Padraig Harrington in a playoff in 2015.

Overnight leader Kurt Kitayama shot a 69 to slip back into a share of second place alongside fellow American Chris Kirk (68).

Mark Hubbard, also of the USA, scored a 64 to move into a share of fourth place alongside Canadian Adam Svensson (65.)

 

 

Pos.	Player	Thru	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Daniel Berger	F	-10	65	65	130
T2	Chris Kirk	F	-7	65	68	133
T2	Kurt Kitayama	F	-7	64	69	133
T4	Mark Hubbard	F	-6	70	64	134
T4	Adam Svensson	F	-6	69	65	134
T6	Chase Seiffert	F	-5	69	66	135
T6	Sepp Straka	F	-5	71	64	135
T8	Lee Hodges	F	-3	71	66	137
T8	Roger Sloan	F	-3	69	68	137
T8	Shane Lowry	F	-3	70	67	137
T8	John Huh	F	-3	72	65	137
T12	Nick Watney	F	-2	71	67	138
T12	Alex Noren	F	-2	69	69	138
T12	Taylor Pendrith	F	-2	69	69	138
T12	Gary Woodland	F	-2	69	69	138
T12	Dylan Frittelli	F	-2	68	70	138
T12	William McGirt	F	-2	68	70	138
T12	Beau Hossler	F	-2	69	69	138
T12	Russell Knox	F	-2	69	69	138
T12	Martin Contini	F	-2	68	70	138
T12	Sam Stevens	F	-2	70	68	138
T22	Lee Westwood	F	-1	69	70	139
T22	Danny Willett	F	-1	67	72	139
T22	Matthias Schwab	F	-1	67	72	139
T22	David Lipsky	F	-1	68	71	139
T22	Peter Uihlein	F	-1	67	72	139
T22	Sam Ryder	F	-1	71	68	139
T22	Mito Pereira	F	-1	68	71	139
T22	Aaron Rai	F	-1	67	72	139
T22	Rory Sabbatini	F	-1	65	74	139
T31	Jhonattan Vegas	F	Par	69	71	140
T31	Garrick Higgo	F	Par	68	72	140
T31	Louis Oosthuizen	F	Par	75	65	140
T31	Bronson Burgoon	F	Par	68	72	140
T31	C.T. Pan	F	Par	70	70	140
T31	J.T. Poston	F	Par	70	70	140
T31	Brian Stuard	F	Par	70	70	140
T31	Brooks Koepka	F	Par	68	72	140
T31	Mackenzie Hughes	F	Par	70	70	140
T31	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	F	Par	69	71	140
T41	Vaughn Taylor	F	+1	73	68	141
T41	Martin Trainer	F	+1	69	72	141
T41	Keith Mitchell	F	+1	71	70	141
T41	Stephan Jaeger	F	+1	68	73	141
T41	Callum Tarren	F	+1	68	73	141
T41	Joshua Creel	F	+1	72	69	141
T41	Lucas Glover	F	+1	69	72	141
T41	Brendon Todd	F	+1	74	67	141
T41	Robert Streb	F	+1	72	69	141
T41	Cameron Young	F	+1	68	73	141
T41	Dylan Wu	F	+1	68	73	141
T41	Alex Smalley	F	+1	71	70	141
T53	Matthew NeSmith	F	+2	72	70	142
T53	Denny McCarthy	F	+2	71	71	142
T53	Ian Poulter	F	+2	71	71	142
T53	Trey Mullinax	F	+2	72	70	142
T53	K.H. Lee	F	+2	70	72	142
T53	Ryan Palmer	F	+2	68	74	142
T53	Nick Taylor	F	+2	77	65	142
T53	Rickie Fowler	F	+2	72	70	142
T53	Kevin Streelman	F	+2	71	71	142
T53	Curtis Thompson	F	+2	70	72	142
T53	Brett Drewitt	F	+2	74	68	142
T53	Davis Riley	F	+2	70	72	142
T53	Bill Haas	F	+2	70	72	142
T53	Billy Horschel	F	+2	68	74	142
T53	Brian Gay	F	+2	76	66	142
T53	Patrick Rodgers	F	+2	68	74	142
T53	J.J. Spaun	F	+2	71	71	142
T53	Austin Cook	F	+2	72	70	142
T53	Justin Lower	F	+2	73	69	142
T53	Rick Lamb	F	+2	72	70	142
T53	Andrew Kozan	17	+2	67	—	67
T74	Padraig Harrington	F	+3	73	70	143
T74	Lucas Herbert	F	+3	72	71	143
T74	Brian Harman	F	+3	72	71	143
T74	Aaron Wise	F	+3	72	71	143
T74	Dawie van der Walt	F	+3	74	69	143
T74	Chase Koepka	F	+3	71	72	143
T74	Brice Garnett	F	+3	71	72	143
T74	Ryan Armour	F	+3	72	71	143
T74	Charl Schwartzel	F	+3	74	69	143
T74	Anirban Lahiri	F	+3	73	70	143
T74	Nate Lashley	F	+3	70	73	143
T74	Joaquin Niemann	F	+3	70	73	143
T74	Tommy Fleetwood	F	+3	69	74	143
T74	Sung Kang	F	+3	69	74	143
T74	Brandon Wu	F	+3	77	66	143
T89	Henrik Stenson	F	+4	73	71	144
T89	Sungjae Im	F	+4	74	70	144
T89	Seung-Yul Noh	F	+4	68	76	144
T89	Paul Barjon	F	+4	71	73	144
T89	Luke Donald	F	+4	72	72	144
T89	Adam Schenk	F	4	71	73	144
T95	Kyle Stanley	F	+5	71	74	145
T95	Chris Stroud	F	+5	71	74	145
T95	Richy Werenski	F	+5	71	74	145
T95	Doug Ghim	F	+5	68	77	145
T95	Hank Lebioda	F	+5	71	74	145
T95	Brendan Steele	F	+5	72	73	145
T95	Seth Reeves	F	+5	72	73	145
T95	Brandon Hagy	F	+5	72	73	145
T95	Vince Whaley	F	+5	75	70	145
T95	Martin Kaymer	F	+5	78	67	145
T95	Andrew Novak	F	+5	72	73	145
T95	Ben Kohles	F	+5	70	75	145
T107	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	F	+6	73	73	146
T107	Doc Redman	F	+6	75	71	146
T107	Jared Wolfe	F	+6	78	68	146
T107	Austin Smotherman	F	+6	70	76	146
T107	Michael Thompson	F	+6	71	75	146
T107	Zach Johnson	F	+6	74	72	146
T107	Charles Howell III	F	+6	70	76	146
T107	Max McGreevy	F	+6	70	76	146
T115	Kelly Kraft	F	+7	74	73	147
T115	Grayson Murray	F	+7	74	73	147
T115	Kevin Tway	F	+7	73	74	147
T115	Wesley Bryan	F	+7	68	79	147
T115	Matt Jones	F	+7	73	74	147
T115	Kramer Hickok	F	+7	69	78	147
T115	Greyson Sigg	F	+7	75	72	147
T115	Taylor Moore	F	+7	71	76	147
T115	Hudson Swafford	F	+7	78	69	147
T115	Jim Herman	F	+7	70	77	147
T115	Harry Higgs	F	+7	71	76	147
T115	Jim Knous	F	+7	72	75	147
T127	Jimmy Walker	F	+8	76	72	148
T127	Jason Dufner	F	+8	77	71	148
T127	Kyle Westmoreland	F	+8	74	74	148
T127	Nicolai Hojgaard	F	+8	76	72	148
T127	Satoshi Kodaira	F	+8	78	70	148
T127	Tyler McCumber	F	+8	77	71	148
T127	Alan Morin	F	+8	74	74	148
T134	Fabián Gómez	F	+9	77	72	149
T134	Nick Hardy	F	+9	76	73	149
T134	Hayden Buckley	F	+9	77	72	149
T134	Patrick Reed	F	+9	70	79	149
138	Michael Gligic	F	+10	70	80	150
T139	Erik Compton	F	+11	69	82	151
T139	David Skinns	F	+11	77	74	151
T141	Chad Ramey	F	+12	75	77	152
T141	Stewart Cink	F	+12	78	74	152
T143	Matthew Wolff	F	+17	81	76	157
T143	Camilo Villegas	F	+17	74	83	157