ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic R2

Simon Bale|May 9, 2026

Keywords: Aaron Rai, Dunes Golf and Beach Club, ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, PGA Tour

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Aaron Rai started the day at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic tied in second place and fired six birdies and two bogeys for a 4-under to move to the top of the leaderboard at 10-under.

He leads the field in birdies (15) and tied his most birdies in a single round on the PGA Tour in the first round with nine.

“A little slower [than yesterday] to start with. We started on the back nine today. Felt like the pins were really difficult on the back nine. Got off to a slightly slower start, but really good to still finish a few under par and to turn around,” said the Englishman.

“I think we were 1-over through five holes maybe. Yeah, to still shoot 4-under after that start is really positive.

“I thought the forecast was a lot better today than what we expected yesterday. Yesterday turned out to be a lot better, but that definitely changed how the course was set up.

“I thought the pins were a little more gettable yesterday. Today they were definitely on some tricky spots on the greens, so, yeah, not surprised at the scoring. It was probably a touch higher today than it was yesterday.”

Rai holds his fourth 36-hole lead/co-lead on Tour (most recent: 2024 John Deere Classic/finished T7) and is 0-for-3 to date.

He is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 42 in the Official World Golf Ranking and has won once in 121 Tour starts (2024 Wyndham Championship).

He has had two top-25 finishes in eight starts this season (best: T23/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches).

2026 Presidents Cup US Team Captain, Brandt Snedeker carded a bogey-free 66 to match the low-round of the day and moved up into a share of second place at 9-under. His most recent of nine PGA Tour victories came at the 2018 Wyndham Championship.

American Mark Hubbard carded seven birdies and three bogeys for a 67 and a share of second place. Playing in his 274 PGA Tour start, he holds the second-most starts among active players on Tour without a win on record (most: 325/Patrick Rodgers/not in the field this week). He has failed to make birdie or better on the par-5s through 36-holes, but has played the par-3s 5-under (six birdies, one bogey).

American Brooks Koepka lies in T22 at 4-under following a second-round 70 featuring four birdies and three bogeys.

18-hole leader Martin Laird of Scotland followed his 64 with a 75 having made two birdies and six bogeys but still made his second cut in as many starts this season (T57/Puerto Rico Open).

After winning The Q to earn a spot @MyrtleBeachCl, YouTube creator @RRuffels is contending after an opening-round 67 👀

He can keep smiling all night. pic.twitter.com/QgWAonxuBy

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 8, 2026

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Aaron Rai	-10	65	67	132
T2	Brandt Snedeker	-9	67	66	133
T2	Mark Hubbard	-9	66	67	133
T4	Kevin Roy	-8	68	66	134
T4	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-8	67	67	134
T6	Karl Vilips	-7	68	67	135
T6	Taylor Moore	-7	68	67	135
T8	Sam Ryder	-6	68	68	136
T8	Mac Meissner	-6	67	69	136
T8	Beau Hossler	-6	68	68	136
T8	Takumi Kanaya	-6	68	68	136
T8	John Parry	-6	68	68	136
T8	Peter Malnati	-6	68	68	136
T8	Paul Peterson	-6	66	70	136
T15	Doug Ghim	-5	68	69	137
T15	Austin Eckroat	-5	67	70	137
T15	Keita Nakajima	-5	65	72	137
T15	Ryan Ruffels	-5	67	70	137
T15	Davis Riley	-5	67	70	137
T15	Billy Horschel	-5	71	66	137
T15	Tom Kim	-5	69	68	137
T22	Ben Kohles	-4	68	70	138
T22	Adam Hadwin	-4	67	71	138
T22	Kevin Yu	-4	70	68	138
T22	Blades Brown	-4	69	69	138
T22	Eric Cole	-4	69	69	138
T22	Davis Thompson	-4	70	68	138
T22	Brooks Koepka	-4	68	70	138
T22	Hank Lebioda	-4	68	70	138
T30	Zac Blair	-3	70	69	139
T30	Lanto Griffin	-3	70	69	139
T30	Jackson Suber	-3	69	70	139
T30	Martin Laird	-3	64	75	139
T30	Joe Highsmith	-3	70	69	139
T30	Matt Kuchar	-3	70	69	139
T30	John VanDerLaan	-3	66	73	139
T30	Zecheng Dou	-3	71	68	139
T38	Rico Hoey	-2	71	69	140
T38	Seamus Power	-2	68	72	140
T38	Rasmus Højgaard	-2	71	69	140
T38	Neal Shipley	-2	73	67	140
T38	Grayson Wood(a)	-2	73	67	140
T38	Pontus Nyholm	-2	70	70	140
T38	Troy Merritt	-2	71	69	140
T38	Luke Clanton	-2	70	70	140
T38	Casey Jarvis	-2	67	73	140
T38	Patrick Fishburn	-2	69	71	140
T38	Zach Bauchou	-2	71	69	140
T49	Justin Lower	-1	69	72	141
T49	Carson Young	-1	70	71	141
T49	Max Greyserman	-1	70	71	141
T49	Cam Davis	-1	70	71	141
T49	Garrick Higgo	-1	70	71	141
T49	Brice Garnett	-1	75	66	141
T49	Hayden Springer	-1	70	71	141
T49	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-1	71	70	141
T49	Trace Crowe	-1	71	70	141
T49	Nick Dunlap	-1	69	72	141
T49	Camilo Villegas	-1	72	69	141
T49	Erik van Rooyen	-1	72	69	141
T49	Lee Hodges	-1	72	69	141
T49	Kensei Hirata	-1	70	71	141
T49	Chan Kim	-1	70	71	141
T49	Marcelo Rozo	-1	72	69	141
T65	Danny Willett	Par	72	70	142
T65	Johnny Keefer	Par	72	70	142
T65	Brendon Todd	Par	69	73	142
T65	Tyler Collet	Par	69	73	142
T65	Christo Lamprecht	Par	70	72	142
T65	Danny Walker	Par	70	72	142
T65	Steven Fisk	Par	70	72	142
T65	Adam Svensson	Par	67	75	142
T65	Jimmy Stanger	Par	71	71	142
T65	David Skinns	Par	73	69	142
T65	Connor Doyal(a)	Par	73	69	142
T65	Petr Hruby	Par	68	74	142
CUT	Rafael Campos	+1	70	73	143
CUT	Harry Higgs	+1	73	70	143
CUT	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	+1	72	71	143
CUT	Haotong Li	+1	71	72	143
CUT	Thomas Rosenmueller	+1	72	71	143
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	+1	70	73	143
CUT	Ryan Brehm	+1	73	70	143
CUT	Max McGreevy	+1	72	71	143
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	+1	71	72	143
CUT	Kevin Streelman	+1	70	73	143
CUT	Nathan Petronzio	+1	70	73	143
CUT	Henrik Norlander	+2	72	72	144
CUT	Taylor Montgomery	+2	71	73	144
CUT	Sami Valimaki	+2	74	70	144
CUT	Vince Whaley	+2	74	70	144
CUT	Ben Silverman	+2	74	70	144
CUT	Evan Harmeling	+2	73	71	144
CUT	Jeffrey Kang	+2	70	74	144
CUT	Dan Brown	+2	74	70	144
CUT	Matti Schmid	+2	69	75	144
CUT	A.J. Ewart	+2	69	75	144
CUT	Grant Haefner	+2	76	68	144
CUT	Gordon Sargent	+2	70	74	144
CUT	Chad Ramey	+3	73	72	145
CUT	Trent Phillips	+3	71	74	145
CUT	Tyler Duncan	+3	74	71	145
CUT	James Hahn	+3	71	74	145
CUT	Ben Martin	+3	73	72	145
CUT	Nick Hardy	+4	73	73	146
CUT	Aaron Wise	+4	67	79	146
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+4	73	73	146
CUT	Noah Goodwin	+4	72	74	146
CUT	Thriston Lawrence	+4	70	76	146
CUT	Wells Williams(a)	+4	74	72	146
CUT	Kris Ventura	+4	71	75	146
CUT	Jesper Svensson	+4	74	72	146
CUT	Dylan Wu	+5	71	76	147
CUT	Davis Chatfield	+5	73	74	147
CUT	Patton Kizzire	+5	73	74	147
CUT	Chandler Phillips	+6	74	74	148
CUT	Joel Dahmen	+6	71	77	148
CUT	Robert Streb	+6	73	75	148
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	+7	75	74	149
CUT	Nicholas Marchese	+8	75	75	150
CUT	Adam Schenk	+11	76	77	153
CUT	Cooper Hrabak	+11	75	78	153
CUT	Jeremy Paul	+12	76	78	154

Simon Bale

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