Keith Mitchell backed up his career-low 18-hole score on the PGA Tour in the first round with a 3-under 67 for a one-shot lead at 12-under at the Truist Championship.
“Playing well the last couple Thursdays, it’s just I feel like I’ve been there now three or four times. So trying to just build off of that and build into Friday, then Saturday and Sunday. It’s a four-round tournament. They don’t give any points or money out on Thursday. So I’ve got to keep it going,” said Mitchell.
“I picked good targets today, so when I had some greens that I missed, I was trying to be below the hole or back into the grain. When you do that, you just have a lot better chance of hitting it close.”
The American leads the field in Strokes Gained: Putting (5.679) through two rounds. He entered the week 104th in Strokes Gained: Putting this season (-.007).
This is his third career 36-hole lead/co-lead on Tour and the first since the 2021 The CJ Cup @ Summit. He is 1-for-2 in converting to victory (Won/2019 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, T3/2021 The CJ Cup @ Summit).
Mitchell, who received one of four sponsor exemptions restricted to PGA Tour members this week, is playing in his twelfth start of the 2025 season and entered the week with top-20 finishes in his last four starts (T18/Texas Children’s Houston Open, T12/Valero Texas Open, T2/Corales Puntacana Championship, T18/Zurich Classic of New Orleans).
Ireland’s Shane Lowry posted a 65 and lies in second place at 11-under. He is one of two players with only one bogey through 36 holes (the other is Patrick Cantlay). He has had two top-10s in Signature Events this season (2nd/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 7th/Arnold Palmer Invitational).
One further shot behind after carding a 67, Austria’s Sepp Straka has recorded three top-10s this season including a win at The American Express.
2025 RBC Heritage champion Justin Thomas shot a second-round 67 in search of his second win in as many starts on Tour for the first time since 2017 (The Sentry, Sony Open in Hawaii). He is part of a six-way tie for fourth place at 7-under that include Rory McIlroy who also shot 67.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Mitchell | -12 | 61 | 67 | 128 |
| 2 | Shane Lowry | -11 | 64 | 65 | 129 |
| 3 | Sepp Straka | -10 | 63 | 67 | 130 |
| T4 | Justin Thomas | -7 | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | -7 | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T4 | Collin Morikawa | -7 | 63 | 70 | 133 |
| T4 | Akshay Bhatia | -7 | 63 | 70 | 133 |
| T4 | Si Woo Kim | -7 | 65 | 68 | 133 |
| T4 | Patrick Cantlay | -7 | 65 | 68 | 133 |
| T10 | Max Homa | -6 | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| T10 | Thomas Detry | -6 | 65 | 69 | 134 |
| T10 | Stephan Jaeger | -6 | 65 | 69 | 134 |
| T10 | Rickie Fowler | -6 | 63 | 71 | 134 |
| T10 | Gary Woodland | -6 | 68 | 66 | 134 |
| T15 | Tony Finau | -5 | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T15 | Harris English | -5 | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T15 | Sam Stevens | -5 | 64 | 71 | 135 |
| T15 | Denny McCarthy | -5 | 62 | 73 | 135 |
| T15 | Sungjae Im | -5 | 69 | 66 | 135 |
| T15 | Alex Noren | -5 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T15 | Sam Burns | -5 | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T15 | J.T. Poston | -5 | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T15 | Nick Taylor | -5 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T15 | Erik van Rooyen | -5 | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T25 | Keegan Bradley | -4 | 64 | 72 | 136 |
| T25 | Tommy Fleetwood | -4 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T25 | Xander Schauffele | -4 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| T25 | Taylor Pendrith | -4 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T25 | Rasmus Højgaard | -4 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T25 | Ben Griffin | -4 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T25 | Cameron Young | -4 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T25 | Eric Cole | -4 | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| T33 | Min Woo Lee | -3 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T33 | Maverick McNealy | -3 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T33 | Ludvig Åberg | -3 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T33 | Hideki Matsuyama | -3 | 65 | 72 | 137 |
| T33 | Daniel Berger | -3 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T33 | Robert MacIntyre | -3 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T33 | Davis Thompson | -3 | 65 | 72 | 137 |
| T33 | Aaron Rai | -3 | 65 | 72 | 137 |
| T33 | J.J. Spaun | -3 | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T33 | Andrew Novak | -3 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T43 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -2 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T43 | Jordan Spieth | -2 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T43 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -2 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T43 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -2 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T43 | Nick Dunlap | -2 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| T43 | Garrick Higgo | -2 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T43 | Jacob Bridgeman | -2 | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T43 | Joe Highsmith | -2 | 64 | 74 | 138 |
| T43 | Corey Conners | -2 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T43 | Adam Scott | -2 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T43 | Byeong Hun An | -2 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T43 | Cam Davis | -2 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T55 | Russell Henley | -1 | 65 | 74 | 139 |
| T55 | Viktor Hovland | -1 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T55 | Brian Campbell | -1 | 67 | 72 | 139 |
| T55 | Patrick Rodgers | -1 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| T55 | Brian Harman | -1 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T55 | Austin Eckroat | -1 | 67 | 72 | 139 |
| T61 | Ryan Gerard | Par | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T61 | Adam Hadwin | Par | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T61 | Sahith Theegala | Par | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T61 | Max Greyserman | Par | 67 | 73 | 140 |
| T65 | Matthieu Pavon | +1 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
| T65 | Tom Hoge | +1 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
| T65 | Chris Kirk | +1 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
| T65 | Will Zalatoris | +1 | 66 | 75 | 141 |
| T69 | Wyndham Clark | +2 | 69 | 73 | 142 |
| T69 | Lucas Glover | +2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| 71 | Michael Kim | +4 | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| 72 | Justin Rose | +7 | 70 | 77 | 147 |
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