Aldrich Potgieter Leads Us Pga Leaderboard At Aronimink
Aldrich Potgieter led the us pga leaderboard during second-round play at Aronimink Golf Club, staying in front after making par at the par-five 16th. The live chase behind him tightened around -4, with Maverick McNealy and Alex Smalley also in range as the major moved through its second day.
Potgieter At Aronimink
Potgieter reached the 16th after finding rough from the tee and with his second shot, then took par and kept his place at the top. He was also at -4 when Scottie Scheffler’s live update put him alongside Alex Smalley, showing how quickly the board was shifting around him.
The position fits a player who has already been the PGA Tour’s average driving distance leader for the last two seasons. At Aronimink, though, distance was only part of the picture, and the lead sat with the player who handled the scoring holes cleanly while others kept churning through difficult stretches.
Rahm McIlroy Spieth
Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth were grouped together on the 10th tee, with each taking a different route through the opening holes of the round. Rahm drove the ball 356 yards on the 10th, McIlroy’s tee shot hit a tree and was recorded at 343 yards, and Spieth drove his tee shot into a bunker.
That group had already split on the 9th. Spieth made par at the par-five hole and stayed even for the week, McIlroy missed an eight-foot birdie putt and remained at +2, and Rahm missed from six feet before staying at -2. Rahm later added a 25-foot birdie putt at the 8th to move to -2, giving him a brief lift before the trio moved on.
Aronimink Pressure
Aronimink was asking for precision, and Scheffler said the 14th pin was probably the hardest he had seen in a long time. He added, “Most of the pins today were, I mean, kind of absurd.”
That difficulty showed up in the numbers around the field. Bryson DeChambeau was +9 for the week with eight holes to play after missing the green at the 10th and holing his second chip, while Sahith Theegala made a triple bogey 7 at the 11th after his second shot disappeared and was lost. Potgieter’s lead survived because he kept avoiding the big number while the course punished missed positions everywhere else.
He still had work to do after the 17th, where he three-putted for bogey, but the board continued to place him inside the championship race. With the second round still unfolding, the leaderboard was telling the same story from two directions: Potgieter holding firm at the top, and several established names trying to stop the slide before the weekend picture takes shape.
