Second-Round Notes – 2025 Truist Championship
Weather: Moderate to heavy rain. High of 60. Wind NNW 10-15 mph.
Second-Round Leaderboard
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 1 | Keith Mitchell | 61 | 67 | 128 (-12) |
| 2 | Shane Lowry | 64 | 65 | 129 (-11) |
| 3 | Sepp Straka | 63 | 67 | 130 (-10) |
| T4 | Justin Thomas | 66 | 67 | 133 (-7) |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | 66 | 67 | 133 (-7) |
| T4 | Collin Morikawa | 63 | 70 | 133 (-7) |
| T4 | Akshay Bhatia | 63 | 70 | 133 (-7) |
| T4 | Si Woo Kim | 65 | 68 | 133 (-7) |
| T4 | Patrick Cantlay | 65 | 68 | 133 (-7) |
Keith Mitchell (1st/-12)
- After posting his career-low 18-hole score on TOUR in the first round, cards 3-under 67 for a one-stroke lead
- Third career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and first since 2021 THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT; 1-for-2 converting to victory (Won/2019 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, T3/2021 THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT)
- Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Putting (5.679) through two rounds; entered the week 104th in Strokes Gained: Putting this season (-.007)
- Seeks to become the third player this season to hold the 18- and 36-hole lead and go on to win (Justin Thomas/RBC Heritage, Scottie Scheffler/THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson)
- 12th start of the 2025 season and enters 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)
- Making his 161st start on TOUR since his lone PGA TOUR title at the 2019 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
- Received one of four sponsor exemptions restricted to PGA TOUR members this week
Additional Player Notes
- Three-time TOUR winner Shane Lowry (2nd/-11) posts 65 and is one of two players with one bogey through 36 holes (other: Patrick Cantlay); has two top-10s in Signature Events this season (2nd/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 7th/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard)
- Making his 14th start on TOUR this season, Austria’s Sepp Straka (3rd/-10) has recorded three top-10s and seeks to become the second multiple winner on TOUR this season (Rory McIlroy: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, THE PLAYERS Championship, Masters Tournament)
- 2025 RBC Heritage champion Justin Thomas (T4/-7) cards 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)
- FedExCup leader and defending champion Rory McIlroy (T4/-7) cards 3-under 67 in the second round in search of his fifth career tournament title at the Truist Championship (2010, 2015, 2021, 2024); has sat inside the top five through 36 holes in five of his eight starts on TOUR this season
