The good news for Mitchell is Lowry and Sepp Straka (-10) are the only players to reach double figures under par through the second round. The bad news is the group tied for fourth at 7 under features a who's who of the best players on Tour this season (aside from Scottie Scheffler, who isn't in the field).

Even before locking up his second victory of 2025 at the Truist Championship on Sunday, Sepp Straka was hardly a lock to make the European Ryder Cup team. In fact, he was nowhere near the top 12 of the European Team standings,

The world of golf has all of its eyes and attention on Quail Hollow this week with the PGA Championship set to kick off. One thing we are not lacking is storylines. Consider that Scottie Scheffler is still looking for his first non-Masters major win and that he won for the first time this season last week at the CJ CUP.