The second spherical of the 2025 Wyndham Championship featured low scores as soon as once more at Sedgefield Nation Membership, at the very least till storms swept by means of Greensboro, North Carolina and compelled play to be suspended at 4:32 p.m. ET. Play will resume at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, with the third spherical deliberate to start out at 10:30 a.m.
Previous to the stoppage of play, Cameron Younger had jumped into the lead as he went 7 beneath via 15 holes on Friday to maneuver to 14 beneath for the event. Younger is trying to again up a gap 63 with one other as he continues to seek for his first profession win, and as we close to the halfway level of the ultimate occasion of the 2025 common season, he is given himself a fantastic probability.
Younger started the 12 months a bit misplaced on the golf course, lacking the minimize in six of his first 11 occasions (going by means of the Masters), however since then he is discovered his kind with three prime 10s and only one missed minimize in his final 9 begins, together with a T4 end on the U.S. Open. That is moved him inside the highest 40 within the FedEx Cup standings, however a win this week would leap him into sixteenth and successfully lock up a spot within the Tour Championship.
To get there, he should maintain off the reigning champion, as Aaron Rai continues to thrive at Sedgefield, going 6 beneath via 13 holes within the second spherical to maneuver to 13 beneath, one again of Younger’s lead. Rai’s win in Greensboro final 12 months was the primary of his profession, and he is on the lookout for one other late kick going into the playoffs. He started the week 58th within the standings, exterior the coveted prime 50 that earns a spot into all eight signature occasions subsequent season. A win would lock that up, however even a second-place end would transfer him to fortieth going into the St. Jude Traditional.
Simply behind Rai is Sungjae Im, who has had a weird season this 12 months however loves it in Greensboro, as he is put collectively back-to-back 64s and has 24 rounds within the 60s in 26 whole rounds performed at Sedgefield in his profession. Elsewhere within the prime 10, Gary Woodland made an enormous transfer with a 64 to get to 9 beneath, good for T8 and if he can preserve that by means of Sunday, he’ll make it inside the highest 70 and get a playoff spot.
First-round chief Joel Dahmen could not get a lot going within the first 10 holes of his second spherical, as he was even par earlier than the horn blew on Friday and stays at 9 beneath himself. He’ll hope to regroup in a single day and discover some birdies to shut his spherical and climb nearer to the leaders as he hopes for a miraculous transfer into the playoffs this week.
The chief
1. Cameron Younger (-14): Younger has come shut a lot of occasions in his profession to capturing that elusive first win, and whereas he additional away from it than ever to start out this 12 months, he is bounced again in unbelievable style within the second half of the season. He is benefiting from his size off the tee this week, as he is second within the subject in strokes gained off the tee, however can be having fun with himself on Sedgefield’s quick greens, rating third in strokes gained placing.
Contenders
2. Aaron Rai (-13)
T3. Mac Meissner, Sungjae Im (-12)
5. Mark Hubbard (-11)
T6. Nico Echavarria, Alex Noren (-10)
T8. Gary Woodland, Kurt Kitayama, Joel Dahmen, Davis Thompson, Matt McCarty (-9)
There’s an terrible lot of golf left to play on a course the place we have already seen loads of rounds within the low 60s, however these gamers have given themselves an early probability and all of them are sweating out their factors place on prime of attempting to win the golf event. Rai and Kitayama try to maneuver into the highest 50, Im is attempting to solidify his spot within the Tour Championship after beginning the week thirtieth and Woodland, and Thompson and Echavarria are all attempting to lock down playoff spots. The remainder must do much more to seek out their manner into the playoffs — with a win being the one method to assure a spot — and still have the highest 100 behind their minds as they attempt to safe Tour playing cards for subsequent season.
All of that can play out over the following two days, however we’re in for an interesting weekend with numerous bubble speak for the playoffs, signature occasions and extra.
Huge names attempting to keep away from the minimize
Jordan Spieth (-4 by means of 14), Adam Scott (-4 by means of 14) and Keith Mitchell (-4 by means of 14) are all simply contained in the minimize line and can be preventing to make the weekend once they return to complete out their second rounds Saturday. Rickie Fowler (-3) is within the clubhouse and hoping the minimize stays at 3 beneath, however that is presently proper on the T65 quantity that makes the weekend and there are quite a lot of gamers nonetheless on the course that may transfer that quantity to 4 beneath by the point the second spherical finishes.
2025 Wyndham Championship up to date odds, picks
Odds by way of DraftKings
- Aaron Rai (12/5)
- Cameron Younger (5/2)
- Sungjae Im (17/2)
- Alex Noren (9-1)
- Nico Echavarria (18-1)
- Mark Hubbard (22-1)
- Davis Thompson (25-1)
Rai stood out on the pre-tournament odds because the reigning champion was 22-1 because the books did not put a transparent favourite out in entrance. At this level, I do not like the worth all the way in which at 12/5 and would look a little bit additional down at Im at 17/2 as a participant who additionally has a fantastic monitor report on the Wyndham and needs to be inside a number of of the lead by the tip of the second spherical.
