PGA Tour highlights: 2026 John Deere Classic, Round Two | Golf Channel

And this week on the PGA Tour, it's a small-town feel with a big-time feel. Tournament organizers saying it's the best in John Deere Classic history. In this event, it's a true throwback with the support you see from local community, the millions raised for charity, crossing 200 million in tournament history, and after a record-setting 16 million just last year alone. It's a reminder of what golf looks like when a community pours everything into one week. This week at TPC Deere Run, expect some early fireworks today after some overnight rain. We have perfect scoring conditions right now. Still toasty, 87 degrees, partly cloudy winds southwest about 10 miles an hour. Michael Brennan began his day off the tent, about to make the turn. Slim from right to left for Birdie. Yeah, a lot of guys have been making Birdie here, and Brennan joins the crowd there. Leaves your hole location in the back of the green. Max Homa trying to stay within shouting distance. Little downhiller here for Birdie at 10. That's a hole that you have to take care of. Of course, three par fives are all the three easiest holes on the golf course. Good Birdie there for Homa. Glover, good lead for his third at the second. Saw where he had the setup there back off his right toe, so really trying to catch ball first and drive it into that uphill slope. Where the cut line's at at three under. Ten shots ahead of that's the leader, Lucas Glover. Love that routine. Once he makes the read, he gets right in over it, and it doesn't take long to pull the trigger. He and Glover were the first round co-leaders after 63s. William Mao at the third. Finds the bottom of the cup. He's up to nine under. Scoot up to the par 312th, Max Homa. 192 to the hole. You do have a little bit of a backstop behind it. This is on a great line if it's the right club, and it is. Good swing there for Homa. Get a little grass call between the clubface and the ball. That was a pitching wedge trying to send it all the way to that back portion there. That did a nice job. He'll have a good look. He's going to have to take advantage of every opportunity coming down this inward nine. There we go, BRB. Yeah, there's a good start right there. Gets the train back on the tracks. He's at one under. Aggressive line for the former world number one amateur. Matt Wallace, 161 in for his approach shot to 11. Oh, one of the best of the day right there. That's fantastic. Throwing a dart in there. Spieth just poured one in the previous hole. Another birdie try. Oh, game on for Jordan Spieth. That looks like the old Jordan Spieth back-to-back at 11 and 12. Yeah, that's the short and the long of it right there on the PGA Tour. Third shot for Lee Hodges at the six. Trouble off the tee, so he's going to have to make a putt to save par. 35-year-old in his 11th year on the PGA Tour. Lee Hodges, the closest chaser to stay within three a Glover. Great save. I thought it was interesting. They asked Lee Hodges, you know, and his presser, you know, what changed. You know, he talked a lot about the mental side of it. You know, wasn't good early in the year, got down on himself, but he's doing good now. Put the club in the perfect position to hit his low draw that he likes to hit, and here we are. It's at Sunay, 13th. Boy, he picked that clean. You could hear the sound. Great sound. How about it? I don't think he knows it went in. Now he knows. Dunking it for the two. Scotty Scheffler does a pretty good job. Yeah, I was going to say, Scotty might be the only guy. Those Texans, certainly able to do it. Lee Hodges at the eighth. Bit of an awkward stance there with the ball below his feet. Still, no problem. Over to Spieth. Trying to shape it from 176 around those trees. This is a really good-looking shot if it holds the green. Oh, what a shot. I mean, he had about a hula-hoop-sized area to land that and to get it there, and he did it. It's at Sunay. Just hold it for Eagle, the previous hole. Can he run it back for the Sequin, 14? Tell you what, he had enough green to work with. He played the break as if it was a putt. Very well done. He's sliding from right to left. Zach Blair for birdie. A little uphill. Wow, good read. Great stroke. Got this to get to right on the cut line at minus 3. Not much in this putt here. Looking at the hole again and looking at another birdie. It's maybe one more on 17 to feel safe. Gomez on the 18th at 2 under, final hole. Oh, boy. Why wouldn't you? What a pitch shot. Didn't have a great angle, but that was really well done. Back to the action on the 16th. Griffin. Learned a bit from the putt from Speed. Oh, yes, he did. Assisted Jordan there. Force a guy to be nice to himself, or can you do that to then lead to good results? Good results definitely help. Yeah, true. Webb Simpson on the 8th. 144 yards out of the fairway bunker. Perfect lie, and what a shot. Zach Blair, one of the best putters on the PGA Tour, but this would be a big ask for birdie on 16. Up and over that. What are you kidding me? Right on cue. What a putt. Up and over. Huge right to left break. Alex, I should say. Yeah, tricky one here for Lucas. Not a lot of green to work with, and that's about all he had, really, trying to make a putt for par. Blissfully unaware of where the cut is would be the leader, Lucas Glover, to finish with a par. Yeah, it's been two great days. Don't want to drop a shot finishing. Third shot to the par 5 for Zach Blair. Clipping it. Yeah, that's well done. That was off a little bit of a down slope, actually. Zach Blair to get to 11 under par. This club's been working really well, and again. In a good rhythm this week. Three birdies his last four holes. Living on the edge, not surprisingly. Hisatsune, 17th, his third. All downhill from that angle on that left-hand side. That's really well done. Nice touch there. Hisatsune on the 17th. On the money. This could be a very dangerous man on the weekend. As aggressive as he plays. Drift out over to the 16th. Stout. It carries that right side. Hangs on a little. And it did both. Wow, is this going to be any good? Taking it down that slope. Back a couple to Stout. It's going to move pretty hard right to left. Buries it. Preston Stout, the amateur 8 under. Use this like a putter and run it up there. What a save. Has he been putting well or what? My goodness. Because he has been gangbusters the first two days at 14 under par. Glover, the sixth-time PGA Tour winner with a two-shot lead over Lee Hodges. And it's Zach Blair, Jackson Suber, David Lipsky, Hisatsune Benkos. All those guys among the chasers who are trying to get that first win on the PGA Tour will need big Saturdays. They want to remain in contention.