Who is leading the 2024 Memorial Tournament after Day 2? Leaderboard explored

The second round of the Memorial Tournament 2024 ended this Friday, June 7, at Muirfield Vilalge Golf Club. The cut line was drawn at 4 over and only 52 players made it through.

Scottie Scheffler leads the Memorial Tournament after the first 36 holes with a score of 9 under. The previous day's leader, Adam Hadwin, and defending champion, Viktor Hovland, are tied for second place, three strokes behind Scheffler.

2024 Memorial Tournament Day 2 leaderboard

Below is the 2024 Memorial Tournament leaderboard after the second round (only players who made the cut were included):

1 Scottie Scheffler -9
T2 Adam Hadwin -6
T2 Viktor Hovland -6
T4 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -5
T4 Keegan Bradley -5
6 Ludvig Åberg -4
T7 Tony Finau -3
T7 Rory McIlroy -3
T7 Xander Schauffele -3
T7 Akshay Bhatia -3
T11 Tommy Fleetwood -2
T11 Sepp Straka -2
T11 Collin Morikawa -2
T11 Si Woo Kim -2
T15 Seamus Power -1
T15 Hideki Matsuyama -1
T15 Nick Dunlap -1
T15 Matt Fitzpatrick -1
T15 Billy Horschel -1
T20 Alex Noren E
T20 Sahith Theegala E
T20 Russell Henley E
T20 Lee Hodges E
T20 J.T. Poston E
T20 Corey Conners E
T20 Max Homa E
T20 Byeong Hun An E
T20 Will Zalatoris E
T29 Victor Perez +1
T29 Taylor Pendrith +1
T29 Peter Malnati +1
T29 Eric Cole +1
T29 Tom Kim +1
T29 Adam Svensson +1
T29 Cam Davis +1
T36 Sam Burns +2
T36 Nick Taylor +2
T36 Brian Harman +2
T36 Davis Thompson +2
T36 Matt Kuchar +2
T36 Denny McCarthy +2
T36 Tom Hoge +2
T43 Sungjae Im +3
T43 Shane Lowry +3
T45 Austin Eckroat +4
T45 Thomas Detry +4
T45 Jason Day +4
T45 Justin Thomas +4
T45 Jackson Koivun(a) +4
T45 Emiliano Grillo +4
T45 Andrew Putnam +4
T45 Cameron Young +4

Scottie Scheffler played the second round of the 2024 Memorial Tournament with an eagle, four birdies and two bogeys (4 under). This allowed him to not only take first place, but also maintain a three stroke lead.

Adam Hadwin could not keep up the pace of the first round and played for even par, with four birdies, two bogeys, and a double bogey. However, he remains in second place, tied with Viktor Hovland, who had five birdies and two bogeys (3 under).

Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa had the best second round, finishing with six birdies and one bogey (5 under). As a result, he moved up to T4 on the leaderboard, moving up 22 spots. Meanwhile, the steepest drop was for Corey Conners, who played this Friday for a score of 4 over, to lose 17 places on the leaderboard and enter the weekend in T20.

The only amateur in the field, Jackson Koivun, made the cut after playing Friday with two birdies, two bogeys, and two double bogeys (2 over).

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