Tiger Makes Cut Despite Struggles

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The second day of the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park got underway with all eyes on Tiger Woods ... well, and Bryson DeChambeau's new driver.

Aftert a 2-under 68 in the first round, Woods he struggled mightily with his short game on Friday, putting 31 times.

Those woes started on the opening hole, when he missed a 7-footer and settled for par. He also missed an 8-footer on the fourth.

Woods did card a pair of birdies, including a nice putt on the 16th hole to get back to even for the tournament, where he finished, one stroke ahead of the cut line.

As for DeChambeau, he sits at 2-under, close enough to the leaders to be in the thick of things, despite not playing his best golf.

But regardless of DeChambeau's play, the talk of the tournament still surrounded the beefed-up standout accidently snapping off the head of his driver after crushing a tee shot during Thursday's opening round.

DeChambeau has yet to win a major, but his massive drives have earned him plenty of fans along the way, as FOX Sports' Charlotte Wilder and Mark Titus discussed Friday.

"I want Bryson DeChambeau to be in my life for the foreseeable future because the guy is a content machine," Titus said. 

Wilder went on to add that "seeing fans react to Bryson is one of the greatest things in sports that people aren't talking about enough."

While DeChambeau and Woods certainly dominated the headlines, a golfer outside the top 100 in the world leads the field.

Haotong Li, a 25-year-old who has not posted a top-10 finish in more than a year, shot a 5-under 65 at TPC Harding Park on Friday to move to 8-under.

He is looking to become the first Chinese golfer to ever win a men's major championship. In fact, Li was so dialed in that he was seen practicing nearly five hours after his round concluded.

The shot of the day, meanwhile, came on the par-4 ninth hole, when Mark Hubbard sank a shot from 238 yards out for an eagle. 

Woods tees off Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, eight strokes off the lead. The largest 36-hole deficit he's ever overcome at a major is six strokes, at the 2005 Masters. Tournament leader LI gets his start at 3 p.m. ET.