Weather: Sunny with a high of 67. Wind WNW 14-18 mph with gusts of 25 mph.

Cut: 50 professionals and one amateur at 4-over 148 from a field of 71 professionals and one amateur (low 50 players and ties and any additional players within 10 strokes of the 36-hole lead)

Second-Round Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                    R1           R2           Total

1              Shane Lowry         69            67            136 (-8)

2              Wyndham Clark   67            71            138 (-6)

T3            Corey Conners      69            70            139 (-5)

T3            Collin Morikawa   71            68            139 (-5)

T5            Russell Henley      72            68            140 (-4)

T5            Rory McIlroy         70            70            140 (-4)

T5            Jason Day              76            64            140 (-4)

Leading Asian Scores

11            Si Woo Kim           70            72            142 (-2)

T12         Sungjae Im            76            67            143 (-1)

T24         Byeong Hun An    76            69            145 (+1)

T24         Hideki Matsuyama 73         72            145 (+1)

Shane Lowry (1^st/-8)

• Fifth career 36-hole lead/co-lead in individual stroke-play events; 1-for-4 in converting to victory (2019 Open Championship)
• Third player to hold the 36-hole lead/co-lead in consecutive years at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard since 1983 (Tiger Woods/2002-2003/Won-Won, Davis Love III/1998-1999/T17-3^rd)
• Posts consecutive rounds in the 60s (69-67) for the first time in 18 career rounds at the Arnold Palmer Invitational
• 2024 54-hole co-leader finished third behind winner Scottie Scheffler and runner-up Wyndham Clark, his best finish in six starts at Bay Hill; missed the cut in his first four tournament appearances
• Has one top-10 in four starts this season and sits No. 18 in the FedExCup (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am/2^nd)
• 37-year-old seeks fourth career PGA TOUR victory (last win: 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner Rory McIlroy)

Miscellaneous Notes

• First-round leader Wyndham Clark (2^nd/-6), who led by two to start the round, is two shots back after a 1-under 71; finished runner-up at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational, his best finish in four starts at Bay Hill; the last player to finish runner-up and win the same tournament the following year: Robert MacIntyre (2023, 2024 Genesis Scottish Open); runner-up finish at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational was his first of consecutive runner-up finishes in 2024, both of which he lost to Scottie Scheffler (other: THE PLAYERS Championship)
• Having missed the cut the last two years at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Collin Morikawa (T3/-5) posts 68 and his first career bogey-free round at Bay Hill; has nine top-10s in 25 starts since his last PGA TOUR title at the 2023 Baycurrent Classic, including a runner-up at the 2025 Sentry, one of three starts this season
• Corey Conners (T3/-5) enters the week with four consecutive top-25 finishes at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, including a solo third in 2021; one top-10 finish in five starts this season (T5/The Sentry)
• With 8-under 64, Jason Day (T5/-4) posts his career-low score in 41 rounds at the Arnold Palmer Invitational (previous: 65/R1/2016); first player to card 64 or lower at the Arnold Palmer Invitational since 2021 (Keegan Bradley/64/R3); 12-stroke improvement ties his largest from first to second rounds in his career (2011 BMW Championship)
• 2018 Arnold Palmer Invitational champion Rory McIlroy (T5/-4), who won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in his season debut, is four back after a 2-under 70; moved to No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking this week, passing Xander Schauffele, who held the No. 2 position since May 2024
• Arnold Palmer Cup Exemption recipient Jackson Koivun (T19/E), a sophomore at Auburn University, made the cut with rounds of 72-72 to become one point closer to PGA TOUR membership; the No. 2-ranked amateur now has 19 points in PGA TOUR University Accelerated and can reach the 20-point threshold to become eligible for PGA TOUR membership with top-10 finish (1 point); last week, Florida State junior Luke Clanton became the second player (Gordon Sargent) to become eligible for PGA TOUR membership through PGA TOUR University Accelerated after making the cut at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (finished T18)
• After opening with a 5-over 77, World No. 3 Xander Schauffele (T46/+4) posts 1-under 71 to make the cut on the number, extending his TOUR-best streak of made cuts to 58