Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 78. Winds NE at 5-10 mph.

Cut: 67 professionals and one amateur at 5-under 137 from a field 143 professionals and one amateur

• Last time a cut was 5-under or lower was 2024 Black Desert Championship (5-under)

Second-Round Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                    R1           R2           Total

1              Jake Knapp           59           70           129 (-13)

2              Matthieu Pavon  66           64           130 (-12)

T3           Michael Kim         65           66           131 (-11)

T3           Daniel Berger      63           68           131 (-11)

T3           Doug Ghim           68           63           131 (-11)

T3           Jesper Svensson 64           67           131 (-11)

Leading Aussie/Asian Scores

T25         Karl Vilips             68           67           135 (-7)

T25         Rico Hoey             66           69           135 (-7)

T35         Min Woo Lee       71           65           136 (-6)

T48         Rikuya Hoshino   70           67           137 (-5)

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Jake Knapp (1st/-13)

• Third career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; 1-for-2 converting to victory (Won/2024 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, 8th/2024 THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson)
• Following a first-round 59, posts 1-under 70 to become the most recent player to hold the 36-hole lead/co-lead without a round in the 60s (over those two rounds); most recent: Jim Furyk/co-led 2013 BMW Championship after rounds of 72-59
• Best finish in seven starts this season: T17/The Genesis Invitational
• Second career appearance at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (T4/2024)
• Finished No. 59 in the 2024 FedExCup after collecting four top-10 finishes in 2024

Miscellaneous notes

• Matthieu Pavon (2nd/-12) tied career-best birdie/eagle streak with E-B-B on Nos. 10-12 (most recent: 3/2024 Travelers Championship) en route to a 7-under 64; seeks second TOUR title since winning 2024 Farmers Insurance Open; marks best position through 36 holes on TOUR (33 events)
• Amateur Luke Clanton (T10/-9) posts a 5-under 66 to make the cut and reach 20 points to earn PGA TOUR membership; the 21-year-old is the second player to earn his TOUR card via PGA TOUR University Accelerated (Gordon Sargent/October 2023); will become eligible to accept PGA TOUR membership in June 2025
• After a first-round 63, Daniel Berger (T3/-11) follows with a 3-under 68 in his ninth start at the Cognizant Classic (best finish: P2/2015); four-time TOUR winner seeks first victory since 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
• Michael Kim (T3/-11) is the only player in the field bogey-free through 36 holes after posting a second-round 66; seeks first TOUR victory since 2018 John Deere Classic
• The 2017 Cognizant Classic winner Rickie Fowler (T7/-10) sits three shots back from the lead in his 15^th appearance at the event; best finish in four starts this season: T21/The American Express; seeks seventh TOUR title and first since 2023 Rocket Classic
• Defending champion Austin Eckroat (MC/-1) misses the cut.