Weather: Mostly cloudy. High of 88. Wind NE 8-14 mph, with gusts to 20 mph.

Cut: 65 professionals and one amateur at 2-under 142 from a field of 143 professionals and one amateur

Second-Round Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                    R1           R2           Total

1              Brian Harman       66            66            132 (-12)

2              Keith Mitchell       64            72            136 (-8)

T3            Sam Ryder             63            74            137 (-7)

T3            Matt Wallace        70            67            137 (-7)

T3            Ryo Hisatsune      70            67            137 (-7) – Transcript attached

Brian Harman (1^st/-12)

• Eighth 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; 1-for-7 to date (2023 Open Championship)
• Equals the largest 36-hole lead of the season (previous: 4 strokes, Aldrich Potgieter/Mexico Open at VidantaWorld)
• One shy of the largest 36-hole lead since the event moved to TPC San Antonio in 2010:

• • 5 (Akshay Bhatia/2024/won)
  • 4 (Brian Harman/2025/TBD, Si Woo Kim/2019/finished T4)

• Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (6.540) and Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (5.064)
• Making his eighth career start at the Valero Texas Open, with a T16 in 2014 being his best of four top-25 finishes
• In nine starts this season, has three top-25 finishes, highlighted by a T17 at The Genesis Invitational
• PGA TOUR wins (3): 2023 Open Championship, 2017 Truist Championship, 2014 John Deere Classic

Keith Mitchell (2^nd/-8)

• Making his 158^th start since his lone PGA TOUR victory at the 2019 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
• Fourth career start at the Valero Texas Open (2024/T14, 2021/T17, 2018/T26)
• Projected No. 1 in the Aon Swing 5, with the top five FedExCup points earners (not otherwise exempt) in the Puerto Rico Open, Valspar Championship, Texas Children’s Houston Open and Valero Texas open earning spots in the RBC Heritage

Miscellaneous Notes

• Sam Ryder (T3/-7) trails by five in bid to become the TOUR’s first 18-hole leader/co-leader to go on to win this season
• In his seventh career TOUR start, amateur Ben James (T13/-5) becomes just the second amateur to make the cut at the Valero Texas Open since 1983 (Jordan Spieth/2012/finished T41)
• 2021 Valero Texas Open champion Jordan Spieth (T22/-4) cards a 1-over 73; after ranking second in Strokes Gained: Putting during the first round (3.224), was 99^th during the second round (-0.869); in eight career starts at the Valero Texas Open, has four top-10 finishes (2024/T10, 2021/Won, 2015/2^nd, 2014/10^th)
• Tony Finau (T37/-3) aces the par-3 16^th hole with an 8-iron from 199 yards, his third ace on the PGA TOUR (2020 World Wide Technology Championship/No. 4/R3, 2018 Sony Open in Hawaii/No. 17/R3); marks the fourth ace at No. 16 and the eighth overall since the event moved to TPC San Antonio in 2010
• Two-time (2019, 2023) Valero Texas Open champion Corey Conners (T52/-2) trails by 10 as he seeks to join three-time champions Arnold Palmer and Justin Leonard as the all-time winningest players at the event
• Defending champion Akshay Bhatia (T80/E) misses the cut by two strokes; Zach Johnson (T13/-5) remains the last back-to-back champion of the Valero Texas Open (2008, 2009).