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PGA Championship 2016: Live updates, scores, leaderboard, highlights and more from Baltusrol

A quick primer for this year's PGA Championship and updated results as the weekend progresses.

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The PGA Championship is often the overlooked major in the men's lineup and this year it caught an especially rough draw thanks to the Olympics. The PGA starts just 10 days after that wild Sunday finish between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson at The Open, crammed in at the end of July. The Olympics forced the the PGA to move from its usual mid-August date, leaving us with three majors in just over a month and two in three weeks.

While the PGA doesn't have the rep of the other three majors, it does often yield the best golf. It has always been a nice cap to the majors season and this year everyone else won't be completely sucked into the NFL preseason. So while we're still catching our breath from The Open and there's been no buildup for this PGA, maybe that's a benefit of this Olympic-year spot on the schedule? We're trying here.

First round scores and highlights

The first day at the PGA was a bit flat. No big names went on a major run, and some took a big tumble. Here's your full recap of the day's biggest stories and scores. Some more highlights from the slow opening round at Baltusrol:

Rory posted a shocking and ugly 4-over 74, thanks in large part to the putter.

Beeeeffff Johnston decided to just hit one over, or through, a scoreboard.

This angry player executed the perfect putter punt.

Second round scores and highlights

Day 2 at Baltusrol brought some more action, from rules controversies, to the No. 1 player in the making a big charge, to big names bombing out early, to yet another major championship scoring record round. Your scores after 36 holes at the PGA. Some more highlights from the second round at Baltusrol.

Jordan Spieth came out on the right end of another rules and penalty mess at a major championship.

The most enthusiastic kid on the property refused to let Jason Day pass without a high-five.

Phil Mickelson hit it off the whole damn property in what he called the worst start to a PGA round ever.

The PGA SOMEHOW gave the first group off No. 10 the wrong hole location.

Jason Day had flames coming out of his body as he made a huge run up the board.

The Field

One way the PGA has tried to carve out its own identity is field strength. Simply put, it is the deepest major championship field of the year. Unlike the other majors, there is no swath of spots reserved for open qualifiers and amateurs. There are no Ams and every year they ensure the top 100 in the world rankings get an invitation. That's again the case this year and 97 of the top 100 were able to show up and give it a go at Baltusrol.

Here's your full field breakdown.

The Course

The PGA returns to Baltusrol in 2016, a historic major championship course in New Jersey and 20 miles from Manhattan. The A.W. Tillinghast design was primarily a USGA course, hosting multiple U.S. Opens, including two Jack Nicklaus wins. But now it appears to be a PGA of America venue (there's never any overlap there), hosting its second PGA Championship in the last 11 years. It was Phil Mickelson who won the 2005 edition, coming back on a Monday and birdieing the 18th to win by a shot.

Baltusrol is a long par-70 course, playing just shy of 7500 yards. The big hitters have the advantage at just about every tournament and venue these days, but especially at the PGA. This year's setup is no different, with one long par-4 after another. The most unique aspect of this Baltusrol course is the finish. You do not hit a par-5 until the 17th hole, which will play at about 650 yards this week. So it's all par-4s and par-3s and then you finish with back-to-back par-5s. The 18th is much shorter than the 17th and a potential eagle opportunity. It's a really cool quirk of this course and one you never get in major championship golf, let alone PGA Tour golf. So expect some fireworks and leaderboard movement at the finish.

The PGA of America also sets up a course in a way that the players love. They much prefer these courses and setups to the USGA punishment of the U.S. Open. The PGA is not beholden to some crazy tradition of trying to protect par. They're fine with the winning score being double-digit under-par -- look at Jason Day winning at 20-under last year. So while this Baltusrol course may be long, and the rough could be brutal in spots, Kerry Haigh and the PGA will set it up fair and at least let these guys have a chance at birdies.

Tee Times

The field is still 86 players deep after the cut, which is an enormous group to have through to the weekend. There's also no secondary cut after 54 holes. The tee times will start at 7:35 a.m. ET on Saturday because there's such a big group. Here are some of your marquee pairings for the third round (full tee sheet here):

8:55 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Colt Knost
10:25 a.m.: Bubba Watson, Cameron Tringale
1:15 p.m.: Adam Scott, Gregory Bourdy
1:55 p.m.: Yuta Ikeda, Jordan Spieth
2:05 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Jamie Donaldson
2:25 p.m.: Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka
2:35 p.m.: Henrik Stenson, Martin Kaymer
2:45 p.m.: Emiliano Grillo, Jason Day
2:55 p.m.: Jimmy Walker, Robert Streb

Leaderboard

We had some more scoring records at a major championship. Robert Streb finished with the 30th round of 63 at a major, shooting up the leaderboard into a tie for first at 9-under with Jimmy Walker. There should be more scores out there on Saturday on what should still be a softer Baltusrol. Here's where we stand after 36 holes at the PGA:

T1 -- Jimmy Walker -- -9
T1 -- Robert Streb -- -9
T3 -- Emiliano Grillo -- -7
T3 -- Jason Day -- -7
5 -- Henrik Stenson -- -6
T6 -- Martin Kaymer -- -5
T6 -- Patrick Reed -- -5
T6 -- Brooks Koepka -- -5
T9 -- Hideki Matsuyama -- -4
T9 -- Harris English -- -4
T9 -- Rickie Fowler -- -4
T9 -- Jamie Donaldson -- -4
T13 -- Yuta Ikeda -- -3
T13 -- Jordan Spieth -- -3
T13 -- Daniel Summerhays -- -3
T13 -- Zach Johnson -- -3
T13 -- Billy Hurley III -- -3
T13 -- Adam Scott -- -3
T13 -- Gregory Bourdy -- -3
T13 -- Hideto Tanihara -- -3
T13 -- William McGirt -- -3
T22 -- John Senden -- -2
T22 -- Alexander Noren -- -2
T22 -- Louis Oosthuizen -- -2
T22 -- Webb Simpson -- -2
T22 -- Ryan Moore -- -2
T22 -- Jon Curran -- -2
T22 -- K.J. Choi -- -2
T22 -- David Lingmerth -- -2
T22 -- Branden Grace -- -2
T22 -- Paul Casey -- -2
T22 -- Scott Hend -- -2
T22 -- Andy Sullivan -- -2
T34 -- Andrew Johnston -- -1
T34 -- Steve Stricker -- -1
T34 -- Danny Lee -- -1
T34 -- Young-han Song -- -1
T34 -- Tyrrell Hatton -- -1
T34 -- Marcus Fraser -- -1
T34 -- Brandt Snedeker -- -1
T34 -- Lee Westwood -- -1
T34 -- Soren Kjeldsen -- -1
T34 -- Kevin Na -- -1
T34 -- Vaughn Taylor -- -1
T34 -- George Coetzee -- -1
T34 -- Ross Fisher -- -1
T34 -- Jhonattan Vegas -- -1
T48 -- Russell Henley -- E
T48 -- Russell Knox -- E
T48 -- Marc Leishman -- E
T48 -- Bubba Watson -- E
T48 -- Cameron Tringale -- E
T48 -- Bradley Dredge -- E
T48 -- Brian Stuard -- E
T48 -- Daniel Berger -- E
T48 -- Kevin Kisner -- E
T48 -- Aaron Baddeley -- E
T48 -- James Hahn -- E
T48 -- Bill Haas -- E
T48 -- Kyle Reifers -- E
T61 -- Rich Beem -- 1
T61 -- Jim Furyk -- 1
T61 -- Francesco Molinari -- 1
T61 -- Thomas Pieters -- 1
T61 -- Danny Willett -- 1
T61 -- Padraig Harrington -- 1
T61 -- Justin Thomas -- 1
T61 -- Keegan Bradley -- 1
T61 -- Phil Mickelson -- 1
T70 -- Colt Knost -- 2
T70 -- Ryan Palmer -- 2
T70 -- Billy Horschel -- 2
T70 -- Matthew Fitzpatrick -- 2
T70 -- Jason Dufner -- 2
T70 -- Kiradech Aphibarnrat -- 2
T70 -- Thongchai Jaidee -- 2
T70 -- Justin Rose -- 2
T70 -- Charl Schwartzel -- 2
T70 -- Patton Kizzire -- 2
T70 -- Jason Kokrak -- 2
T70 -- Ernie Els -- 2
T70 -- Rafael Cabrera Bello -- 2
T70 -- Matt Jones -- 2
T70 -- Roberto Castro -- 2
T70 -- Joost Luiten -- 2
T70 -- Freddie Jacobson -- 2
MISSED THE CUT
- -- Gary Woodland -- CUT
- -- Shane Lowry -- CUT
- -- Sergio Garcia -- CUT
- -- Benjamin Polland -- CUT
- -- Bryce Molder -- CUT
- -- Kevin Streelman -- CUT
- -- Matt Dobyns -- CUT
- -- Darren Clarke -- CUT
- -- Charley Hoffman -- CUT
- -- Rich Berberian Jr. -- CUT
- -- Anirban Lahiri -- CUT
- -- Matt Kuchar -- CUT
- -- Bernd Wiesberger -- CUT
- -- Peter Malnati -- CUT
- -- Mark Brown -- CUT
- -- Kristoffer Broberg -- CUT
- -- Jonas Blixt -- CUT
- -- Rob Labritz -- CUT
- -- David Toms -- CUT
- -- Tony Finau -- CUT
- -- Brian Gaffney -- CUT
- -- John Daly -- CUT
- -- Jamie Lovemark -- CUT
- -- Greg Chalmers -- CUT
- -- David Muttitt -- CUT
- -- Soomin Lee -- CUT
- -- Michael Block -- CUT
- -- Johan Kok -- CUT
- -- Fabian Gomez -- CUT
- -- Jim Herman -- CUT
- -- Kyung-tae Kim -- CUT
- -- Jeunghun Wang -- CUT
- -- Josh Speight -- CUT
- -- Nicolas Colsaerts -- CUT
- -- Joseph Summerhays -- CUT
- -- Troy Merritt -- CUT
- -- Rocco Mediate -- CUT
- -- Dustin Johnson -- CUT
- -- Graeme McDowell -- CUT
- -- Brandon Stone -- CUT
- -- Mitch Lowe -- CUT
- -- Tommy Sharp -- CUT
- -- Omar Uresti -- CUT
- -- Shaun Micheel -- CUT
- -- Brad Ott -- CUT
- -- Wyatt Worthington II -- CUT
- -- James Morrison -- CUT
- -- Rick Schuller -- CUT
- -- Brad Lardon -- CUT

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