Nick Taylor in contention after second round of 2025 Travelers Championship

Nick Taylor (University of the Fraser Valley, Wikimedia Commons)

Nick Taylor of Winnipeg, Manitoba is in contention after the second round of the 2025 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. Taylor’s score heading into round three is -6. He is tied for seventh place and three strokes back of the leaders.

Taylor had a first round score of four-under-par 66. He had four birdies and zero bogeys. Taylor’s birdies came on the second, seventh, 13th, and 15th holes. Taylor had a second round score of two-under-par 68. He had four birdies and two bogeys. Taylor birdied the fourth, eighth, ninth, and 15th holes, and bogeyed the 11th, and 18th holes.

There is currently a three-way tie for the lead at -9. There you can find Americans Justin Thomas and Scottie Scheffler, and England’s Tommy Fleetwood. Thomas of Louisville, Kentucky, and Scheffler of Ridgewood, New Jersey are multiple major champions. Thomas won the 2017 and 2022 PGA Championship, and Scheffler won the 2022 and 2024 Masters. and 2025 PGA Championship.

Meanwhile, 2015 PGA Championship winner Jason Day of Beaudesert, Australia is alone in fourth place at -8. In fifth place at -7 are Americans Austin Eckroat of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Denny McCarthy of Takoma Park, Maryland, and tied for seventh place with Taylor is 2011 PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley of Woodstock, Vermont.

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