Rory McIlroy narrowly avoided an early exit from the 107th US PGA Championship as he posted a two-under-par second round to make it through to the weekend on the cut line.
McIlroy bogeyed the final two holes to add a 69 to his opening 74 and make the cut with nothing to spare on one over par, alongside playing partner and defending champion Xander Schauffele.
Starting on three over, and with a late tee time, McIlroy looked set to play his way into contention as he made four birdies inside his opening ten holes.
However, back-to-back bogeys on 11 and 12 halted his progress, and while he cancelled them out with consecutive birdies on the 14th and 15th, he handed away two late shots with bogeys on the last…