Li Haotong did not think he had any chance of being a contender at this week's PGA Championship but on Friday he came out of nowhere with a bogey-free second round and suddenly has an opportunity to become the first Chinese man to win a major.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Still young, often inconsistent, forever fearless, Li Haotong is capable of just about anything on a big stage in golf. He was at his best Friday in the PGA Championship.

Li Haotong did not think he had any chance of being a contender at this week's PGA Championship but on Friday he came out of nowhere with a bogey-free second round and suddenly has an opportunity to become the first Chinese man to win a major.

Graeme McDowell struggles to four over par second round at TPC Harding Park

UPDATE 1-Golf-China's Li earns two-shot clubhouse lead at PGA Championship  Reuters India

China's Li Haotong used a red-hot putter on his outward nine to grab a two-shot lead midway through his second round at the PGA Championship on Friday while a slew of big-name players in contention had yet to tee off.

Li Haotong, Tommy Fleetwood and Paul Casey have proven that low scores are attainable during the second round of the PGA Championship ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Haotong Li is the first player to reach 6 under par at the PGA Championship.

The 2020 WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational will take place on Thursday from TPC Southwind in Memphis Tennessee. The field of golfers is stacked this weekend including the new world #1 Jon Rah…

The 2020 WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational will take place on Thursday from TPC Southwind in Memphis Tennessee. The field of golfers is stacked this weekend including the new world #1 Jon Rah…

Li Haotong is relishing the prospect of teeing it up in a 'second home' this week as the DP World Tour returns to Singapore where Gary Hurley, John Murphy and Tom McKibbin are all in action https://t.co/ocJz2fzV2j

Taiga Semikawa (far left), Ryan Fox (second left), Li Haotong (second right) and Adri Arnaus during the Singapore Classic trophy unveiling at Gardens By The Bay. Picture by Getty Images. Singapore: Four Singapore Classic stars enjoyed the sights at https://t.co/DjCe0UWO0s https://t.co/MyvxJ97h4k

RT @STsportsdesk: Golf: China’s Li Haotong set to tee off at Singapore Classic https://t.co/nbUwEZB5DZ

Golf: China’s Li Haotong set to tee off at Singapore Classic https://t.co/nbUwEZB5DZ

Haotong Li beat Thomas Pieters 6 months ago at the BMW Open. Has struggled a lot since and fired an opening round 84 today, rough..

Haotong Li is broken again

RT @bschneid117: This is even worse than Haotong Li!! Y’all did my boy @_dennymccarthy dirty!! Practice swings, no intention to hit the bal…

"Search to Pass Messages for Temporal Knowledge Graph Completion", Zhen Wang, Haotong Du, Quanming Yao, Xuelong Li https://t.co/GN6ZLZ6GXR

RT @AmateurStatus: 2019 seems like a lifetime ago...Bryson singing with fake fans, Cam calling Reed a cheater, Reed's caddie punching a fan…

RT @AmateurStatus: 2019 seems like a lifetime ago...Bryson singing with fake fans, Cam calling Reed a cheater, Reed's caddie punching a fan…

2019 seems like a lifetime ago...Bryson singing with fake fans, Cam calling Reed a cheater, Reed's caddie punching a fan, Haotong Li playing out of turn, Sungjae exploding onto the scene...it may be lopsided, but excited for what's in store for this year's Presidents Cup

Looking at 2019 results I forgot how comically bad Haotong Li was. Not just his record but the fact that he was hitting shots out of turn This team is bad but the 19' team was worse than I remembered: Li, An, Pan, Hadwin US wont lose but I may be underestimating the opponent

#RequestABet Haotong Li to have a commentator apologise if an obscenity is heard by him at the #BMWPGA

Haotong Li: "I've put in a lot of work" | Presidents Cup Profiles https://t.co/kXOwo4N3Zy

RT @TomJacobs93: Do not think racism comes into it, but do think people don’t understand the impact properly. Getting Hideki, Lahiri and…

Do not think racism comes into it, but do think people don’t understand the impact properly. Getting Hideki, Lahiri and Haotong Li would have/could still be true. India and China the two most populous countries on earth, Japan 11th, the latter with a huge appetite for golf. https://t.co/VMhg2A42YY