Travelers Championship 2025: Second-round tee times, pairings Friday at TPC River Highlands

George Savaricas catches up with Xander Schauffele, Rickie Fowler, and other PGA Tour golfers to get their reaction to Brian Rolapp being named the PGA Tour's next CEO.
The PGA Tour's eighth and final signature event continues Friday with the Travelers Championship.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler and U.S. Open winner J.J. Spaun will go out early, at 10:35 a.m. EDT, while Rory McIlroy and U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley will be paired at 1:45 p.m. Golf Channel coverage begins at 3 p.m.
Here's a look at full second-round tee times and pairings at TPC River Highlands.
Daniel Berger
Sam Stevens
Jhonattan Vegas
Gary Woodland
Rickie Fowler
Michael Kim
Maverick McNealy
Ryan Gerard
Russell Henley
Nick Dunlap
Patrick Cantlay
Sungjae Im
Cam Davis
Alex Noren
Taylor Pendrith
Eric Cole
Thomas Detry
Si Woo Kim
Brian Harman
Akshay Bhatia
Sepp Straka
Aaron Rai
Shane Lowry
Denny McCarthy
J.T. Poston
Matt Fitzpatrick
Justin Thomas
Hideki Matsuyama
Xander Schauffele
Collin Morikawa
J.J. Spaun
Scottie Scheffler
Jordan Spieth
Luke Clanton
Andrew Novak
Jacob Bridgeman
Brian Campbell
Bud Cauley
Nick Taylor
Kevin Yu
Joe Highsmith
Tom Kim
Min Woo Lee
Harry Hall
Mackenzie Hughes
Matti Schmid
Tony Finau
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Wyndham Clark
Matthieu Pavon
Jason Day
Max Homa
Austin Eckroat
Byeong Hun An
Davis Thompson
Stephan Jaeger
Adam Hadwin
Max Greyserman
Tom Hoge
Tommy Fleetwood
Adam Scott
Cameron Young
Viktor Hovland
Robert MacIntyre
Ludvig Åberg
Sam Burns
Rory McIlroy
Keegan Bradley
Ryan Fox
Ben Griffin
Harris English
Lucas Glover

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