Thomas Detry and Dustin Johnson each posted matching totals of 10-under at the halfway stage to lead the way for 4Aces, with Detry backing up his Round 1 66 with a 6-under 64 and Johnson following his 64 with a 4-under 66. Thomas Pieters added a 5-under 65 to move to 9-under for the tournament, giving the team three players inside the top five individually.
Detry and Pieters, who have played alongside each other since their junior golf days, were grouped together for the second round and were able to build some momentum while playing in the same group.
“We generally feed off each other,” Detry said. “I felt like he was pretty much ahead the whole day, so I was sort of catching up on him and was just trying to make birdies.”
Johnson has been one of the most efficient ball-strikers in the field through two rounds, ranking first in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach (+4.49) and fifth in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (+1.76). He’s chasing what would be a fourth LIV Golf win in the United States, the most of any player in the League.
Torque GC sits second in the Team Championship at 26-under, powered by Abraham Ancer’s 5-under 65. Ancer strung together birdies on holes 11 through 16 before a double bogey, and he now sits two back of the individual lead.
“Everything I do out on the golf course, I try just to stay in the moment, try to just focus on the shot that I have in front of me,” Ancer said. “It’s Friday; we’re just halfway there. I feel really good about where my game is at.”
Ancer added that the team is hungry to close out the season with a title, calling the group “a bit frustrated” with its results so far in 2026 but confident it can still make a run at the Team Championship in the final regular-season event.
HyFlyers GC and Ripper GC are tied for third in the team standings at 25-under. HyFlyers got a career-best round from Michael La Sasso, who fired a 10-under 60 to jump into a share of fifth individually at 9-under. The former NCAA champion has quietly worked his way back into form after a challenging season without Phil Mickelson in the HyFlyers lineup.
Individually, Lee leads at 11-under after backing up his opening 63 with a 4-under 66. Detry, Johnson and Round 1 leader Laurie Canter are tied for second at 10-under, with Canter’s 68 on Friday coming after his career-low 62 to open the tournament.
A crowded group at 9-under 131 fills out the rest of the top 10, including Pieters, Ancer, La Sasso, Torque GC Captain Joaquín Niemann, Matthew Wolff, Lee Westwood and Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith.
Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau sits T15 at 7-under, still well within striking distance as the tournament turns to the weekend with the Indianapolis title, the Team Championship and the final two spots on the season-long Individual Championship podium all still up for grabs.
Individual Top 5
1. Richard T. Lee, Wild Card (-11, 63-66)
T2. Thomas Detry, 4Aces GC (-10, 66-64)
T2. Dustin Johnson, 4Aces GC (-10, 64-66)
T2. Laurie Canter, Majesticks Golf Club (-10, 62-68)
T5. Thomas Pieters, 4Aces GC (-9, 66-65)
T5. Abe Ancer, Torque GC (-9, 66-65)
T5. Michael La Sasso, HyFlyers GC (-9, 71-60)
T5. Joaquín Niemann, Torque GC (-9, 64-67)
T5. Matt Wolff, RangeGoats Golf Club (-9, 66-76)
T5. Lee Westwood, Majesticks Golf Club (-9, 64-67)
T5. Cam Smith, Ripper GC (-9, 63-68)
Team Top 5
1. 4Aces GC (-31) – Johnson (64-66), Detry (66-64), Pieters (66-65), Kim (71-67)
2. Torque GC (-26) – Niemann (64-67), Ancer (66-65), Ortiz (68-67), Muñoz (70-67)
T3. HyFlyers GC (-25) – Steele (64-68), Tringale (68-70), Vincent (66-68), La Sasso (71-60)
T3. Ripper GC (-25) – Smith (63-68), Herbert (66-69), Leishman (66-67), Smyth (70-66)
T3. Majesticks Golf Club (-25) – Westwood (64-67), Poulter (68-66), Canter (62-68), Horsfield (69-71)
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