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Cameron Percy extends 36-hole lead to three strokes at ISPS HANDA Senior Open
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Australian Cameron Percy extends his advantage to three strokes at the halfway point of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open after carding a 2-under 68 in the second round at Gleneagles’ Kings Course. The cutline sits at 5-over, with 79 players making the weekend out of 144.
Cameron Percy, 63-68 – 131 (-9)
- The 52-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (52nd start).
- Best finish: 2nd/T2 (three times)
- 2nd (2025 Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS)
- 2nd (2025 Stifel Charity Classic) – lost in a playoff
- T2 (2025 Principal Charity Classic) – lost in a playoff
- This is his third time leading/co-leading after 36 holes in a senior major (0-for-2).
- Co-led at the 2025 Senior PGA Championship (finished 7th).
- Led at the 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship (finished T5).
- Matched his low 36-hole score in an individual stroke play event on PGA TOUR Champions (131).
- Looks to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR Champions.
- Previous instance: Steven Alker (2025 Simmons Bank Championship)
- Previous instance in a senior major: Steve Stricker (2022 Regions Tradition)
- Previous instance at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open: Bernhard Langer (2014)
- Matched the largest 36-hole lead of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR Champions (3 strokes).
- Last 36-hole lead of 3 strokes or more in a senior major: 3 strokes (Padraig Harrington, 2023 Senior PGA Championship) – finished 2nd (lost in a playoff).
- Last 36-hole lead of 3 strokes or more at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open: 7 strokes (Bernhard Langer, 2014) – Won.
Other notes
- 59-year-old Jerry Kelly (2nd) posted 68 and enters the weekend at 6-under.
- Seeks his 14th win on PGA TOUR Champions (207th start).
- Last win: 2025 Mitsubishi Electric Classic
- Seeks his third senior major title (44th start).
- Previous wins: 2020 Kaulig Companies Championship, 2022 Kaulig Companies Championship.
- World Golf Hall of Fame member and two-time Open Champion (2002, 2012) Ernie Els (T3) is 4-under at the halfway point after shooting 71.
- Looks to become the sixth player to win both The Open and The Senior Open.
- Previous instances: Bob Charles, Gary Player, Tom Watson, Darren Clarke, Padraig Harrington
- Looks to become the sixth player to win both The Open and The Senior Open.
- 2016 Open Champion Henrik Stenson, who turned 50 years old on April 5, sits T3 at 4-under after a second consecutive 68.
- In two previous starts in PGA TOUR Champions events, Stenson finished T47 (2026 Senior PGA Championship) and T11 (2026 U.S. Senior Open).
- Matthew Cort (T14) carded the low round of the day with 3-under 67.
- Defending champion and World Golf Hall of Fame member Padraig Harrington sits T36 at 2-over. Harrington won The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008.
- Charles Schwab Cup leader and 2009 Open Champion Stewart Cink (T46) posted 72 and enters the weekend at 3-over.
