World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler carded the low round with a 9-under 61. He made 11 birdies and two bogeys. Scheffler became the ninth player on TOUR in the ShotLink Era since 2003 to score 61 or better with multiple bogeys or worse in the same round. Justin Rose last achieved this feat with a final-round 60 at the 2022 RBC Canadian Open.

Scheffler opened the second round with five consecutive birdies on holes 1–5. This run produced a front-nine score of 30. He tied the tournament course record, previously recorded by four players. Justin Rose set the most recent mark during the 2023 third round.

Scheffler's previous best 18-hole score at TPC Southwind was 65, which he recorded four times. This 61 surpassed that mark significantly.

Scheffler has now shot 61 or better four times in his PGA TOUR career across 638 total rounds. In 2020, he shot 59 in the FedEx St. Jude Championship second round at TPC Boston, finishing T4. During the 2026 Travelers Championship second round, he shot 60 and finished second in a playoff. At the 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson first round, he shot 61 and won the event. Most recently, he shot 61 in the 2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship second round.

Scheffler led all players in the second round in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green at 3.479. He also led in Strokes Gained: Putting at 3.868.

Through two rounds, Scheffler leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green at 6.642. He also leads in total birdies with 14, while the next best is 13 by Sungjae Im.

In six prior starts in the FedEx St. Jude Championship, Scheffler recorded three finishes of T4 or better. These include a T3 in 2025, a fourth-place finish in 2024, and a T4 in 2020.

Ludvig Åberg (4th/-7) records seven birdies against a double bogey at the par-3 11th for a second-round 65, his best score in 10 career rounds at TPC Southwind; No. 10 in the FedExCup standings, the two-time PGA TOUR winner owns seven top-10 finishes in 17 starts this season, highlighted by a T3 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Jordan Spieth (T5/-6) sits inside the top five after rounds of 65 and 69; seeking his first BMW Championship appearance since 2023, entered the week No. 54 in the FedExCup standings and currently projected to climb to No. 44. Matti Schmid (T54/+3) aces the 173-yard par-3 fourth at TPC Southwind, his first career hole-in-one on TOUR (113 starts). Robert MacIntyre withdrew prior to the second round.