Dean Burmester’s 11-under total is four off the lead held by Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa.
Dean Burmester moved up 16 places with a four-under score in round two of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club.
Golf world number one Scottie Scheffler was handcuffed by police early Friday, according to video footage and media reports, after allegedly trying to drive around traffic controls outside the PGA Championship.
Fans cheered as World No 1 Scottie Scheffler walked through the rain onto the course just before he struck his first shot of the second round of the PGA Championship.
Dean Burmester was the top-placed South African on two-under 69 after day one of the PGA Championship.
Legendary SA golf icon Gary Player said that a dominant force like world number one Scottie Scheffler, like Tiger Woods was in the 2000s, could only benefit the game.
Defending champion Brooks Koepka won his fifth major title and third PGA Championship last year at Oak Hill, the first major win by an active LIV Golf player. There are 16 LIV players in this week's field of 156.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout will lead the five-man SA player charge at the PGA Championship.
As the PGA Championship starts on Thursday, new dad Scottie Scheffler remains the favourite while the in-form Rory McIlroy on Monday filed for divorce.