Gary Woodland has picked up an early birdie to join Thorbjorn Olesen in second at four under, four behind clubhouse leader Kisner. Olesen is about to begin his second round as drops of rain begin to fall. No thunder please, we would like to finish this at the scheduled time, which is late enough as it is.

A par four for Spieth at the first and he remains at one over but former world number one Luke Donald is unlikely to be here for the weekend, the 39-year-old, now ranked 95th, with two dropped shots and a birdie on each nine in a 73 to close on seven over.

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It's not to be for Phil fans this week, Mickelson carding a 74 today to finish 11 over for the Championship. Three birdies at least today for Phil but it will be a big loss for the weekend.

So Kevin Kisner safely in the hutch at eight under after two rounds of 67 but DA Points, who was only one back at one point, has had successive double bogeys and is only one under.

Our evening featured group is the major winners, Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka and Open champion Jordan Spieth, seeking to complete that set of all four major titles. Sergio is four over, Spieth one over and Koepka three under and it's all smiles and back slaps as they make their way down the first fairway like three lads on a stag weekend.

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Rose is going to have to hope for the weather to deteriorate because he has bogeyed the final hole to finish at six over after a round of 72. A 74 for Kuchar and he is three over for the Championship. The projected cut is still four over.

Diane Knox
BBC Radio 5 live reporter at Quail Hollow

Spectators pose with the Wanamaker Trophy at the course.

It's not the actual trophy presented to the winner. Obviously.

Jay Townsend
BBC Radio 5 live golf expert

That's a massive eagle from Kevin Kisner. What do we know about him?

Well, he's from this part of the country - he from over the border in South Carolina and he went to college in Georgia which means he is very used to playing on Bermuda grass.

To do it well takes a certain technique around the greens for chipping and pitching. Kisner has that - he even said yesterday how comfortable he feels out here.

Do I think he will be up there on his own come Sunday? No. But at eight under he will take some catching.

He can go low - he has already shot a 60 this season at the Sony Open in Hawaii, and his form in the past couple of years has been good, winning twice on the PGA Tour and earning more than $7m in prize money.

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Kevin Kisner:

*Turned pro 2006, on PGA Tour 2011

*Two PGA Tour victories

*First college golfer from University of Georgia to be named All American four times.

It's an accomplished 70 for Fowler, with that prominent Olympic rings tattoo on his forearm. His halfway total of three under leaves him very handily placed, five shots the current gap to leader Kisner, who has one to play.

A drive and a wedge for McIlroy at the ninth, his final hole, playing a couple of yards under 500 today. It leaves him with an eight foot putt and the birdie chance hangs over the edge of the cup. He waits, like Sam Torrance at the Belfry all those years ago, but the little white pellet stays above ground. Two over will keep Rory in employment for the weekend though.

Have Rose's hopes wilted? A 10-foot birdie chance at the eighth, his penultimate hole, misses on the left and he remains five over, with the projected cut at plus four.

Rishi Persad
BBC TV reporter at Quail Hollow

It's hot and humid. The greens are even faster and you are going to have to putt pretty well.

McIlroy has just hit his drive 365 yards down the middle at the 505-yard par four ninth, his closing hole. I couldn't hit that far in two shots. That drive is 53 yards beyond playing partner Fowler, though the American is five shots better off for the Championship.

What a performance from Kisner. Following on from his first day 67 he has dropped only one shot today and has just eagled the seventh, his 16th, to open a three-shot lead.

But Justin Rose could miss out on the final two rounds, his six foot birdie chance at the par five slides by on the right and he remains five over, one shot the wrong side of the projected cut.

DA Points is only one off the lead now, the 40-year-old world number 228 is five under with three holes to negotiate.

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A 320-yard drive from McIlroy leaves him only 40 yards to the green at the eighth and he pitches to four feet for a second successive birdie. That should be enough to keep him employed for the weekend shouldn't it? One hole to play.

Diane Knox
BBC Radio 5 live reporter at Quail Hollow

Big fans have been helping keep spectators cool at Quail Hollow.

It's overcast but extremely hot and muggy. Storms forecast for around 3pm our time (20:00 BST).

There are still a number of groups yet to tee off and here is a selection:

18:15 T Fleetwood (Eng), J Thomas, P Reed

18:25 B Watson, C Schwartzel (SA), P Casey (Eng)

18:35 S Garcia (Spa), B Koepka, J Spieth

18:45 J Day (Aus), D Johnson, H Stenson (Swe)

19:00* T Olesen (Den), B Steele, H Swafford

19:05 Z Johnson, L Westwood (Eng), C Hoffman