By Scottie Scheffler standards, his second round at Quail Hollow wasn't quite scintillating—his 68 moved him to give five under through 36 holes at the PGA Championship—but it was exactly what he needed.

Following an 18-hole stretch at the 107th playing of the PGA Championship highlighted by mud balls that led to differing opinions and plenty of clubhouse controversy, Round 2 was highlighted by a man rising up the leaderboard who has dealt with his fair share of adversity.

Scottie Scheffler wasn't paying attention to all the drama next to him in a star-power group or ahead of him on the leaderboard Friday at the PGA Championship. Scheffler kept doing his best with the swing he had,