PGA Championship 2015: Predictions, Live Stream and TV Coverage Hub for Friday

If you had to assemble a sort of golf superteam to play in a high-stakes, four-day tournament—let's say, to save human civilization from malevolent attackers—who would you pick? 

Jordan Spieth would make a fine anchor based on his two major wins this year. You could also throw in world No. 1 Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler (who loves pressure situations) in the second and third rounds.

But who's the leadoff man? Well, Dustin Johnson might be your guy, based on his performances in opening rounds at majors in 2015, per ESPN Stats & Info:

Johnson again finds himself atop the leaderboard at six under after one round at the 2015 PGA Championship. The Whistling Straits golf course in Kohler, Wisconsin, has been kind to him thus far, but there's still plenty of golf left to play and a crowded, talented group at four under will be hot on Johnson's heels Friday.

As Johnson guns yet again for the first win at a golf major in his career, here's a look at the leaderboard and viewing info, followed by Friday predictions for some of the biggest stars in the tournament. 

2015 PGA Championship: Round 2 Viewing Info

Date: Friday, August 14

Time (TV): 2-8 p.m. ET

TV Coverage: TNT

Live Stream:  PGA.com

Note: A full list of tee times and groupings can be found at PGA.com.

Round 2 Predictions for Notable Names in Field

Dustin Johnson

While Johnson's opening-round efforts at majors this year have been spectacular, his second-round performances haven't been so bad, either. 

Major	Second Round Score	Place (After four rounds)
Masters	67	T6
U.S. Open	71	T2
The Open Championship	69	T49

Johnson kept his play very clean Thursday, stroking just one bogey on the No. 3 hole. An eagle on No. 16 after four straight holes at par was a sign of resolve and staying power from the tortured South Carolina man. 

Johnson's best finish at the PGA Championship was fifth place in 2010. It was a showing many golfers could only dream about, but it's one Johnson would likely rather wipe clean from his memory. His infamous gaffe was perhaps the earliest sign that majors were going to be especially tumultuous tournaments in his career.

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If you're searching for signs that Johnson will crack on Friday, don't look to the man's Thursday comments for answers. He's projected a relaxed vibe and presumably won't be overthinking things in the second round, as he was unable (or unwilling) to explain his early-round success at majors this year.

“I don’t know,” he said, via USA Today's Christine Brennan. “I think I’m just playing a little better this year. I don’t know, your guess is as good as mine.”

Here's more of Johnson's ultra-cool brand of boilerplate, via USA Today's Luke Kerr-Dineen:

Maybe it isn't nerves that dash Johnson's hopes so often in majors. Perhaps something cosmic and sinister and altogether unfair is in play. That might be the only way to explain his baffling three-putt choke job at the U.S. Open this year.

Johnson should be fine on Friday. What the weekend has in store for him is anyone's guess.

Prediction: Johnson stays atop leaderboard for another day.

Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth

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Speaking of players doling out laid-back responses at the PGA Championship, here's the world's top-ranked golfer, McIlroy, discussing his philosophical approach to this major, via CBS Sports' Kyle Porter: 

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No matter whether you win a golf tournament, people are going to get up on Monday morning and go to work and do their daily things and honestly not a lot of people care. That's something I can bring in with me this week, knowing that, 'OK, it's a big deal, but no matter what happens this week, only a very small percentage of the population really care.'

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This is very true, save for this year's British Open, which meant the general populace didn't get back to their life after golf and daily things until Tuesday thanks to weather delays. But in general, yes, Monday is back to the grind for most folks, and it's nice to hear McIlroy keep things in proper perspective.

Lest fans be concerned McIlroy lacks the passion or commitment to make good on his talent and opening-round 71, it's worth keeping in mind that he's pushed hard to make this tournament after suffering torn ankle ligaments in early July.

The Northern Irishman stumbled out of the gate Thursday with a bogey on the par-four No. 1 hole, but recovered and played well, all things considered. He kept pace with groupmate Spieth, who also hit 71 on Thursday. Both are tied for 24th with a host of other golfers, but ESPN.com's Bob Harig noted the winds were working against them on Day 1.

"McIlroy and Spieth played in the afternoon when scoring was more difficult as the wind picked up," Harig wrote. "The scoring average was approximately two strokes higher for those in the afternoon wave."

McIlroy did well to brave multiple elements and save par with this nifty shot, via PGA.com: 

Par was about all Spieth—who is looking to capture his third major this year and could take over the world No. 1 ranking if all goes well at Whistling Straits—could do on Thursday. He shot par on his first 10 holes before notching a bogey on the 11th and rebounding with birdies on the 12th and 16th holes.

It's a slow start for Spieth, but the 22-year-old Texan is having a season for the ages and has shown in previous tournaments he's able to bear down in the later rounds and tough out good results. FiveThirtyEight's Andrew Mooney did the math and found that Spieth's current season ranks among the PGA Tour's best ever, and he's proving to be even better than Tiger Woods was at this young age:

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We’re in the midst of Spieth’s age-22 season (for this analysis, I defined a player’s age as the oldest he was at any point during the season in question), and thus far, he’s been a lot better than Woods was at the same age. Woods’s average z-score of -0.95 in 1998 ranks outside the top 50 seasons of all time. Likewise, McIlroy’s average z-score in his age-22 season was -0.58, which didn’t even rank among the top performances of 2011, much less the best seasons ever. And Spieth’s rise could be even scarier for the rest of the tour, considering the leap taken by both McIlroy and Woods between the ages of 22 and 23.

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If conditions are favorable, both Spieth and McIlroy should move up in the standings on Friday, but expect a better performance from Spieth. McIlroy played well Thursday, but his ankle remains a question mark and could wear down as the tournament drags on.

Prediction: McIlroy shoots one under again, holds relatively steady in standings; Spieth moves into the top 10 with a strong showing.