Aaron Rai was 7-under 63 in the first round and he was 6-under through 13 holes in the second. He was one shot behind Cameron Young (63 and 7-under through 15 in the second) at the Sedgefield Country Club
Collin Morikawa grabbed his sixth PGA TOUR title at the Zozo Championship but it was his first since the 2021 Open Championship and first worldwide victory since the 2021 DP World Tour Championship. The win came in his 99th start at the age of 26 years, 8 months, 16 days.
Tom Kim's successful defence was memorable given the fact that he was forced to miss his Wyndham Championship defence in August due to an ankle injury.