Children's Miracle Network Classic: Second-Round Notebook  PGA TOUR Staff LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Due to wet conditions on both golf courses, players played preferred lies for both the first and second rounds. This is the ninth event on the 2007 PGA TOUR in which players have played preferred lies.  Second-round leader Scott Verplank has yet to make a bogey through 36 holes. (Cannon/WireImage)
• The leader Scott Verplank's 36-hole total of 12-under-par 132 is the highest 36-hole score to lead at the Children's Miracle Network Classic since 1999, when Jim Carter, Bob Tway, and eventual champion Tiger Woods tallied the same score at the halfway point. Verplank has held or shared the halfway lead nine times over his career, and has converted two of those leads into victories. They came in the 1988 Western Open (which he won as an amateur) and the 1990 Bank of Boston Classic. • Scott Verplank has now made 12 consecutive cuts at the Children's Miracle Network Classic, the longest active tournament streak. The most consecutive cuts made in tournament history are shared by John Cook, Paul Azinger and Larry Mize at 13. • In 12 previous starts at the Children's Miracle Network Classic, Scott Verplank has two top-10s, a tie for second in 2003 and a tie for fourth in 2000. • Sean O'Hair (Nos. 1 and 7, Palm Course) and Steve Marino (Nos. 1 and 7, Palm Course) both recorded two eagles on Friday. • Jason Dufner (tied for 35th) went 6 under par on Nos. 11-15 with a birdie-eagle streak (B-B-B-E-B) on the Palm Course in the second round. • Stephen Ames (tied for second) birdied the first seven holes of his back nine (Nos. 1-7) on Friday en route to a 9-under-par 63 on the Palm Course. He matched Briny Baird (2003, Palm, Round 2) and Bert Yancey (1972, Magnolia, Round 3) for longest birdie streak in tournament history. Baird's seven birdies began with an eagle for a total of 9 under par for eight holes. It also matched Mark Wilson (the Memorial Tournament, Round 3) for most consecutive birdies in 2007. • After entering this week's action No. 210 on the PGA TOUR Money List, Tag Ridings sits tied for second after 36 holes after opening with rounds of 67-66--133. He secured his PGA TOUR card in the final full-field TOUR event in both 2004 and 2005. In 2004, Ridings posted a final-round 64 at the Chrysler Championship to finish tied for 11th and jump from No. 137 to No. 125. The final-round 64 included birdies on seven of his final 10 holes. In 2005, after entering the week No. 126 on the money list at the Chrysler Championship, Ridings finished tied for third to earn $216,164 and jump to No. 101 on the money list with $796,883. • Last year, at the second-to-last full-field of the year, here at Walt Disney World, Tag Ridings was solo second through 36 holes, sitting No. 150 on the PGA TOUR Money List. He went on to finish tied for 43rd and finish No. 149 after the following week's Chrysler Championship.
• Billy Andrade (tied for 67th), who has finished among the top 125 for 18 consecutive seasons (1989-2006), made the cut on the number at 3 under par. Andrade is No. 148 on the PGA TOUR Money List and needs a top-3 finish to have the opportunity to extend his streak to 19 consecutive years inside the top 125. • Last week's PGA TOUR winner Daniel Chopra posted a 4-under-par 68 on the Magnolia Course on Friday and sits tied for 58th entering the weekend. Defending champion Joe Durant (also tied for 58th) made the cut at 4-under-par 140. • Second-year PGA TOUR player Jeff Overton (tied for 13th) has made the most of his No. 126-150 status in 2007. The former Indiana University All-America has played in 19 TOUR events and has made 11 cuts, and sits No. 117 on the PGA TOUR Money List with $855,530. • The 89 players to make the 36-hole cut was the largest number to play on the weekend since 90 made the cut at the 2006 Frys.com Open. |
