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By Joe Chemycz
PGA TOUR Media Official

• The format for the week has teams playing Four-Ball (Better Ball) in the first and third rounds. The second and fourth rounds will be Foursomes (Alternate Shot).

Ian Poulter and Justin Rose trail by just one shot. (Franklin/Getty Images)

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• Friday's weather -- mostly sunny skies and a high temperature of 76 degrees.

• The United States team of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum tried to take advantage of Weekley's distance off the tee, having the 2007 Verizon Heritage winner tee off on the odd-numbered holes. All five of the Olazabal course par-5s are odd-numbered (Nos. 3, 7, 9, 11 and 15). The team wound up making birdies on four of the five par-5s along with a birdie on the par-4 opening hole.

• After only a dozen bogeys were made during the opening round of four-ball, a total of 83 were made during Friday's foursomes. The second round included eight double-bogeys, a triple-bogey (China) and an "other." The highest score so far has come from New Zealand, which posted a quintuple-bogey 9 on the par-4, 14th hole on Friday.

• No team in the field has been bogey-free for the first 36 holes. Argentina (65-70) suffered a bogey on the final hole Friday to finish at 9-under par. England (63-68) bogeyed the 17th hole later in the day and wound up at 13-under and one shot back of the leaders.

• Here are the standings and how they relate to the latest Official World Golf Ranking of players:

1. -14 UNITED STATES: Boo Weekley (43), Heath Slocum (70)

T2. -13 ENGLAND: Justin Rose (8), Ian Poulter (20)

T2. -13 SCOTLAND: Colin Montgomerie (56), Marc Warren (148)

4. -12 SOUTH AFRICA: Trevor Immelman (22), Retief Goosen (25)

• How important is having the second-round lead in this event? Since 2000, three of the previous seven champions have held the lead at the halfway point and all have come in the past four years. South Africa (2003) and England (2004) had the lead outright and Wales (2005) shared the lead after 36 holes before going on to win.

• The 14-under-par score by the leaders from the USA is the third-lowest 36-hole score to lead this event since 2000. The previous low came in 2003 when South Africa (Immelman, Sabbatini) was at 5-under through the first two rounds at Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The winning score that year was only 13-under. Last year in Barbados, Argentina (Romero, Cabrera) was at 11-under after two rounds.