Friday Cut Line: Arnold Palmer Invitational

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Trevor Immelman chipped in for par on his final hole in the first round and rode the momentum again on Friday, moving from a tie for 82nd to making the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard.

Sizzling back nine Friday left Trevor Immelman safe for the weekend. (Condon/PGA TOUR/WireImage)

Immelman fired a 6-under 64 in the second round that included a sizzling 31 on the back nine at the Bay Hill Club to move into a tie for 16th at the midway point of the $5.8 million event. He is tied with Niclas Fasth, Alex Cejka and Dustin Johnson at 3 under, six strokes off the pace being set by defending champion Vijay Singh.

• Other players who made a big move on Friday to make the cut were Brian Davis, Tom Pernice Jr., Paul Goydos, Steve Elkington and Steve Marino. Davis made the biggest move, matching Immelman's 64 to move from 101st after the first round into a tie for 29th.

• Pernice and Goydos were tied for 82nd after shooting 73s on Thursday. But rounds of 66 and 67, respectively, propelled them into the weekend, where Pernice will start in a tie for 29th and Goydos sharing 38th.

• Ellkington and Marino, on the other hand, didn't have any room to spare. The two were tied for 61st -- on the cut line at 2-over 142 after rounds of 68 and 67, respectively. Elkington started the second round in a tie for 92nd while Marino, who made five birdies and a double bogey on Friday, shared 101st.

• On the opposite end of the spectrum, a pair of 75s on Friday sent Rocco Mediate and Nicholas Thompson plummeting down the leaderboard. Both started the second round tied for 12th but ended up missing the cut by a single stroke.

• A total of 71 players made the cut.