THE PLAYERS: Second-round notebook

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Wind activity in round two:
9 a.m.: 80F Winds: SW 10-15 mph
10 a.m.: 82F Winds: WSW 10-20 mph
11 a.m.: 84F Winds: WSW 10-20 gusting to 29 mph
Noon: 86F Winds: WSW 15-20 gusting to 32 mph
1 p.m.: 89F Winds: SW 15-20 gusting to 33 mph
2 p.m.: 90F Winds: WSW 15-20 gusting to 31 mph
3 p.m.: 92F Winds: W 15-25 gusting to 31 mph
4 p.m.: 92F Winds: W 15-25 gusting to 35 mph
5 p.m.: 89F Winds: WSW 15-25 gusting to 35 mph

• The 36-hole cut fell at 3-over 147, with 74 players making it to the weekend. This marks the 14th straight PGA TOUR event (excluding Wrld Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play and World Golf Championships-CA Championship, which has no cut) this year where the cut has been at even par or higher. The last TOUR event to have a below-par cut was the FBR Open, where the 36-hole cut was 2-under 140.

• Kenny Perry, who will turn 48 on August 10, fired a second-round 2-under-par 70 to get to 6-under-par 138 after two rounds and take a one-stroke lead over Bernhard Langer, Paul Goydos and Sergio Garcia. Perry becomes the first player in his 40s to hold sole possession of the 36-hole PLAYERS lead since a then-42-year-old Hal Sutton did so in 2000, where he eventually won.

• Kenny Perry has held or shared the second-round lead 15 times in his career. He has gone on to win six times. The last time he held or shared the lead was at this year's FBR Open, where he finished tied for 17th.

• Playing in his 10th PLAYERS Championship, 43-year-old Paul Goydos fired a 1-under-par 71 to begin the weekend one stroke off the lead. Goydos' best finish at the PLAYERS Championship to date is a tie for 38th (1999).

• Sergio Garcia carded a double-bogey (not involving water) at the par-3 17th hole en route to a 1-over-par 73. He will head into the weekend one shot off Kenny Perry's lead. In 2006, Garcia began the PLAYERS Championship two off the lead after 36 holes, ultimately to finish tied for 14th.

• After 36 holes, a total of 38 balls have been hit into the water on the 17th hole.

• Playing in his 23rd PLAYERS Championship, 50-year-old Bernhard Langer fired a second-round 67 to begin the weekend just a single shot off the lead. Langer has played in nine events on the Champions Tour in 2008, having won the Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort in March. His only other start on the PGA TOUR came with a missed cut at the Masters. Langer and Davis Love III are second to only Fred Couples in number of PLAYERS Championship starts. Couples is competing this week in his 25th, while Langer and Love III are competing in their 23rd.

• Bernhard Langer (72-67) made the cut to push his career total to 21 cuts made at THE PLAYERS. Tom Kite is the all-time leader in that category with 23 cuts made, followed by Tom Watson at 21 and Nick Price at 19.

• Bernhard Langer will be 50 years, 8 months, and 14 days old this Sunday. Should he win, he would be the fifth-oldest winner in PGA TOUR history, trailing only Sam Snead (1965 Greensboro Open -- 52 years, 10 months, 8 days), Art Wall (1975 Greater Milwaukee Open -- 51 years, 7 months, 10 days), Jim Barnes (1937 Long Island Open -- 51 years, 3 months, 7 days), and John Barnum (51 years, months, 5 days).

• There was not a player in his 30s in the top-5 after 36 holes. Sergio Garcia (tied for second), and Anthony Kim (fifth) are each in their 20s. Kenny Perry (first) and Paul Goydos (tied for second) represent 40-somethings, while Bernhard Langer (tied for second) turns 51 in August. Two of the past three PLAYERS champions have been in their 40s. In 2005, Fred Funk won at the age of 48. The following year, Stephen Ames won at the age of 41.

• Robert Garrigus recorded the 28th hole-in-one in THE PLAYERS Championship history and the 24th at TPC Sawgrass on Friday when he aced the 164-yard par-3 13th with an 8-iron. This is the first hole-in-one at THE PLAYERS since Fred Couples aced the same hole in the final round in 2006. In addition, the last seven holes-in-one at this event have occurred on No. 13, dating back to Craig Stadler's in the third round in 2002.

• In the last 10 PLAYERS Championships, only Phil Mickelson (2007) and Hal Sutton (2000) have managed to turn a 36-hole lead into victory. In the 34-year history of THE PLAYERS Championship, the 36-hole leader has gone on to win the tournament only eight times.

• Anthony Kim (70-70--140, fifth place) found little success at TPC Sawgrass last year as a rookie with rounds of 78-83--161, which left him last in the field after the 36-hole cut.

• An interesting note about eagles at the PLAYERS Stadium Course, there has never been an eagle recorded at the par-4 seventh hole until Thursday when Rich Beem made eagle from 132 yards.

• In round two, the par-4 18th hole played as the toughest. While surrendering only 14 birdies, it claimed 63 bogeys or worse. Coming off a third-place finish at last week's Wachovia Championship, Jason Bohn made one of those 14 birdies to keep his job for the weekend.

• The easiest ranked hole in round two was the 523-yard, par-5 16th, which gave up two eagles, 67 birdies, and took only 13 bogeys.

• Fifteen players are making their first start at THE PLAYERS and seven are playing on the weekend. See list below:

• Briny Baird continued his solid play of late on Friday with a round of 1-under 71. Baird is tied for seventh through 36 holes, a position he is getting rather comfortable with at the halfway point. Twice in his past five PGA TOUR starts, Baird has found himself within the top-5 through 36 holes: winner, Zurich Classic of New Orleans; tie for fourth, Puerto Rico Open.