WGC-CA Championship: Second-Round Notebook

By John Bush, PGA TOUR Staff

DORAL, Fla. -- Due to the threat of afternoon thunderstorms, tee times have been moved up for Saturday's third round with threesomes playing off of split tees between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m.

Two late bogeys kept Adam Scott just off the lead. (Cannon/WireImage)

Inside the Numbers

36-Hole Leaderboard

Player Score 1. Geoff Ogilvy 132 -12 2. Tiger Woods 133 -11 3. Adam Scott 135 -9 T4. Robert Karlsson 138 -6 T4. Jeev M. Singh 138 -6 T4. Anders Hansen 138 -6 T7. Miguel A. Jimenez 139 -5 T7. Steve Stricker 139 -5 T7. Mark Calcavecchia 139 -5

• Geoff Ogilvy (65-67--132) posted his second consecutive bogey-free round Friday to take a one-shot lead over Tiger Woods. It represents just the second 36-hole lead of Ogilvy's career in a PGA TOUR event, with the first leading to a win at the 2005 Chrysler Classic of Tucson. Ogilvy finished in a tie for third and four strokes behind Woods in the WGC-CA Championship a year ago.

• In 2008, the second-round leader/co-leader has won five of 11 stroke-play events on the PGA TOUR, with the most recent being Phil Mickelson's victory at the Northern Trust Open. At the WGC-CA Championship, the second-round leader/co-leader has won six of eight times, including Ernie Els' victory in 2004 and Tiger Woods' wins in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007.

• Tiger Woods posted the round of the day with a 6-under 66, falling just one stroke shy of holding the lead for the 19th time in 34 rounds at the WGC-CA Championship.

• Six countries are represented among the top nine players on the leaderboard, including the United States (Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Mark Calcavecchia), Australia (Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott), Denmark (Anders Hansen), India (Jeev Singh), Spain (Miguel Angel Jimenez) and Sweden (Robert Karlsson).

• Despite a double bogey on his final hole, 11-time international winner Jeev Milkha Singh (70) moved into the top five on the leaderboard at 6-under 138. Singh is making the 18th start of his career on the PGA TOUR and is hoping to top a career-best tie for 28th he posted at the 2007 WGC-CA Championship.

• Tiger Woods eagled Nos. 1 and 12 on Friday to become the first player in the field with two eagles in a round this week. It represents the first time since the 2007 Buick Invitational that Woods has performed the feat. Overall, there have been 13 eagles so far this week, compared to just 12 the entire tournament a year ago.

• Of the 25 players making their first appearance at the WGC-CA Championship, Andres Romero and Chapchai Nirat are currently in the best position at 4-under 140. Both players are hoping to become the first player to win a WGC event in his first start since Jeff Maggert claimed the inaugural 1999 Accenture Match Play Championship.

• All three past champions of the WGC-CA Championship are participating this week, including six-time winner Tiger Woods (second), Mike Weir (tie for 32nd) and Ernie Els (tie for 72nd).

• The second-round course average at the par-72 Doral Golf Resort & Spa's Blue Course was 72.329. The toughest hole on Friday was the par-4 18th hole with a 4.544 average. That hole ranked as the hardest hole on TOUR in 2004 and 2007.

• Geoff Ogilvy (67) and Vijay Singh (68) managed the only bogey-free rounds on Friday, bringing the total of such rounds to four this week. Ogilvy has played his first 36 holes without a bogey.