Ginn sur Mer Classic: Second-round notebook

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PALM COAST, Fla. -- A total of five players did not finish their round as darkness settled in over the Conservatory Course, with play concluding at 6:56 p.m. Those players will be back in position on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. The list of players includes Martin Laird, Kenneth Ferrie, Rod Perry, Paul Claxton and Travis Perkins.

• The cut is projected to be at 2-over-par 146 when second-round play concludes Saturday morning.

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David Duval has nothed three of his five cuts made in 2008 during the Fall Series.

Duval through 36 holes

Stats Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Total Eagles -- 1 1 Birdies 4 4 8 Pars 11 10 21 Bogeys 3 3 6 Double bogeys -- -- 0 Other -- -- 0 Driving accuracy 57 71 64.3 Driving distance 284.0 293.0 288.5

• Ryan Palmer holds the lead after the second round at 6-under-par 138. Palmer, who is currently 143rd on the money list, has never led a PGA TOUR event after the second or third rounds. His lone TOUR victory came after a closing round 8-under 64 at the 2004 FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort. Palmer has held the first-round lead three different times on TOUR.

• Much has been written about the TOUR's Fall Series re-energizing the careers of players with world-class resumes. None would be bigger than if Jacksonville, Fla. native David Duval was able to notch his first win since the 2001 British Open. Duval, a former top-ranked player in the world, is two strokes off the lead at 4-under 140. Duval is tied for sixth with John Huston.

• Three of Duval's five cuts in 2008 have come in Fall Series events. Duval's best finish of the year was a tie for 22nd at the Viking Classic which was the first event of the Fall Series. He is currently 223rd on the money list.

• Other players that have re-energized their careers with wins in the Fall Series include Zach Johnson (2008 Valero Texas Open), Justin Leonard (2007 Valero Texas Open), Chad Campbell (2007 Viking Classic), Steve Flesch (2007 Turning Stone), Mike Weir (2007 Fry's Electronics) and Stephen Ames (2007 Children's Miracle Network Classic presented by Wal-Mart). Campbell, Weir and Leonard are three players who rode the momentum of their 2007 PGA TOUR Fall Series victories into spectacular 2008 seasons. Leonard went on to win at the 2008 Stanford St. Jude Championship and was teammates with Campbell on the victorious 2008 United States Ryder Cup team. Weir's successful 2008 season was capped off by a sixth-place finish in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.

• Aussie's Robert Allenby (Melbourne) and Peter Lonard (Sydney) find themselves tied for second with Ken Duke and first round co-leader Michael Letzig at 5-under-par 139 after the second round.

• Allenby is looking for his first PGA TOUR win since 2001 when he won two events, while Lonard notched his only TOUR victory at the 2005 MCI Heritage.

• Allenby, the highest ranked player in the field at No. 12 on the money list, recorded a 1-under 71 on Friday -- his 101st round of the season. Since missing the cut in his first start of the year at the Sony Open in Hawaii, Allenby has reeled off 26 consecutive made cuts on his way to a career-best $3,450,530.

• Lonard, currently at No. 72 on the TOUR money list, has now made 17 of 29 cuts this year with his top finish coming at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (second).

• Jeff Overton, currently No. 126 on the money list, made the cut just 10 days after undergoing an emergency appendectomy and is at even-par 144 after the second round. His nearest competitor on the money list was No. 125 Patrick Sheehan, who shot a 6-over-par 150 to miss the cut.

• Mark Wilson's up-and-down round of four bogeys and five birdies is even more frightening considering he was born on Halloween (October 31, 1974). Wilson is currently at even-par 144 after the first two rounds.

• Wesley Graham, playing on a sponsor's exemption, opened with a 1-over 73, but closed with a 8-over 80 to miss the cut. Graham, 18, is currently a freshman golfer at Florida State University.

• There have been 19 of 44 second round leaders/co-leaders who have gone on to win this year on the PGA TOUR, with the last coming by Marc Turnesa at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.