Round 2: PGA Championship

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The first groups are ready to tee off in the second round at the PGA Championship, and here's who we are following:

Groups We're Watching

Tee time Players   1:45 p.m. ET, Hole No. 1 Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington, Rich Beem Paddy went low while paired with Woods. Can Tiger take his next step to a wire-to-wire win? 1:15 p.m. ET, Hole No. 10 Robert Allenby, Graeme McDowell, Dustin Johnson McDowell and Allenby are sitting in the top 10 of the leaderboard after 18 holes, and Johnson sits at even-par. 8:35 a.m. ET, Hole No. 10 Phil Mickelson, David Toms, Paul Azinger While all eyes were understandably on Mickelson, Toms was the star performer of the first round (3 under, T3).

EXPERT PREVIEW: PGA TOUR on-site correspondent Brian Katrek previews Friday's round:

Friday's forecast

Mostly Sunny Temp: 93 high/70 low Sunny with only a few clouds. Winds from the southwest at 20 to 30 mph.

If Tiger keeps hitting 12 of 14 fairways for the rest of the week, he is going to be hard to beat. And, in my opinion, the better Padraig Harrington plays, the better chance of Tiger playing well. These two really seem to feed off each other. And that is strange because two of Harrington's biggest career achievements came without Tiger in the field at last year's PGA and British Open. The pair really never crossed paths too much before last week, and now they are both putting on quite a show.

There was a moment on the third green where Padraig might have been focusing just a little too much. The exit to the fourth tee is over on the left side of the green, and he got just a little lost. Tiger, Rich Beem, and the three caddies started walking one way, and the reigning Player of the Year headed the other. He didn't get too far though, before he realized that there wasn't too far to go in the direction he was headed. He smirked just a bit as he reversed course and got back on track. Plus, he was in a good mood after making birdie on the hole.

The golf course didn't look like the same place that took 6 inches of water in a 24-hour period of time less than a week ago. There was no standing water, and no mud to be found. But, there was also not too much release in the fairways. The greens were still a bit receptive as well. Look for things to continue to dry out if there is no additional rain on the weekend.

Stat of the Day

Tiger Woods has won four of six major championships that he has led after the first round. He has won 13 of 24 PGA TOUR events overall when leading after the first round.

The Film Room

PGA TOUR Today: August 14, 2009 Win McMurry updates action from the first round of the 2009 PGA Championship and previews what to watch for in the second round. Watch it Mickelson reflects on his first round 74 at the 2009 PGA Championship Phil Mickelson shot a disappointing 2-over par 74 in the first round of the 2009 PGA Championship. Lefty spoke of his problem and what he was going to do to remedy it. Watch it Woods on his first round 5-under 67 at Hazeltine Tiger Woods fired a 5-under par 67 in the first round of the 2009 PGA Championship. Following his day, Woods talked to the press about his day and how he's had to take advantage of his off days in the midst of playing three tournaments in a row. Watch it

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