Deutsche Bank Championship, Round 2

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Sean O'Hair shot a 7-under 64 Saturday at TPC Boston, where he is 12 under through two rounds.

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WRAPPING UP ROUND 2 (6:40 p.m.): The first two rounds are in the books here at TPC Boston and the story on this superb Saturday was superb scoring. There were so many red numbers today, one of the standard bearers had to write a score in magic marker on his sign.

But if scores were low, what the group of Sean O'Hair-Jim Furyk-Retief Goosen have done here the first two days was subterranean. O'Hair, who owns a share of the lead with Furyk at 12 under, was 7 under today and he helped that trio combine to shoot 34 under through the first 36 holes here.

Furyk and Goosen were both 4 under on their rounds today and the way that trio has played it's no wonder why they're 3 of the 4 names atop the leaderboard at the halfway point.

With 36 holes to play, 20 players are within five shots of the lead. Even Steve Stricker, who was pretty much the only player near the top of the leaderboard to struggle today, isn't out of it yet despite a 1-over 72.

The tournament scoring record for this event is 22 under, which is what Vijay Singh shot on his way to winning last year. At 12 under through two rounds, we're ahead of that pace so far and with more perfect weather on the way, there's no reason to think the pace will slow down. Either way, expect more fireworks throughout this long Labor Day weekend. -- Brian Wacker

WEIR PLAYS WELL (6:30 p.m.): Mike Weir figures he made one mistake Saturday. Faced with a thin lie on his third shot at the par-5 seventh, he tried a bump-and-run that he hit too hard and landed on the fringe on the back side of the green. He then three-putted for bogey, his only one in an otherwise stellar 6-under 65 that leaves him just three shots off the pace going into Sunday's third round.

"It was a nice round," Weir said. "It was one of those rounds that was just pretty comfortable. ... Outside of (the seventh), I played really well and had a lot of chances and made some. It was a good day out there."

But then, he's used to having good days at TPC Boston. He tied the course record a year ago with a first-round 61 en route to finishing second behind Vijay Singh. Of Weir's 10 career rounds at the course, he has seven rounds of 68 or lower.

"I've just had good success around here and I see the shots well," Weir said. "I think anytime you play well on a golf course, it just sets you at ease a little bit, and starting the day I just felt comfortable." -- Mike McAllister

SCHOOL SPIRIT (6:20 p.m.): Several players who wear Nike attire donned their college colors on Saturday to celebrate the first weekend of the 2009 college football season.

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Woods and Cink sported their respective school's logos Saturday.

Among those wearing college shirts were: Tiger Woods (Stanford), Stewart Cink (Georgia Tech), Justin Leonard (Texas), Anthony Kim (Oklahoma) and Lucas Glover (Clemson).

Leonard said that Nike asked the players a month ago if they would be interested in wearing their school colors. "Of course we're all for it," Leonard said. "Most of us would do it every day of the week if we could. It was fun, attracted some attention out there, and we're just supporting our teams."

Kim, whose Sooners are playing right now against BYU, told the Associated Press earlier in the week, "I'm not going to say it was my idea. But I was the first to ask for that. And now it's happened." -- Mike McAllister

TIGER IN WITH A 67 (6:15 p.m.): The threesome of Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker and Heath Slocum -- the top three players ranked in the FedExCup points -- have just completed their second rounds.

Woods posted a solid 4-under 67, turning it on the back nine with four birdies and no bogeys. That leaves him at 5 under for the tournament, seven shots off the pace.

Stricker, the first-round co-leader after his 8-under 63, couldn't come close to maintaining that pace Saturday, shooting a 1-over 72 on a day in which he needed 32 putts.

Slocum, who vaulted from 124th to third after his win at The Barclays last week, followed that up with a disappointing performance at TPC Boston. He carded a 2-over 73 and, at even par for the tournament, is below the cut line. But thanks to the 2,500 points he received for winning at Liberty National, he is projected to remain in the top five in points. -- Mike McAllister

SENDEN ON HIS DOUBLE EAGLE (6 p.m.): John Senden didn't see his second shot on the par-5 second roll into the hole for a rare double eagle. But he didn't need to. He heard his 4-iron from 249 yards drop in.

"It looked to me like it was going to roll to the back of the green or just off the back," Senden said. "Then when I heard the cheers, I knew it was in the hole."

The double eagle is just the third on the PGA TOUR this year, and the second of Senden's career. The eight-year TOUR veteran, winner of the 2006 John Deere Classic, also had a double eagle early in his career in a satellite event in his native Australia.

Senden said he usually hits his 4-iron about 230 yards, but he knew that his shot would roll on the firm green late in the day.

"It probably went 5-10 percent farther than it should," he said.

The double-eagle helped vault Senden into a tie for fifth after his second-round 7-under 64. Currently 39th in FedExCup points, Senden is now in good shape to advance to next week's BMW Championship.

"These are important times in the Playoffs," he said. "I feel like I need to capitalize on the weekend to put me in good stead for the BMW." -- Mike McAllister

STRICKER SLIDE CONTINUES (5:30 p.m.): Not only has Steve Stricker seen his overnight lead evaporate, he's seen his name slide well down the leaderboard into a tie for 14th after his third bogey of the day and second in the last three holes.

The latest bogey for Stricker came on the par-3 16th, where he three-putted from 31 feet, 8 inches. Two holes earlier, Stricker bogeyed when he failed to get up-and-down from the bunker short of the green. -- Brian Wacker

STRICKER RUNNING OUT OF HOLES (5:10 p.m.): Steve Stricker started the day with the lead. From the looks of it, he's going to end it staring up at a bunch of names above him on the leaderboard.

That's what happens when you play even par while everyone else steps on the gas pedal on what is an absolute perfect day for scoring. Yet Stricker hasn't been able to take advantage of the conditions. He has just two birdies and two bogeys and has hit fewer fairways and greens in regulation than he did yesterday. He's also taken 25 putts through 15 holes. Yesterday, he needed just 25 putts for all 18 holes.

Stricker's playing partners aren't doing much to move up the leaderboard, either. Tiger Woods is just 2 under today, while Heath Slocum is on his way home at 2 over today and 4 over for the week. The second round is winding down alright and so are their chances to make birdies. -- Brian Wacker

WEIR MAKING LATE MOVE (4:50 p.m.): Through his first 14 holes, Mike Weir is a bogey-free 7 under for his round and has moved into a tie for third on the leaderboard at 10 under. He's birdied six of his last eight holes and produced a stretch of six consecutive one-putt holes.

No surprise that Weir has found his groove at TPC Boston. After all, he tied the course record of 10-under 61 in the first round last year on his way to a second-place finish.

Weir, who opened with a 68 on Friday, is looking for his first win since claiming the Fry's Electronic Open late in the 2007 season. -- Mike McAllister

FRONT-NINE FURY (4:33 p.m.): Ryuji Imada just toured the front nine in a 6-under 30. That ties for the lowest front nine shot at TPC Boston in Deutsche Bank history.

Adam Scott (second round, 2003), Tiger Woods (fourth round, 2006) and Mike Weir (first round, 2008) also carded 30s on the front nine.

Scott and Woods went on to win the tournament in those respective years, while Weir finished second last year. That's good news for Imada, who won the AT&T Classic last year in a playoff but doesn't have a top-10 finish this year. -- Mike McAllister

FAST FRIENDS (4:15 p.m.): Count Jim Furyk among Sean O'Hair's fans. The two played the first two rounds at TPC Boston together and are tied for the lead at 12 under. They will be teammates on the U.S. Presidents Cup Team next month, as well.

"His game is mature for a young player," Furyk said. "I think he's a good, solid person. He's got a lot of tools in his game. He's got some length. He hits the ball very well. He can shape it both ways. And he's got a pretty decent short game. He's only 27 years old, so he's got a lot of time to mature and get even better.

"He's got a good, solid game, and I'm happy for him. I know he's a hard worker, and being one myself, I like to see guys that go out there and grind it out and work hard week in and week out. I like to see those guys do well and succeed, and he's doing quite well." -- Helen Ross

O'HAIR HAPPY AGAIN (4 p.m.): Sean O'Hair, who won the Quail Hollow Championship earlier this year, has been frustrated by his play of late.

He finished 13th or better in eight of his first 10 starts, including a solo second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to go with his victory three weeks later. But the 27-year-old O'Hair hasn't cracked the top 10 since, and it was starting to wear on him.

Sure, he pulled a muscle in his forearm in May. He and his wife Jackie had their third child several weeks later, too. But O'Hair expects more from himself -- and the back-to-back 77s he shot last week at The Barclays were the final straw.

"You put a couple bad tournaments in there and then you kind of start losing your confidence a little bit," O'Hair said. "So I think a lot of it just had to do with mental. I think I've definitely been second guessing myself out there and doing a lot of searching instead of just trusting what I've been working on and sticking to it.

"My coach (Sean Foley) and I worked this week, and we just said, hey, you've got to get back on track. And my goal was really to be honest with you was to forget about the FedExCup, and Presidents Cup was my main goal. I just want to get back on track so I was ready for Presidents Cup."

If O'Hair can continue his red-hot play at TPC Boston, though, he's squarely in the FedExCup picture. He started the week ranked 16th in the standings, but a win come Labor Day would propel O'Hair to No. 2. -- Helen Ross

RYUJI ON A ROLL (3:50 p.m.): Ryuji Imada barely made it into this tournament, entering the week ranked 99th in the FedExCup standings. After yesterday's round of 74, it looked like his stay in Boston might be a short one, too.

What a difference a day makes. Imada has birdied six of his first seven holes today, moving him to 3 under for the week and well inside the cut line. Even though Imada is still projected to finish outside the top 70 in the FedExCup standings after this week, if he keeps playing like this he'll certainly have an opportunity to change that (click here to follow him live with Shot Tracker). -- Brian Wacker

SEA OF RED (3:34 p.m.): The threesome of John Senden, Angel Cabrera and Scott Verplank needed just nine strokes combined to play the par-5, 554-yard second hole Saturday.

Using a 4-iron, Senden holed out from 249 yards for double eagle. That's just the third double eagle recorded on the PGA TOUR this year. Matthew Borchert had one in the second round of the Valero Texas Open, and Paul Lawrie had one in the final round of the British Open at Turnberry.

After Senden holed out, Masters champ Cabrera rolled in a 6-foot, 1-inch putt for eagle.

Verplank notched a birdie by two-putting from 57 feet.

All three players currently find themselves in the top 10 of the leaderboard (click here to follow them live with Shot Tracker). -- Mike McAllister

BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES (3:17 p.m.): After muddling through his first six holes with all pars, Steve Stricker has posted back-to-back birdies on Nos. 7 and 8 to get to 10 under and within two of the lead.

Yesterday, Stricker birdied each of the first four holes at TPC Boston. Today, as mentioned, he managed all pars there. On the par-5 seventh, though, he hit his approach to just inside 8 feet and made the putt. On the par-3 eighth, Stricker rolled in 30-foot, 6-inch bomb for another birdie. -- Brian Wacker

CUT CHECK (2:50 p.m.): The cut line has moved to 1 under and that means Tiger Woods is in danger of a rare missed cut, at least for the moment. Woods is right on the line at 1 under and is even par through his first five holes today. Of course, he still has plenty of time to make a few birdies and secure a spot in the final two rounds.

Stewart Cink, unfortunately, does not. He's in the clubhouse at even par after back-to-back 71s, meaning if the cut stays where it is, he'll be going home early. Sergio Garcia is also on the outside looking in right now -- he's even par after playing his first nine holes today in 1 over. Garcia, currently 71st in FedExCup points, is also in danger of missing the rest of the Playoffs.

Others likely headed home from Boston early: Ian Poulter (72-71), Rory Sabbatini (74-71) and Ryan Moore (72-2 over through eight holes today). -- Brian Wacker

STAT OF THE DAY (2:35 p.m.): The second-round leader/co-leader of the Deutsche Bank Championship has gone on to win here three times in six events. Beware Sean O'Hair and Steve Stricker, though -- no one has done so the last three years. Those who did win were: Adam Scott in 2003, Vijay Singh in 2004 and Olin Browne in 2005. -- Brian Wacker

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (2:25 p.m.): Prior to this week, Sean O'Hair had made just 12 birdies in his last three events -- The World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, PGA Championship and the Barclays.

Through two rounds here, he has already amassed 12 birdies and an eagle. O'Hair's 64 also matches his lowest round of the year and falls one stroke shy of his career low of 63, which came in Round 3 of the 2008 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Should his share of the lead hold up, it would mark the third time in his career that he's held at least a share of the 36-hole lead -- though he went on to finish second on both previous occasions (see below). -- Doug Milne

FURYK ON HIS ROUND (2:12 p.m.): "Obviously not the round I played yesterday, but it was a good score at 4 under and the goal was accomplished -- to put myself in good position for the last two rounds.

"I was asked why the scores are so good, and I think that the golf course is in perfect condition. The greens are really good. They're really hasn't been much wind or elements out there. We've played in perfect conditions and perfect weather so far." -- Jim Furyk on his 4-under today.

Furyk, though, doesn't expect scores to continue to sizzle as much as they have.

"I think the greens are starting to firm up. The golf course is starting to firm up. It was really soft on Wednesday morning in the pro-am, and it's starting to firm up," he said. "I could see those greens getting a little bit firmer and more difficult, and scores not being so good." -- Mike McAllister

PRESIDENTS CUP UPDATE (2:03 p.m.): Greg Norman's decision may be getting more difficult. The International Team captain must make his two picks on Tuesday and there are several players who are putting on a good show for him.

The two men most often mentioned as Fred Couples' picks -- U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover and Hunter Mahan -- had very different starts at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Glover opened with a 69 and is 3 under through his first three holes on Saturday. Mahan shot 73 in the first round but is headed in the right direction in the second, with three birdies in his first four holes.

Any other candidates would likely need a win on Labor Day to sway Couples.

-- Helen Ross

STRICKER OFF TO SLOW START (1:50 p.m.): With the morning wave making waves today at TPC Boston, overnight co-leader Steve Stricker has some work to do this afternoon if he's going to keep the co-leader tag in front of his name tonight. So far, he's only been able to manage pars through his first three holes here at TPC Boston -- all holes he birdied yesterday.

It's still early his round, obviously, but if Stricker is going to keep pace, he'll have do a lot better than hitting just one of every three greens in regulation, which is what he's done so far.

One of Stricker's playing partners, Tiger Woods, is also just even par through the first three holes and he'll have even more work to do after starting his round 11 shots off the current lead (click here to follow the group live with Shot Tracker). -- Brian Wacker

LEISHMAN'S LEAP (1:35 p.m.): Rookie Marc Leishman came to TPC Boston ranked 93rd on in FedExCup points and needing to make a significant move in order to advance to next week's BMW Championship.

That move came Saturday when he shot 9-under 62, which was just one stroke off the course record and tied for the lowest round by a PGA TOUR rookie this year. At 10 under for the tournament, he's currently projected to move up to 21st in points -- which is not only inside the top 70 for Cog Hill, but also inside the top 30 for THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola.

"I need a couple of more good rounds," Leishman said. "I'm a little behind the 8-ball at the moment. But looking forward to the weekend. Hopefully I can have a couple of more good rounds and get into that 70. Who knows, top 30 might not be too far away after this week with any luck."

The key to Leishman's round was his putter -- he rolled in putts that totaled nearly 148 feet in length. That includes a 37-footer for birdie on the 13th hole and a 24-footer for birdie the par-5 18th for eagle. Of course, his iron play was impressive too, as he hit 16 of 18 greens.

"It was scoring conditions, that's for sure," he said. "It was getting out there really early on the smooth greens and no wind. It was low scoring conditions and I made the most of it, which was nice to do for a change."

Although a few people were on hand to see him tee off early Saturday morning -- he was in the first group out off the 10th tee -- he'll now be among the last groups to tee off in Sunday's third round.

"Probably a few more will be out there tomorrow, I guess," he said. -- Mike McAllister

RED-LETTER DAY (1:20 p.m.): With blue skies, very little wind and the greens rolling "perfect," as one PGA TOUR caddie told me, it's a red-letter, or in this case, red-number day in the second round of the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Case in point: The top six names on the leaderboard right now, all already in for the day, are a combined 33 under. Among those rounds are Sean O'Hair's 7-under 64, Marc Leishman's 62 and Dustin Johnson's 65. And that list doesn't even include Pat Perez's 65 that featured two eagles (and two bogeys).

The two eagles by Perez, by the way, came on the par-5 18th and the par-5 second. At No. 18, Perez rolled in 30-footer. At No. 2, he didn't need the putter, chipping in from 80 feet away. -- Brian Wacker

Sip of Maginnes

PLAYOFF CHASE (12:55 p.m.): Kevin Streelman stood on the 17th tee this morning at 1 under with two holes left to play. At 89th in the FedExCup standings, Streelman needs a good week to play at home next week in the BMW Championship -- missing the cut here would essentially end his run in the Playoffs. But Streelman was having none of that. A perfect hybrid off the tee left Streelman a sand wedge to the front, left hole location. A favorable bounce left him 6 feet for birdie, which he converted. A perfect drive at No. 18 left him that same hybrid over the water for his second shot to a back hole location. Interestingly enough, that hybrid had been benched earlier in the week before Streelman put it back in his bag when its replacement didn't live up to billing in the first round. The decision was a good one. The second time Streelman hit the hybrid in the second round it helped set up a kick-in eagle to get to 4 under with two roudns to play. Streelman will need to play well this weekend to pass the 19 people that he needs to pass to get next week, but on the shoulders of his ill-tempered hybrid he at least has a chance on Sunday and Monday. -- John Maginnes

LOTS OF LOW ROUNDS (12:35 p.m.): Steve Stricker won't tee off for nearly 40 minutes, and he's already been lapped by a handful of players today.

One of those, of course, is Marc Leishman, who is 10 under after a 62 earlier today. He's hardly alone, though, with Sean O'Hair 7 under today and 12 under for the week as he finishes his round and Jim Furyk, also at 12 under for the week, playing at 4 under today.

You can add Retief Goosen and Geoff Ogilvy to the list, too. They're 4 and 3 under, respectively as they finish up.

All this is quite a change from last week at Liberty National, where low scores were almost as difficult to find as complimentary comments. TPC Boston played under par yesterday (69.667) and should again today (currently it's playing to an average of 69.836). Of the 17 second-round scores already in, only three of them are over par and seven of them are sub-70 scores. With perfect weather throughout the day, don't expect that trend to change with the afternoon wave either. -- Brian Wacker

SECOND TO NONE (12:20 p.m.): Marc Leishman's 62 might have been one short of tying the course record, but it did tie for the lowest second-round score ever shot here at TPC Boston. The other 62s came from Adam Scott in 2003, Marcel Sim in 2005 and Tim Clark in 2008. -- Brian Wacker

LEISHMAN IN WITH A 62 (11:56 a.m.): In the end, it wasn't a course record, but Marc Leishman's 9-under was enough to get the rookie into the mix halfway through the Deutsche Bank Championship.

It was also a season and career-best for the PGA TOUR rookie -- though it wasn't the first time Leishman has gone low. Earlier this year, Leishman, who has two top-10s, shot an opening-round 64 at the Valero Texas Open before finishing in a tie for fifth. A week later, he shot a third-round 63 on his way to a tie for eighth at the HP Byron Nelson Championship.

Today, Leishman was accurate off the tee and with is approach shots here at TPC Boston, where he hit 11 of 14 fairways and 16 of 18 greens in regulation. Though there's still plenty of golf to be played today, Leishman is certainly in good shape at 10 under. Now we'll just have to wait and see to find out how good of shape. -- Brian Wacker

Below is a look at Leishman's scorecard from today:

RECORD-WATCH UPDATE (11:33 a.m.): The pursuit of a course record here at TPC Boston isn't dead yet for Marc Leishman. After making four straight pars, he made a birdie at the par-5 seventh after sticking his approach to inside 3 feet. That brings Leishman to 9 under for the day and within one of tying the course record of 61 with two holes to play. -- Brian Wacker

LEISHMAN UPDATE (11:21 a.m.): At the start of the season, Marc Leishman was just hoping to get in a couple of the Playoff events. The PGA TOUR rookie is making a strong bid for a third, too, as he chases a potential course record at TPC Boston.

The 25-year-old Aussie, who finished 20th on the Nationwide Tour money list last year to earn his TOUR card, has played his first 14 holes in 8 under, including a birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie stretch as he made the turn. He's moved into a tie for second, as a result.

Leishman missed the cut last week at The Barclays, though, and dropped from 78th to 93rd in the FedExCup standings. So he likely needs to finish 20th of higher to move into the top 70 and advance to the BMW Championship.

But Leishman, who had back-to-back top-10s earlier this year, isn't one to obsess over the numbers. He sees his task much more simply.

"These four weeks, three weeks really, if you can play well, it's magnified," he said, taking a break on the practice green earlier this week. "If you play bad its magnified, too. This week, I've got to play well to get through. I'm 93rd, so if I play decent, it's not good enough. I've got to play well. So I'm going to treat it as another tournament. Try and make a little extra, a few extra points, and keep my card next year."

So far the strategy is working pretty well. -- Helen Ross

O'HAIR IS HOT (11:10 a.m.): The last couple of months for Sean O'Hair have been tough for Sean O'Hair -- a bad forearm that forced him to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament and a lot of bad results that followed.

Since O'Hair won the Quail Hollow Championship in May, he's had just one top-20. Since pulling out of the Memorial Tournament with that strained left forearm, O'Hair has two missed cuts and just two finishes inside the top 65.

You wouldn't know any of that based on the way O'Hair is playing today, though. O'Hair just made his fifth birdie of the day and now has five birdies and an eagle in his last six holes. That has him at 7 under for the day and 12 under for the week -- and in the lead by three strokes.

Not surprisingly, O'Hair, who entered the Deutsche Bank 16th in FedExCup points, has been doing it with great ballstriking today, hitting 11 of 12 greens in regulation. He's also missed just one fairway and taken 17 putts through 12 holes (click here to follow the rest of his round live with Shot Tracker). -- Brian Wacker

LEISHMAN UPDATE (11 a.m.): Marc Leishman just parred the par-4 fifth. The Aussie missed a 12-foot, 11-inch birdie putt. Still, not a bad score -- there have only been seven birdies there thus far and it's playing as the hardest hole on the course. -- Mike McAllister

COURSE-RECORD WATCH (10:53 a.m.): If Marc Leishman is going to tie the course record of 61, his best birdie chances coming in will be at the par-4 sixth and the par-5 seventh. Those are the only two holes of the five that Leishman still has left to play that are playing under par this week.

The sixth currently is playing as the ninth-easiest hole at TPC Boston with a stroke average of 0.066 under par, while the seventh is the fourth-easiest at 0.218 under par

Meanwhile, the other three holes Leishman has left are among the hardest this week. The par-4 fifth ranks as the hardest (0.246 strokes over par), while the par-3 eighth is the second-hardest (0.167 over par) and the par-4 ninth is the fifth-hardest (0.106 over par). -- Mike McAllister

ON THE MARC (10:45 a.m.): Here are five quick facts about Australian native Marc Leishman, who's threatening the course record Saturday at TPC Boston:

• He's a Nationwide Tour graduate who is in his rookie season on the PGA TOUR.

• He entered the Deutsche Bank Championship 93rd on the FedExCup points list.

• He has made the cut in 15 of his previous 23 starts on TOUR this year.

• The state of Texas was good to him this year, as he recorded his only top-10 finishes at the Valero Texas Open (T5) and the HP Byron Nelson Championship (T8).

• He's a big hitter -- he ranks 12th on driving distance this year, averaging just over 300 yards a drive.

LEISHMAN UPDATE (10:36 a.m.): Marc Leishman is finding out that setting a course record, or even tying it for that matter, at TPC Boston is extremely difficult. After rattling off four birdies and an eagle in a five-hole stretch, the PGA TOUR rookie has now made back-to-back pars.

Leishman tried to drive the 300-yard, par-4 fourth, but came up just short of the green. His pitch shot then carried off the back of the green and he got up-and-down to save par.

Leishman, who needs three more birdies to set a course record, has also been surpassed on the leaderboard with Jim Furyk getting to 10 under thanks to his third birdie of the day. -- Brian Wacker

STREAK ENDS, LEISHMAN STILL COULD SET RECORD (10:23 a.m.): Marc Leishman finally made a par -- his first in six holes after making four birdies and an eagle over his last five -- but he still has a chance to set a course record.

Leishman's par came on the 176-yard, par-3 third, where he hit his tee shot to 45 feet before two-putting. -- Brian Wacker

RECORD WATCH (10:15 a.m.): Marc Leishman continues to take it low this morning at TPC Boston, where he is now 8 under on his round with four birdies and an eagle in his last five holes. That includes back-to-back birdies on Nos. 1 and 2 after Leishman made the turn. On the par-4 first, Leishman hit his approach to 12 feet, 8 inches before rolling in the birdie putt, then he two-putted for birdie from 82 feet on the par-5 second hole.

Leishman's current streak of birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie in his last five holes also ties for the best birdie/eagle streak on TOUR this year.

If Leishman can make three more birdies -- and all pars -- over his last seven holes, we'll have a new course record. And one of the holes he still has to play is the par-5 seventh, which ranks as the fourth-easiest on the course. -- Brian Wacker and Mike McAllister

LEISHMAN GOES LOW (10:11 a.m.): Marc Leishman's 29 in his first nine holes on Saturday is impressive, but it's not the lowest nine holes shot on the PGA TOUR this year. -- Mike McAllister

ON PACE FOR COURSE RECORD (10 a.m.): Rookie Marc Leishman is now 7 under on his round through his first 10 holes -- and tied for the lead at 8 under -- after draining a 13-foot birdie putt on the par-4 first.

Leishman

If Leishman can go 4 under on his last eight holes, he would finish with a 11-under 60, which would be a new course record at TPC Boston. Vijay Singh and Mike Weir currently share the record at 61 (click here to follow Leishman's round live with Shot Tracker).

Leishman started his round on the 10th hole. He rolled in a birdie putt from 14 feet, 9 inches. On the par-4 13th, he made birdie from 36 feet, 9 inches. He then ended his first nine with birdies at the par-3 16th and the par-4 17th and eagle at the par-5 18th (24 feet) before another birdie on the par-4 first.

Among the eight holes Leishman has left are two par 5s (the second and seventh) and the drivable par-4, 298-yard fourth. -- Mike McAllister

CUT CHECK (9:42 a.m.): It's still very early in the second round, but a few notable players are in danger of missing the cut and missing the rest of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.

Fred Couples, Chad Campbell and James Nitties are all currently projected to finish outside the top 70 in the standings and barring some sort of a turnaround, their season could be over as soon as today.

Couples, who came in ranked 67th, shot a 74 yesterday and is currently 2 over through his first seven holes this morning. That leaves the U.S. Presidents Cup Captain, who is 5 over for the week, well off the current cut line of even par. Right now, Couples is projected to finish the week 86th in the standings so unless he turns things around quickly today his TOUR season will be 86ed.

Campbell also entered the week inside the top 70 -- 54th to be exact -- but he too is in danger. Campbell shot 72 yesterday and is 1 over through his first three holes today. That has him just one shot off the cut and he's projected to end the week 71st in the FedExCup standings, just one spot out of the cut-off for the BMW Championship.

Nitties, the young and brash Aussie who dazzled during the FBR Open and the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun, is almost certainly headed home. He came into the week 96th and though he's 1 under through nine holes today, his opening-round 75 has him at 3 over for the week and projected to finish 96th. -- Brian Wacker

TWEETS OF THE DAY (9:30 a.m.): "Little things please little minds, Carlos who manages Sergio was our first casualty, it went from there. I should have had my camera rolling." and "Then we got Paul Casey's caddy (wee man). He left his pint so we coated the rim of his glass with Tabasco sauce, his lips were on fire." -- Ian Poulter (@ianjamespoulter) in a couple of tweets from last night when he and a few others apparently had some fun with Sergio Garcia's manager and Casey's caddy, Craig Connelly.

Not sure this exactly classifies as news, but it was pretty funny stuff and a good glimpse into the kind of prankster Poulter and a few other players can be during their down time. -- Brian Wacker

FURYK OUT FAST (9:15 a.m.): Jim Furyk has a dry but sharp sense of humor. When asked what his strategy for today would be he said, "Get up, assess the conditions and try to play another round of golf. You've got to put today behind you."

While Furyk might have put yesterday's round of 8-under 63 behind him, he's already picked up right where he left off, making a birdie on his third hole (No. 12) to get to 1 under through four holes (click here to follow live with Shot Tracker). He's now 9 under for the week, in the lead by himself and still has yet to make a bogey -- or miss a green a regulation (and he's only missed on fairway this week).

Furyk would be the first one to say you can't win a golf tournament on the first or second day, but he's certainly putting himself in good position to try to win it on the fourth day -- something he hasn't done since the 2007 Canadian Open.

"I've had two pretty solid years," Furyk said. "I wasn't able to win last year in '08, and I haven't been able to win this year in '09, and yeah, it absolutely eats at me. " At this rate, it might not be eating at him for long. -- Brian Wacker

Groups We're Watching

Tee time Players   1:10 p.m. ET, Hole No. 1 Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Heath Slocum Stricker's 63 in Round 1 was one of the main storylines on Friday. 8:16 a.m. ET, Hole No. 10 Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen, Sean O'Hair Furyk's spotless first round puts him in the driver's seat on Saturday. 12:34 p.m. ET, Hole No. 10 Scott Verplank, Angel Cabrera, John Senden Verplank and Cabrera will both look to build on first-round 65s.

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