SBS Championship, Round 2

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Lucas Glover followed up his opening-round 66 with a 65 Friday at Kapalua, where he leads by three.

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ROUND 2 COMPLETE (10:25 p.m.): Lucas Glover looked pretty dejected for a guy who just shot 65. That's Glover, though. He knows he let an opportunity to hit the gas pedal and speed away from the field slip away by only managing par on the two par-5s on the back nine Friday night.

Still, he was one shot better than his opening round and will take a three-shot lead to the weekend. And don't let the sighs after those missed birdies fool you. "I'm pretty happy," Glover told GOLF CHANNEL afterward.

As he should be -- his 15-under total is the lowest 36-hole total in the last five years at Kapalua. With no wind, however, Glover is going to have keep his foot on the gas.

"I'm pretty aggressive anyway, you just pick your spots," Glover said. "Still, I'm going to have to make birdies."

So far, he's done just that. Glover, who's hit 80 percent of his fairways and 88.9 percent of his greens in regulation with 1.56 putts per green, leads the field in birdies with 13 of them. -- Brian Wacker

SECOND ROUND WINDING DOWN (9:50 p.m.): You get the feeling this is Lucas Glover's tournament for the taking. Yes, he missed a golden opportunity to distance himself even further from the field when he managed only a par on the par-5 15th, but he responded with a birdie the very next hole.

That's 13 birdies and three eagles in just under two rounds of golf. That's got him at 15 under, four shots clear of anyone else, including defending champion Geoff Ogilvy. Last year, Ogilvy won by six. We're only halfway through this year's tournament, but we could be headed for a similar result -- and, perhaps, the monster season that Glover has yet to have.. -- Brian Wacker

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (9:25 p.m.): Defending champion Geoff Ogilvy just capped off a second-round 66 that has him at 11 under and hovering near the top of the leaderboard as the second round starts to wind down. But you get the feeling it might take more than the 24-under total he had last year to win this year, especially with current leader Lucas Glover tracking toward another round of 7 under (or better). Glover already has six birdies and an eagle with just one bogey through 14 holes -- and he still has two par-5s left to play. Maybe Ernie Els's 31 under from 2003 isn't so far out of reach.

Glover, by the way, has been doing it with tremendous ball-striking (87.5 percent of his greens in regulation), excellent driving (76.9 percent of his fairways) and really good putting (1.536 putts per green in regulation). He may be trying to keep the expectations in check, but the rest of us are going to have a hard time doing so if he keeps this up. -- Brian Wacker

ANOTHER EAGLE SIGHTING (9:05 p.m.): Lucas Glover had two eagles all of last season and already equaled that number yesterday and passed it today on the ninth hole. John Rollins, who had 10 eagles last season, just got his first of 2010 on the par-5 15th. As a result, Rollins has pulled to within two of Glover's lead.

Two hours ago, Ryan Moore, who just made his first bogey of the day on the 16th hole, had a share of the lead. He's now five back. That's how quickly things change in the Kona winds -- or lack of right now -- of Maui. -- Brian Wacker

SCORING CONTINUES TO BE GOOD (8:35 p.m.): Despite much more wind here in the second round, scores continue to be low at Kapalua, where everyone in the field is now at par or better for the week -- including Heath Slocum and Michael Bradley, the only two players over par in the first round.

Topping the leaderboard is Lucas Glover, who has moved to 12 under, two shots clear of Geoff Ogilvy. Glover and Ogilvy are the only two players double digits under par, but with a lot of golf still to be played, that will certainly change. A total of 11 players, including Ogilvy, are within four shots of Glover's lead. -- Brian Wacker

FAST STARTER (8:15 p.m.): This is exactly why Geoff Ogilvy went first in our first Expert Picks draft of the season -- he tends to play his best golf early in the year. This week is no exception. Ogilvy is 5 under through 13 holes today and 9 under for the week.

Ogilvy, who has four birdies over his last five holes and 11 for the week so far, is starting to run out of holes, but he will certainly be in contention heading into the weekend.

And if you look at the last five years, that shouldn't come as any surprise, even if Ogilvy had a busy "off-season" that included six tournaments in seven weeks at the end of 2009.

Last year, Ogilvy won this event before going on to win the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. The year before that, he won the World Golf Championships-CA Championship. Of his six career PGA TOUR victories, five of them have come in the first few months of the year. The exception was the 2006 U.S. Open. See below for more. -- Brian Wacker

CHANGE AT THE TOP (7:45 p.m.): Want to know how quickly things can change at Kapalua? Lucas Glover, who lost his lead earlier in the day with a bogey on the second hole (yesterday, he doubled the first hole), has since re-taken the lead thanks to three straight birdies on Nos. 5, 6 and 7. Two of the birdies came thanks to stellar approach shots that left him inside of 9 feet, while the other came courtesy of a 33 1/2-footer on No. 5. Glover is now 9 under for the week. -- Brian Wacker

LIFE OF RYAN (7:20 p.m.): Ryan Moore just made the turn for the back nine at Kapalua not only with a share of the lead, but without a bogey on his card this week -- he's the only player among the leaders without one.

Speaking of the lead, there are now 11 players with a share of the top spot at 7 under. -- Brian Wacker

MORE MOVERS (7:10 p.m.): It appears Kenny Perry hasn't been distracted by the 13-person entourage he brought with him to Hawaii. Perry just moved to 7 under after a birdie on No. 10 -- his fourth in a row. He has five birdies in all today and just one bogey and shares the top spot with four others, including the man who beat him at the Masters, Angel Cabrera. -- Brian Wacker

LEADERBOARD CHECK (6:45 p.m.): Sure enough, it didn't take long for someone to catch -- and pass -- Lucas Glover. Ryan Moore and Nathan Green are 3 and 1 under today, respectively, and tied atop the leaderboard at 7 under. Glover, meanwhile, has fallen back to 6 under after a bogey on the par-3 second, where he missed a short par putt. That drops him into an eight-way tie for third.

FIRST-ROUND SUCCESS (6:18 p.m.): A year ago, nine PGA TOUR winners grabbed the big check after leading or co-leading after the first round (including defending SBS champion Geoff Ogilvy).

Will first-round leader Lucas Glover, who just teed off to start his second round at Kapalua, become the first player to do it this year? (He never has before.)

Here's a look at the nine winners who set the first-round pace in 2009. -- Mike McAllister

WHAT WILL DAY 2 BRING? (5:55 p.m.): Since the SBS Championship moved to The Plantation Course in 1999, the second-round scoring average for the entire field has dipped below a stroke average of 3-under 70 on two occasions.

It happened in 2005 when the field averaged 69.387 in the second round, and in 2003 when the field averaged 69.694. That was the year Ernie Els set the tournament record by finishing at 31 under.

On the flip side, the second round in 2006 proved to be the toughest of any second round that year. The field averaged 75.500; no other tournament in 2006 had a higher second-round stroke average. You can blame wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour for that rise in scoring. It probably didn't help matters that The Plantation Course also was lengthened by 148 yards (to its current 7,411 yards) prior to that event. Incidentally, the third-round scoring average of 75.036 also was the highest of any third round that year.

Below is a look at each of the second-round scoring averages since the tournament moved to Kapalua. We'll see how the field fares today. -- Mike McAllister

FIRST-TIMERS (5:40 p.m.): Martin Laird, who is one shot off the lead and will begin his second round in a little more than 30 minutes from now, is one of seven players in the field making their first appearance at Kapalua. (Nathan Green, Pat Perez, Y.E. Yang, Paul Casey, Bo Van Pelt and Ryan Moore are the others.)

Since 1989, three players have won this tournament in their first attempt (Daniel Chopra last year, Sergio Garcia in 2002 and Steve Jones in 1989.

Laird is in the best shape, but Moore already has an early birdie today to get within two of the lead, and Green, like Laird, opened with a 6-under 67 and is one shot back. -- Brian Wacker

YOU TWEET, WE ANSWER (5:15 p.m.): "If it continues to rain, does Lucas Glover have the advantage?" -- @PresDistler

Just because Glover won the U.S. Open in a quagmire, it doesn't mean he's like a duck on water. Besides, it's not raining at Kapalua -- though there are some scant showers off to the east. In all seriousness, though, the softer a course is, the easier it is, obviously. And given how Glover played yesterday, there's no reason to think he can't shoot a similar number today -- even if the course will play differently with conditions much more windy. Either way, it'll likely be a crowded leaderboard heading into the weekend. -- Brian Wacker

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (4:55 p.m.): Two guys to keep an eye on today, at least based on history (last year's history, anyway): Steve Stricker and Retief Goosen. They're the only players in the field to have ranked in the top 10 in scoring average before the cut last season (though Jerry Kelly was 11th, Sean O'Hair 18th and Nick Watney 22nd).

Stricker certainly has some ground to make up, however, after an even-par 73 yesterday. Today, he's even through his first four holes. Goosen was 3 under yesterday and just teed off on the first hole. -- Brian Wacker

TOGETHER AGAIN (4:40 p.m.): These tweets are actually from yesterday, courtesy of Paul Casey (@Paul_Casey): "Sansei restaurant next to the Ritz is great sushi if your ever near Kapalua" and "2nd round tee time 12:15pm with Geoff Ogilvy. He knows how to play this course. I'm hoping it might rub off on me."

Casey and Ogilvy also know each other quite well. In addition to being neighbors, of sorts, in Scottsdale, the two played together -- actually against each other -- at last year's World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. Ogilvy got the better of Casey that day, 4 and 3, and the two went on to play together four more times in 2009 -- though Ogilvy broke 70 just twice, while Casey broke 70 just once. -- Brian Wacker

HISTORY LESSON (4:25 p.m.): First-round leader Lucas Glover, who is making just his second-career start at the season-opening SBS Championship, has never converted any of his previous six first-round leads/co-leads into a win. (His best result was a tie for seventh at the 2008 Verizon Heritage). Meanwhile, defending champion Geoff Ogilvy, the only previous winner of this event in the field this week, is trying to become the sixth back-to-back winner here (see chart below). He got off to a solid start yesterday at 4 under. -- Brian Wacker

DAY 2 UNDER WAY (4:05 p.m.): Temperature in Maui right now: 77 degrees. Temperature in most of the rest of the country: a lot colder. The Northeast is getting snow, while the Southeast is being pelted by ice. The Northwest has rain and even parts of the Southwest are getting hit by snow.

While rain is near Kapalua, conditions are obviously still a lot better than in most places in the U.S. today. In other words, conditions should be good for scoring. Just look at the list of winning scores here: Geoff Ogilvy was 24 under last year, Daniel Chopra 18 under the year before and Vijay Singh 14 under the year before that.

The highest winning score since this event moved to Kapalua in 1999 was Stuart Appleby's 8-under 284 in 2006. Everyone else has been well into double digits under par, including Ernie Els, who was 31 under in 2003.

We probably won't see numbers quite that low this year, but 10 of the 28 players in the field are 5 under or better as we tee off in Round 2. And Lucas Glover's 7-under 66 could have been better if not for a few loose shots.

Not everyone has gone low, though. Mark Wilson and Heath Slocum, the first two players out today, are the only two over par at 1 and 2 over, respectively. -- Brian Wacker

Groups We're Watching

Tee time Players   5:15 p.m. ET, Hole No. 1 Paul Casey, Geoff Ogilvy International players have won eight straight here. Will England's Casey or Australia's Ogilvy, the defending champ, keep the streak alive? 5:55 p.m. ET, Hole No. 1 Nick Watney, Dustin Johnson These young Americans are right in the mix at Kapalua after firing 6-under 67s on Thursday. Watney had a bogey-free first round. 6:15 p.m. ET, Hole No. 1 Lucas Glover, Martin Laird Glover and Laird will make up the final group on Friday, with Glover holding the early lead. The '09 U.S. Open champ sits at 7 under.

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