Notebook, Round 2: The Greenbrier Classic

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Weather: Mostly sunny. Winds NW 8-12 mph. High of 84.

Due to fog, the start of the second round was delayed one hour until 8:00 a.m ET.

A total of 85 players made the 36-hole cut at 2-under 138. Because more than 78 players made the cut, a secondary cut will be made following the third round to low 70 and ties.

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Jeff Overton improved on his opening-round, 6-under 64 with a career-low, 8-under 62. He will head into the weekend in his 20th start of the year with a four-stroke lead over Boo Weekley. Outside of majors, four strokes ties the 2010 record for largest 36-hole lead. Jason Bohn led by four after 36 holes at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, which he won. Justin Rose took a four-stroke lead into the weekend at the Travelers Championship, before finishing T9.

Overton's 8-under 62 supplants his previous career low of a 7-under 63, posted after Round 1 of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial earlier this year.

Overton has previously held at least a share of the 36-hole lead three times, most recently at the 2008 Turning Stone Resort Championship. He ultimately finished T10 in upstate New York.

Overton, currently No. 12 in the FedExCup standings, entered The Greenbrier Classic arguably as the hottest golfer on TOUR, finishing inside the top 12 in six out of his last nine starts. During that stretch he has two runner-up finishes (Zurich Classic of New Orleans, HP Byron Nelson Championship) and two third-place finishes (Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, AT&T National).

The second-round leader has gone on to win 12 of 31 times in stroke-play events thus far in 2010 on the PGA TOUR, with the most recent being Matt Bettencourt at the Reno-Tahoe Open. Bettencourt followed an opening-round, 5-under 65 with a 1-under 69 this week.

Weekley followed an opening-round, 3-under 67 with a bogey-free, 7-under 63. Weekley hit his second shot at the last to within nine feet to end the day with his seventh birdie and get to 10 under through two rounds.

Weekley is making his 20th start of the season, highlighted by a pair of top-10 finishes, the best being a ninth-place finish at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. He is in search of his first win since successfully defending his title at the 2008 Verizon Heritage.

Weekley's 7-under 63 matches his lowest round of the year, posted in the second round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial and again three weeks ago at the John Deere Classic, also in Round 2. The 63 is just one stroke shy of his career-low round, which came in Round 3 of the 2008 Bob Hope Classic.

Weekley is no stranger to the West Virginia area. He played in the Pete Dye Classic from 2004-2006 at the Pete Dye GC in Bridgeport, where he finished runner-up in 2006.

2004 Nationwide Tour Player of the Year Jimmy Walker bettered an opening-round, 3-under 67 with a 6-under 64 in round two.

Like Weekley, Walker has fond memories of West Virginia. A year after Weekley lost in a playoff at the Pete Dye Classic, Walker won the event. The win helped him notch the 25th and final spot on the list of Nationwide Tour graduates.

Walker is making his 21st start on TOUR this season. Of 104 previous PGA TOUR starts, his best finish is a T3 at this year's Valero Texas Open. He finished T3 with Aaron Baddeley, with whom he shared T3 honors after 36 holes.

Erik Compton, playing this week on a sponsor's exemption, is making his seventh start of the season and 24th of his career. He followed his opening-round, 7-under 63 with a 2-under 68. He stands five strokes back of Overton's lead at T3..

Compton's best position after any round in a PGA TOUR event was T11 after the opening round of the 2010 Mayakoba Golf Classic. On the Nationwide Tour, he led after the first round of the 2004 Alberta Classic before finishing T16.

Compton's career-best effort came this season -- a T30 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The last player to receive a sponsor's exemption and go on to win on the PGA TOUR was Lee Westwood at the 2010 St. Jude Classic.

A 30-year-old resident and native of Miami, Fla., Compton posted two of his 13 career top-25 finishes on the Nationwide Tour in West Virginia, finishing T12 at the 2005 Pete Dye Classic and T21 at that event in 2006.

Baddeley followed an opening-round, 3-under 67 with a 5-under 65 in round two, putting him at 8-under through 36 holes.

Baddeley is making his 18th start of the 2010 PGA TOUR season, having made the cut in 13 previous starts. His best finish of the year remains a T3 at the Valero Texas Open.

Baddeley is in search of his third PGA TOUR title this week, after wins at the 2006 Verizon Heritage and 2007 FBR Open.

Briny Baird is inching his way closer to his first PGA TOUR win following his second-round, 5-under 65. He is making his 322nd PGA TOUR start this week over the course of 11 years on TOUR. The record for longest streak without a win among active players belongs to Jay Delsing, who is 0-for-566.

Baird is making his 20th TOUR start this week, with a T4 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic his best finish. Over the course of his career, Baird has flirted with the winner's circle with four runner-up finishes to his credit. The most recent came with second-place honors to Brian Gay at the 2009 Verizon Heritage.

Making his 24th start of the season, Virginia Tech's Brendon de Jonge stumbled down the stretch a bit in round two with back-to-back bogeys at 17 and 18 to shoot a 2-under 68 and head into the weekend T8.

de Jonge has finished inside the top 13 in four of his last six starts and no worse than T33 in any of those starts:

T12 -- the Memorial Tournament
T33 -- U.S. Open
T9 -- Travelers Championship
T33 -- AT&T National
T7 -- John Deere Classic
T13 -- RBC Canadian Open

de Jonge is making his 79th start on TOUR, with a T3 at the 2010 Puerto Rico Open his best finish.