Notebook: Round 2, Deutsche Bank Championship

• The cut came at 1-under 141 with 72 players advancing to the final two rounds.

Brandt Snedeker, No. 53 in FedExCup points

• Brandt Snedeker moved to 12-under 130 with a second-round 7-under 64. It falls one stroke shy of the season-best 63 he carded in the first round of the Wyndham Championship (finished T8).

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Round 2 scores
Scorecard: Day
Scorecard: Snedeker
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Round 2 Wrap-up

• Snedeker is making his fourth start at the Deutsche Bank Championship (T47-2007, T27-2008, T32-2009).

• Snedeker has held the 36-hole lead/co-lead four times: 2008 Buick Invitational (3rd), 2008 Transitions Championship (T8), 2010 Wyndham Championship (T8) and 2010 Deutsche Bank Championship (TBD).

• Needing just a bogey, Snedeker four-putted the final hole from 11 feet for triple bogey at the 2009 BMW Championship and as a result was eliminated from the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. John Senden ended up earning the 30th and final spot into the TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola as a result. Senden posted a 3-under 68 on Saturday and sits at 8-under 134.

Jason Day, No. 14 in FedExCup points

• Jason Day followed up an opening-round 63 with a 4-under 67 to share the second-round lead with Brandt Snedeker at 12-under 130. He has held the 36-hole lead two times previously on TOUR, most recently at last week's The Barclays (finished T5). His first 36-hole lead came at the 2009 Puerto Rico Open (T2).

• This is the sixth time this season Day has led after one of the first three rounds.

• With 15 made cuts in 21 starts, Day has risen to No. 14 in the FedExCup standings. Any player in the top 14 that wins this week could jump into first place.

• Day claimed his first-career victory earlier this season at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. He has added additional top-10 finishes at The Barclays (T5), AT&T National (T9) and the PGA Championship (T10).

• Day is making his third start at the Deutsche Bank Championship, with a T19 finish in 2009 his best outing. The only Australian to win the Deutsche Bank Championship was Adam Scott in 2003.

Matt Kuchar, No. 1 in FedExCup points

• Matt Kuchar, winner of The Barclays and the FedExCup points leader, sits T3 with Charley Hoffman at 11-under 131 and just one behind Day and Snedeker. He will enter the final round seeking to join Vijay Singh (2008) as the only players to win The Barclays and the Deutsche Bank Championship in the same season.

• Kuchar is making his seventh start at the Deutsche Bank Championship, with four made cuts and top-20 finishes in 2009 (T15) and 2004 (T17). Kuchar leads the PGA TOUR with 10 top-10 finishes.

Luke Donald, No. 17 in FedExCup points

• Luke Donald, currently fifth, hit 16 of 18 greens in regulation on Saturday en route to a 4-under 67.

• Donald, who leads the TOUR in Sand Save Percentage (68.89), posted his only bogey when he failed to get up and down from the greenside bunker on the par-3 11th hole. He missed a 9-foot, 5-inch putt for the bogey.

Phil Mickelson, No. 10 in FedExCup points

• Phil Mickelson, winner of the 2007 Deutsche Bank Championship, jumped into contention on Saturday with a 6-under 65 to move to 8-under 134. It is his best round since recording the same score in the final round to win the 2010 TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. The last time he went lower was a third-round 62 en route to winning the 2009 Northern Trust Open.

• Mickelson's best round at TPC Boston in four starts was a second-round 64 in 2007. He also stood at 8-under 134 following the second round of the 2007 Deutsche Bank Championship, which he went on to win by two strokes over Tiger Woods, Brett Wetterich and Arron Oberholser.

Tiger Woods, Currently No. 65 in the FedExCup standings

• Tiger Woods posted a bogey-free 6-under 65 on Saturday for his first bogey-free round since a first-round 67 at the 2009 PGA Championship.

FedExCup

• The following players entered the week ranked No. 71-100 in the FedExCup standings. Here's a look at their standing through two rounds of the Deutsche Bank Championship:

• Six players played their way into the Deutsche Bank Championship at last week's The Barclays:

Steve Stricker, No. 2 in FedExCup points

• Defending champion Steve Stricker continues to live up to his reputation as "Mr. September". On Saturday, he posted a 3-under 68 to move to T6 and just three behind the leaders. It is Stricker's TOUR-leading 35th round in the 60s in Playoff events:

• Stricker, after missing his first three cuts from 2003-05, has since reeled off T7 (2006), T9 (2007), T13 (2008) and 1st (2009) finishes at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

• Stricker is the only player to have played all 54 rounds in the four-year PGA TOUR Playoffs.

Charlie Wi, No. 45 in FedExCup points

• Charlie Wi (66, T8) birdied Nos. 14-1 on Saturday to tie the best birdie streak (6) of the season and set a new Deutsche Bank Championship record. The previous mark at TPC Boston was five birdies in a row, posted by Olin Browne (R2, 2005), Fred Couples (R2, 2005) and Steve Stricker (R1, 2009).

Stewart Cink, No. 42 in FedExCup points

• Stewart Cink's 5-under 66 is his best round at TPC Boston in 14 overall rounds. This is his third made cut in five starts at the Deutsche Bank Championship, with a T29 in 2003 his best finish.

Andres Romero, No. 100 in FedExCup points

• Andres Romero (66, T8) had a hole-in-one on the par-3 eighth hole on Saturday with a 6-iron from 208 yards. He is the first player to ace the hole in the eight-year history of the Deutsche Bank Championship.

• The last aces at the Deutsche Bank Championship came during the second round of 2006, with Robert Allenby acing the par-3 16th hole and Jonathan Byrd carding a hole-in-one on the par-3 11th hole.

• Romero, who barely made it into this week's event (No. 100), posted two double bogeys and three birdies in his last seven holes last week at The Barclays. His final birdie at Ridgewood Country Club came on the final hole, as he drained a 40 foot, six-inch putt to advance to the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Official World Golf Ranking

• It was at the 2004 Deutsche Bank Championship that Vijay Singh fired a final round 69 to win and overtake Tiger Woods as the No. 1 player in the world. This victory by Singh officially ended Woods' streak of 264 weeks at the top of the rankings.

• Here's a look at this week's scenarios, with Woods (T29) currently holding the top spot for 273 weeks:

* Steve Stricker (T6) becomes No. 1 by: winning, along with Woods finishing out of the top 9 and Phil Mickelson (T8) out of the top 3.

* Mickelson becomes No. 1 by: winning, finishing second (with Woods out of the 3) finishing third (with Woods out of the top 9) or finishing fourth (with Woods out of the top 24 and Stricker not winning).

Miscellaneous Notes

• The second-round leader/co-leader at the Deutsche Bank Championship carried that lead on to victory three of seven years (Adam Scott in 2003, Vijay Singh in 2004 and Olin Browne in 2005), but has failed to do so the last four years.

• The scoring record for the first 36 holes at the Deutsche Bank Championship is 14-under 128, set by Tim Clark in 2008 (66-62).

• The second-round leader/co-leader has won 13 of 37 stroke-play events this season, most recently by Arjun Atwal at the Wyndham Championship.

• Five rookies remain in the Playoffs -- Rickie Fowler (T29, FedExCup No. 22), Rory McIlroy (T56, FEC No. 28), Josh Teater (T36, FEC No. 75), Alex Prugh (MC, FEC No. 95), and Blake Adams (T36, FEC No. 98).

• Scoring Averages at the par-71 TPC Boston:

• The par-4 ninth played the toughest on Saturday with a 4.206 average. The par-5 18th hole was the easiest for the second straight day at 4.454.

• Scott Verplank withdrew during the second round with a wrist injury.

• Chad Campbell was disqualified for failing to register prior to the start of the tournament. He is currently No. 83 on the FedExCup points list.