The Starter: Round 2, The Honda Classic

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Mar. 4, 2011

The second round of The Honda Classic is set to begin. The Golf Channel will televise live play beginning at 3 p.m. ET .

Groups we're watching

Tee time	Players
7:53 a.m. ET No. 10		Johnson Wagner, Matt Kuchar, Y.E. Yang Yang was Thursday's low man in this group featuring Kuchar, who knocked him out of last week's event.
11:30 a.m. ET No. 10		J.J. Henry, Brandt Jobe, Spencer Levin This was the first group of No. 1 on Thursday. How will Levin fare in tough conditions after sleeping on the lead?.
12:24 p.m. ET No. 1		Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Camilo Villegas It was a forgettable opening round for Villegas but Donald and McIlroy are in it, just six shots off the pace.
12:24 p.m. ET No. 10		Stuart Appleby, Adam Scott, Anthony Kim Appleby, the 1997 champion, was one of eight players under par in Round 1.
12:33 p.m. ET No. 1		Louis Oosthuizen, Lee Westwood, Ernie Els Westwood had a five shot edge over the other two in our Featured Group on Thursday.

MORE ROUND 2: Tee times | ROUND 1: Wrap-up | Scores | TOUR Report notes

KEY ROUND 1 VIDEO:
• This week's top Champions Tour crossover: Nick Price, who holed his bunker shot on No. 15
• 2009 champion Y.E. Yang was really dialed in during Thursday's afternoon wave.
• Rickie Fowler chipped in for this birdie on the difficult par-3 seventh hole.

Round 2 weather forecast

Partly cloudy/PM showers
Temp: 77 high/65 low
Partly cloudy with a chance of late afternoon showers. Winds from the east around 20 mph and gusts over 30 mph.

ShotLink player notes

Here are some of the players you'll see on the Golf Channel's coverage of Friday's second round

LEE WESTWOOD

Westwood is making his third appearance at the Honda Classic this week with his best finish coming last year when he tied for ninth with rounds of 69-71-70-68.

LUKE DONALD

In Donalds last start at the Honda Classic he finished runner-up to 2008 champion Ernie Els. In Donalds last three starts here, hes won (2006), finished T46th (2007) and finished 2nd (2008).

ERNIE ELS

2008 Honda Classic champion Ernie Els is making his 8th appearance this week. When Els won in 2008, he ranked T-4th for greens in regulation and 9th for proximity to the hole.

- ShotLink notes provided by Alex Turnbull