J.J. Henry posted seven straight birdies (Nos. 9-15), the longest consecutive birdie streak since Tiger Woods posted seven straight in the third round of the 2005 Masters. The PGA TOUR record of eight is shared by six players, most recently Jerry Kelly at the 2003 Las Vegas Invitational.

• Making his 163rd career start, 36-hole leader J.J. Henry has never led a PGA TOUR at the halfway point.

• J.J. Henry has yet to make a bogey through the first 36 holes and has a current streak of 38 consecutive holes without a bogey. The grouping of Henry, Jesper Parnevik and Kent Jones have combined for only seven bogeys through 36 holes, including just two on Friday.

• The seven consecutive birdies by J.J. Henry set the Tournament Players Club of Scottsdale record at the FBR Open. Five players had carded six straight birdies -- most recently Justin Leonard in 2004.

• J.J. Henry’s 29 on the back side equaled the low back nine at the TPC of Scottsdale set by Grant Waite (1996) and later matched by Scott Verplank (1998).

• J.J. Henry posted a career-low 10-under-par 61, one off the TPC of Scottsdale course record held by Grant Waite (1996) and later matched by Mark Calcavecchia (2001) and Phil Mickelson (2005). Henry’s previous low on TOUR was a 64 -- three times -- most recently in the first round of the 2005 FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort.

• J.J. Henry’s round of 10-under-par 61 included just 22 putts, with five made putts over 26 feet (Nos. 1, 12, 14, 15 and 17).

• J.J. Henry’s four-shot lead is two off the FBR Open 36-hole lead record of six strokes by Johnny Miller (1975) and Byron Nelson (1939). The lead also matches the largest 36-hole lead of the 2006 season -- Chad Campbell at the 90-hole Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

• The 128 total by J.J. Henry (67-61) is the low first 36-hole total of 2006, besting a 129 by Chad Campbell at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

• There were a total of six bogey-free rounds on Friday -- led by J.J. Henry for the second consecutive day. Others were Paul Stankowski, Robert Allenby, Olin Browne, Jesper Parnevik and Kenny Perry.

• Lucas Glover (tied for 30th) has three top-10s in four starts this year and heads into the weekend 4-under-par through 36 holes.

• Olin Browne (tied for 19th), who enjoyed a career year last year with a win at the Deutsche Bank Championship and more than $2 million in earnings, leads the field in Greens in Regulation this week, having hit 33 of 36 (92 percent).

• Paul Stankowski (tied for third) made his first cut since finishing in a tie for ninth at the 2004 FedEx St. Jude Classic. Stankowski, playing on a Major Medical Extension for the second consecutive season, is making his first official start since withdrawing after a first-round 71 at the 2005 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

• Mark Calcavecchia (tied for fifth) made his 16th career cut in his 20th start at the FBR Open. The Scottsdale resident owns nine top 10s with three victories in his previous 19 starts at the FBR Open.

• Playing in his sixth career PGA TOUR event (fourth as a rookie in 2006), J.B. Holmes (second place) set his career-low with a 7-under-par 64 and sits in second heading into the weekend. Holmes’ previous low was a second-round 4-under-par 66 at the Sony Open in Hawaii where he finished tied for 10th in his first start as a PGA TOUR member and was just two strokes back through 36 holes. Holmes (University of Kentucky), Jeff Overton (Indiana University) and Nicholas Thompson (Georgia Tech) all earned TOUR cards via the 2005 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament straight out of college, with Holmes earning medalist honors at the Q-school.

• Two rookies -- J.B. Holmes (second place) and Sponsor Exemption Camilo Villegas (tied for eighth) rank among the top-10 through 36 holes.

• The cut came at 1-under-par with 72 players making it to the weekend.

• John Daly withdrew due to illness after playing nine holes of his second round.

• Steven Bowditch was disqualified for signing for an incorrect scorecard. It was the rookie’s second DQ of the year -- he was also disqualified for playing a wrong ball at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Todd Fischer was disqualified for signing for an incorrect score on No. 4.

• A look at the Official World Golf Ranking Top-10:

No. 2 – Vijay Singh (tied for 43rd), a two-time past champion of the FBR Open, made his 11th cut in 12 starts at the event.

No. 4 -- Phil Mickelson (tied for eighth) climbed into contention with an 5-under-par 66 despite a double-bogey six on his final hole on Friday, No. 9. Mickelson made his 14th cut in 16 starts at the FBR Open.

No. 6 – Sergio Garcia (MC) missed the cut after battling illness for most of the week.

No. 8 – Fresh off a victory at Abu Dhabi on the European Tour, 2002 FBR Open champion Chris DiMarco (tied for 43rd) made the cut for the eighth time in 10 starts at the TPC of Scottsdale.

No. 9 – David Toms (tied for 5th), the winner of the 2006 Sony Open in Hawaii made his ninth cut in 11 starts at the PGA TOUR’s Phoenix-area event. He has top-10s in two of his last three starts at the FBR Open, including a career-best tie for fourth last year. Dating back to the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii, has posted six consecutive rounds in the 60s with a stroke-average of 65.63 during that stretch.