Australian Adam Scott has posted three consecutive top-5s on the PGA TOUR -- a solo third at the Wachovia Championship, a tie for third at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, and a tie for fourth at the Memorial Tournament. • In earning $1,025,667 in his last three starts, Scott has jumped to No. 19 on the PGA TOUR Official Money List with $1,794,040. • Scott is making his third start at the Barclays Classic -- he finished tied for 79th in 2002 and tied for 32nd in 2004… • More on Scott: Next week, Scott will make his 21st start at a major championship and his fifth start at the U.S. Open. His best major finish was a tie for ninth at both the 2002 Masters Tournament and the 2004 PGA Championship. His best U.S. Open finish was a tie for 28th last year -- his first made cut in four starts at the U.S. Open. Scott has played in every major championship since the British Open in 2001, a streak of 19 consecutive major starts.
Adam Scott 18-hole statistics:
• There were no delays in first round of the Barclays Classic. Players were allowed 'preferred lies' in closely-mown areas, commonly known as lift, clean and place. Round one marks the first time in 2006 the PGA TOUR has used 'preferred lies.' In 2005, there were a total of 14 rounds (and all four days of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship) that utilized the lift, clean and place policy.
David Howell 18-hole statistics: • David Howell put together strings of consecutive birdies of four (Nos. 15-18) and (Nos. 7-9) en route to 5-under-par 66. • More on Howell: Non-PGA TOUR member making the first Barclays Classic start this week … Ranked No. 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking … Poised to make his 14th career start in a major next week at the U.S. Open … His previous best finish in a major was a tie for 11th at the 2005 Masters. He missed the cut at the U.S. Open in 2002 and withdrew last year after a first-round 74. • Howell is playing in his 31st career PGA TOUR event … He ranks No. 1 on the European Tour Order of Merit after finishing seventh (2005) and 10th (2004) the last two years… He has four career European Tour victories, including two in the 2006 season -- the HSBC Champions Tournament and the BMW Championship at Wentworth in the end of May … Climbed above No. 50 (53) in the Official World Golf Ranking as recently as the 2005 Shell Houston Open.
Billy Andrade 18-hole statistics: • More on Andrade: Past champion (1991) of the Barclays Classic is playing in his 19th Barclays Classic… He currently ranks 169th on the PGA TOUR Official Money List with $132,378 (seven made cuts in 13 starts). • Defending champion Padraig Harrington posted a 2-over-par 73, his first over-par round in nine competitive trips around Westchester Country Club. Harrington entered the week with the lowest scoring average in Barclays Classic history (8+ rounds) at 68.25. • Last week’s Memorial Tournament champion Carl Pettersson posted a 2-over-par 73.
Westchester CC Scoring Average (2002-2006) • There have been eight first-time winners at the Barclays Classic: Andy North (1977), Jack Renner (1979), Wayne Grady (1989), Vijay Singh (1993), J.P. Hayes (1998), Dennis Paulson (2000), Chris Smith (2002) and Jonathan Kaye (2003). • After a 1-under-par 70 on Thursday, Brad Faxon is poised to extend his record-setting consecutive cut streak at the Barclays Classic to 18. Faxon has made 18 of 21 cuts at Westchester in his career dating back to 1984, and his 22nd career start in 2006 is tied with Ben Crenshaw for fourth all-time. His 19th career cut at Westchester CC would match Jay Haas for most made cuts at the event. • Steve Elkington (even-par 71) is in line to extend his streak to 15 consecutive at Westchester Country Club. The streak includes the 2000 season when he made the cut but was forced to withdraw due to injury. Overall, he has made 15 cuts in 17 starts at Westchester CC. • Dudley Hart withdrew after five holes due to an injured hip. Pat Perez, who has battled an injury in his left elbow the last few months, withdrew after eight holes. Perez withdrew from the Verizon Heritage during the first round back in April and did not return to action until last week at the Memorial Tournament, where he missed the cut. The field size now sits at 154 with the withdrawal. • Fifteen of the 38 previous Barclays Classic have been scheduled the week prior to the U.S. Open. The following chart lists the year-by-year results from the two events:
Year -- Barclays Classic Champion -- U.S. Open Champion • Three players have won both the Barclays Classic and the U.S Open in the same year -- Nicklaus (1967, 1972), Irwin (1990) and Els (1997). Irwin and Els both won the Barclays Classic the week after capturing the U.S. Open while the event was held in August, the week after the PGA Championship, when Nicklaus won his title. • Winning on the PGA TOUR the week prior to winning a major (since 1934):2006, Phil Mickelson won BellSouth Classic followed by Masters 1988, Sandy Lyle won Greater Greensboro Open followed by the Masters 1971, Lee Trevino won the Canadian Open followed by the British Open 1959, Art Wall won the Azalea Open followed by the Masters 1949, Sam Snead won the Greater Greensboro Open followed by the Masters 1946, *Ben Hogan won the Winnipeg Open followed by the PGA 1945, *Byron Nelson won the Chicago Victory Open followed by the PGA 1939, Ralph Guldahl won the Greater Greensboro Open followed by the Masters 1939, *Henry Picard won the Scranton Open followed by the PGA * No event scheduled the week after first win. Major was the next event contested • There have been five multiple winners of the Barclays Classic: Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and Sergio Garcia. • Bogey-free rounds -- Billy Andrade, Fredrik Jacobson, Daisuke Maruyama, Paul Azinger and Jeff Sluman. • Thirty-five players in the field attempted to drive the No. 10 tee -- with one player, Tag Ridings, reaching the green with a 306-yard tee shot. Ridings made par on the hole. |
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