Second-Round Notes – Friday, August 9, 2013
Weather: Cloudy with rain showers throughout the morning. The course received 0.53” of rain. Temperatures reached 77 degrees. Winds WNW 6-12 mph.
CUT: 75 players at 3-over 143 from a field of 156 professionals.
Second Round Leaderboard
Jason Dufner 68-63—131 (-9)
Matt Kuchar 67-66—133 (-7)
Adam Scott 65-68—133 (-7)
Jim Furyk 65-68—133 (-7)
Justin Rose 68-66—134 (-6)
Henrik Stenson 68-66—134 (-6)
International players have won four of the last five PGA Championships (Padraig Harrington/2008, Y.E. Yang/2009, Martin Kaymer/2010 and Rory McIlroy/2012).
Adam Scott inspects his putter on route to a share of second place heading into the third round of the 95th PGA Championship. (Photo – Eoin Clarke/www.golffile.ie)
Jason Dufner
Dufner’s 63 ties the best score ever shot in a major. It has now been done 26 times between all four majors- 2/Masters, 4/U.S. Open, 8/Open Championship, 12/PGA Championship. The last player to shoot a 63 in a major was Steve Stricker at the 2011 PGA Championship. Sticker and Dufner were paired together during the first two rounds this week.
Dufner broke the Oak Hill Country Club course record with a 63 in the second round. The competitive course record of 64 on the East Course at Oak Hill was held by Ben Hogan (1942 Rochester Open), Curtis Strange (1989 U.S. Open) and Webb Simpson (2013 PGA Championship).
Dufner’s previous low round in a major is a 65 at the 2011 PGA Championship. Dufner’s 63 matches his career low round on TOUR. He has five other rounds of 63 on TOUR.
Dufner held a share of the lead after the second and third rounds at the 2011 PGA Championship. He ended up losing in a playoff to Keegan Bradley. His only other lead in a major was a share of the second-round lead at the 2012 Masters.
Dufner has converted two of his eight career second-round leads/co-leads on TOUR, including two of his last three.
Dufner matches the best first 36 hole score at the PGA Championship with a 131, which is shared with six other players.
Dufner is the first American to hold sole possession of the lead after the first three rounds of a PGA Championship since Steve Stricker (R1/2011).
Dufner entered the week No. 62 in the FedExCup rankings. He has made 15 of 18 cuts on TOUR, but only has two top 10 finishes. He had 14 combined top 10s in 2011 and 2012.
Dufner is No. 13 in the Presidents Cup standings. The top 10 U.S. players in the Presidents Cup standings through September 2, 2013 (Deutsche Bank Championship) will automatically qualify. In addition, two Captain’s Picks will be made on September 4, 2013.
Matt Kuchar
Kuchar leads the TOUR with 23 consecutive cuts dating back to last year. He has made all 19 of his cuts this season. Adam Scott is second with 22 consecutive cuts on TOUR dating to last year.
Kuchar is No. 2 in the FedExCup standings. He has two wins this season at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the Memorial.
Kuchar at the PGA Championship: 2002/MC, 2009/MC, 2010/T10, 2011/T19 and 2012/MC.
Kuchar missed the cut in eight straight majors from 1999 to 2007.
Adam Scott
Scott is looking for his second win of the season. The only other time he recorded multiple wins on TOUR was in 2004 (THE PLAYERS and Booz Allen Classic). Scott has nine career wins on TOUR.
Scott is No. 11 in the current FedExCup standings and has made all 12 of his cuts on TOUR this season. He finished T11 last year at the PGA Championship. He is the No. 1 ranked player for the International team in the Presidents Cup standings.
Four Australian’s have won the PGA Championship including Jim Ferrier (1947), David Graham (1979), Wayne Grady (1990) and Steve Elkington (1995).
There have been three players who have won the Masters and PGA Championship in the same season:
Jack Nicklaus 1963, 1975
Jack Burke, Jr. 1956
Sam Snead 1949
There are 17 players (30 times) with at least two major championship wins in one season.
Jim Furyk
Furyk’s only major win came at the 2003 U.S. Open. He has 16 total wins on the PGA TOUR, with his last three coming in 2010 when he won the FedExCup.
Furyk is No. 46 in the current FedExCup standings. He has only missed the TOUR Championship (2011) once in the last six seasons.
Justin Rose
Rose had a 29 on the front nine in the second round to tie the second best 9-hole score at the PGA Championship. Brad Faxon has a 28 in the final round in 1995.
Rose has made 11 of 13 cuts on TOUR this season with five top 10s and a win at the U.S. Open. Rose has five career wins on TOUR, including two wins in 2010 (the Memorial and AT&T National). Rose is looking for his 50th career top-10 finish this week. He ranks No. 7 in the current FedExCup standings.
Rose is one of four players on TOUR with at least one win in each of the last four seasons (2010-2013): Phil Mickelson (10), Dustin Johnson (6), Bill Haas (4) and Justin Rose (4).
Jim Barnes (1916 and 1919) is the only golfer from England to win the PGA Championship. He won the first two PGA Championships. The event was not contested in 1917 or 1918.
The following four players won the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year:
Tiger Woods 2000
Jack Nicklaus 1980
Ben Hogan 1948
Gene Sarazen 1922
Webb Simpson, 72-64—136 (-4)
Simpson tied the Oak Hill Country Club course record with a 64 in the morning wave of the second round, but Jason Dufner shot a 63 in the afternoon to take over the course record. The competitive course record of 64 on the East Course at Oak Hill was also held by Ben Hogan in the 1942 Rochester Open and by Curtis Strange in the 1989 U.S. Open.
Simpson’s previous best round in a major was a 66 at both the 2011 U.S. Open/T14 and 2011 Open Championship/T16.
FedExCup Notes:
The top 125 players in the FedExCup point’s standings following next weeks Wyndham Championship will qualify for The Barclays, the first event in the FedExCup Playoffs.
The top 50 in current FedExCup standings started the week in the PGA Championship field.
Nicolas Colsaerts, who was No. 126 in the FedExCup standings entering the week, missed the cut at the PGA Championship.
Woody Austin missed the cut by one shot at 4-over 144. He was penalized four shots in the second round under Rule 4-4 for exceeding the 14 club limit. Austin is No. 134 in the FedExCup standings.
Miscellaneous Notes
Luke Guthrie is the only of five PGA TOUR rookies to make the cut this week. Derek Ernst, Russell Henley, David Lingmerth and Jordan Spieth all missed the cut.
Hideki Matsuyama has made the cut in each of his first five starts in a major championship. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player were not able to accomplish that feat.
Recent Major Championship Trends
Seven players have two top-10 finishes in the major championships in 2013:
Player Top-10s
Jason Day 3-Masters Tournament; T2-U.S. Open
Hunter Mahan T4-U.S. Open; T9-The Open Championship
Hideki Matsuyama T10-U.S. Open; T6-The Open Championship
Phil Mickelson T2-U.S. Open; 1-The Open Championship
Adam Scott 1-Masters Tournament; T3-The Open Championship
Lee Westwood T8-Masters Tournament; T3-The Open Championship
Tiger Woods T4-Masters Tournament; T6-The Open Championship
Active consecutive major appearances (counting 2013 PGA Championship):
Player Consecutive starts
Sergio Garcia 58
Adam Scott
K.J. Choi 47
Most major starts without a victory (counting 2013 Open Championship):
Player Starts
Lee Westwood 62
Miguel Angel Jimenez 61
Sergio Garcia 60
Steve Stricker 59
The last 20 major championships have been won by 18 different players. Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy are the only players to win two majors in that span.
Year Winner
2013 Phil Mickelson Open Championship
2013 Justin Rose U.S. Open
2013 Adam Scott Masters
2012 Rory McIlroy PGA Championship
2012 Ernie Els Open Championship
2012 Webb Simpson U.S. Open
2012 Bubba Watson Masters
2011 Keegan Bradley PGA Championship
2011 Darren Clarke Open Championship
2011 Rory McIlroy U.S. Open
2011 Charl Schwartzel Masters
2010 Martin Kaymer PGA Championship
2010 Louis Oosthuizen Open Championship
2010 Graeme McDowell U.S. Open
2010 Phil Mickelson Masters
2009 Y.E. Yang PGA Championship
2009 Stewart Cink Open Championship
2009 Lucas Glover U.S. Open
2009 Angel Cabrera Masters
2008 Padraig Harrington PGA Championship
Dating back to the 2009 U.S. Open won by Lucas Glover, 14 of the last 18 majors have been captured by first-time major winners. The only multiple-major winners during this period are Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Rory McIlroy.
2009 U.S. Open Lucas Glover
2009 Open Championship Stewart Cink
2009 PGA Championship Y.E. Yang
2010 Masters Tournament Phil Mickelson
2010 U.S. Open Graeme McDowell
2010 Open Championship Louis Oosthuizen
2010 PGA Championship Martin Kaymer
2011 Masters Tournament Charl Schwarztel
2011 U.S. Open Rory McIlroy
2011 Open Championship Darren Clarke
2011 PGA Championship Keegan Bradley
2012 Masters Tournament Bubba Watson
2012 U.S. Open Webb Simpson
2012 Open Championship Ernie Els
2012 PGA Championship Rory McIlroy
2013 Masters Adam Scott
2013 U.S. Open Justin Rose
2013 Open Championship Phil Mickelson
Withdrawals –
Bo Van Pelt (hip) and Jamie Donaldson (back) withdrew after the first round. Angel Cabrerea (wrist) withdrew during the second round.
