Round 2 Notes – Northern Trust Open
Second-Round Notes – Friday, February 15, 2008Darkness led to the suspension of round two at 5:48 p.m., with six players (one group on each side) yet to complete round two. The second round will resume at 7:15 a.m., with the third round running approximately 7:45 a.m. to 10 am on Saturday.
Timeline of weather for Friday, February 15, 2008
7AM: Sunny 52F Winds: NNW 7-12 mph
8AM: Sunny 54F Winds: N 10-15 mph
9AM: Sunny 56F Winds: NNW 10-15 mph gusts to 20 mph
10AM: Sunny 63F Winds: NNW 10-15 mph gusts to 20 mph
11AM: Sunny 66F Winds: NW 10-15 mph gusts to 20 mph
Noon: Sunny 65F Winds: SE 10-15 mph
1PM: Sunny 66F Winds: SE 10-15 mph
2PM: Sunny 64F Winds: WSW 10-15 mph
3PM: Sunny 62F Winds: WSW 7-12 mph
4PM: Sunny 63F Winds: WSW 3-6 mph
5PM: Sunny 62F Winds: Calm
The first round came to an end at 8:26 a.m. on Friday morning after having been suspended the night before due to darkness at 5:41 p.m.
Scott McCarron fired a 6-under 65 on Friday and sits five strokes back of Phil Mickelson at the time of the suspension, tied for fourth. The three-time winner is back on TOUR following a long rehabilitation after elbow surgery in August of 2006. This is his fifth start of the 2008 season and he has made one cut, tying for 70th in his season debut at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. His last start before this year came at the 2006 Booz Allen Classic where he missed the cut. McCarron had never won a PGA TOUR event in his home state of California but he has had several close calls. He tied for second at the Northern Trust Open in 2002 and a week later in Carlsbad, he lost 1-up to Kevin Sutherland in the final match of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship
At the time of the suspension, Phil Mickelson held the second-day lead of the Northern Trust Open after posting rounds of 68-64. Should that lead hold up, it will mark the 26th time in Mickelson’s career that he has held/shared the 36-hole lead. Mickelson has gone on to win 14 times out of his 25 36-hole leads. He also has five seconds, two thirds, one seventh and two eighth-place finishes when he’s been at the top. Three of the last four times Mickelson has been in this position, he has won the tournament. He held the 36-hole lead last year at the Northern Trust Open, but lost in a playoff to Charles Howell III.
Tournament 36-hole lead finish
2007 THE PLAYERS Championship 1-stroke over Green W
2007 Nissan Open tie Padraig Harrington P2
2007 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tie Furyk W
2006 BellSouth Classic 6-strokes over Henry W
PHIL MICKELSON’s
Second Round Leads on the PGA TOUR (14 of 25 Overall, 1-4 Majors)
Tournament Place Rd. 2 Total Finish
1993 Northern Telecom Open tie Hart -12 T8
1994 Mercedes Championships 1-stroke over Couples, Singh, Waite - 6 W
1995 Northern Telecom Open 1-stroke over Gallagher, Jr. -12 W
1996 GTE Byron Nelson Classic 1-stroke over Brisky - 8 W
1996 PGA Championship 3-strokes over Leonard -10 T8
1996 NEC World Series of Golf 1-stroke over Herron, Mayfair - 4 W
1997 Sprint International 3-points over McCarron 27 pts W
1998 Mercedes Championships tie Cook - 9 W
1999 U.S. Open tie Duval, Stewart - 3 2nd
2000 Buick Invitational tie Maruyama, Triplett -11 W
2001 Buick Invitational tie Love -12 W
2001 Compaq Classic of New Orleans tie Gay -12 2nd
2002 BelllSouth Classic tie Elkington -11 3rd
2002 Worldcom Classic 2-strokes over Leonard -13 3rd
2004 FBR Open 1-stroke over Kaye, Verplank -10 T7
2004 U.S. Open tie Maruyama - 6 2nd
2005 FBR Open tie Na - 9 W
2005 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am 4-strokes over Weir -15 W
2005 Ford Championship at Doral 2-strokes over Andrade -14 2nd
2005 PGA Championship 3-strokes over Kelly - 8 W
2006 Ford Championship at Doral tie Verplank, Villegas, Woods -12 T12
2006 BellSouth Classic 6-strokes over Henry -16 W
2007 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tie Furyk -12 W
2007 Nissan Open tie Padraig Harrington -11 P2
2007 THE PLAYERS Championship 1-stroke over Green - 5 W
Jeff Quinney, who fired a 4-under 67 on Friday is tied for second, four strokes back of Phil Mickelson at the time of the suspension. Qunney is making just his second start at the Northern Trust Open, last year as a rookie he finished ninth, for his fourth consecutive top-10.
Robert Allenby – who survived a six-man playoff to win the 2001 Nissan Open - moved up the leaderboard at the Northern Trust Open at 6-under-par 136. At the time of the suspension he sits four-strokes back of Phil Mickelson. He is one of nine past champions of the Northern Trust Open competing this week.
Past Champions Leaderboard through Round 2 (at the time of suspension):
Robert Allenby (2001) 70-66—136 T2
Billy Mayfair (1998) 68-69—137 T4
Rory Sabbatini (2006) 72-67—139 T13
Fred Couples (1990, 1992) 70-70—140 T23
Charles Howell (2007) 71-70—141 T30
Adam Scott (2005) 73-69—142 T38
Mike Weir (2003, 2004) 73-75—148 T97
Corey Pavin (1994, 1995) 75-74—150 MC
Len Mattiace (2002) 77-73—150 MC
There have been four bogey-free rounds recorded this week, all coming in the first round.
Round 1: K.J. Choi (-6), Kevin Na (-5), Cody Freeman (-1), Dustin Johnson (-3)
Round 2: none
Notes: John Mallinger withdrew before the start of round two due to illness…Scott Mahlberg was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. At No. 10 signed for a 4 but made 5…J.L. Lewis was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. At hole No. 15 signed for a 5 but made 6.
ROUND 1 NOTES and UPDATES
During the first round there was significant change in the playing conditions from the morning wave compared to the afternoon wave of players. In the morning 26 players finished under-par, while only three players under-par from the afternoon wave.
Thursday Friday
Morning Wave scoring average 71.28 73.78
Afternoon Wave scoring average 73.51
Scoring average for the day 72.465
The scoring average for the first round was 72.465—that’s one of the highest first round averages at Riviera Country Club since the TOUR starting keeping such statistics in 1984. The average has been 72.00 or higher in the first-round of the event six other times, including a 75.759 average in 1984.
Return to Tournament Notebook archives