Half of the field got a break and the other half was dealt some serious pain. Players who teed off Thursday morning in cold, wet conditions at the Honda Classic played the afternoon on Friday… just as the winds started gusting to 30 MPH. Nine of the top twelve players after two rounds had the easier go: Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
Brett Wetterich (-12) holds a one-stroke lead over a surging Lee Janzen, and first-round leader Chad Campbell sits two back at -10. Wetterich played the first 36 holes without a bogey and fired consecutive 66s. Janzen, who has not won since his US Open victory in 1998, made five putts between 15 and 35 feet to get to -11. Campbell was tied for the lead, but bogeyed two of the final four holes to shoot 71, now tied with Robert Damron, who pulled out a nifty 65. Vijay Singh, who will not be able to regain the #1 spot in the world rankings even with a win this week, shot 69 on Friday afternoon and was at -8
The Sunrise course at Mirasol was brutal in Friday’s round. The 18th – the 14th toughest hole on the course Thursday – became the hardest hole on Friday. Players averaged drives of 289 yards on Thursday and only 258 on Friday. Many, many players were left with approaches of 220+ yards on the 476-yard par 4, and viewers got to see plenty of 3-wood approaches.
Said Dudley Hart, who made the cut at even par, “all the long par 4s were playing into the wind today, it was brutal.”
Pos Player Tot R1 R2 Total 1 Brett Wetterich -12 66 66 132 2 Lee Janzen -11 69 64 133 T3 Robert Damron -9 70 65 135 T3 Chad Campbell -9 64 71 135 5 Nick Watney -8 68 68 136 T6 Jesper Parnevik -7 67 70 137 T6 Patrick Sheehan -7 70 67 137 T6 Brett Quigley -7 71 66 137 T9 Daniel Chopra -6 70 68 138 T9 Bob Estes -6 69 69 138 T9 Billy Andrade -6 69 69 138 T9 Pat Perez -6 69 69 138 T9 Kevin Na -6 69 69 138
The weekend TV schedule is as follows:
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