Second-round notebook – at&t NATIONAL hosted by Tiger Woods
* Rod Pampling has been consistent during his seven years on the PGA TOUR. The Australian has four top-25 finishes this year and has never had a season with less than nine top-25s. Currently 91st on the money-list, he has finished higher than No. 90 every year, including a career-best 17th in 2006 when he scored his second win on TOUR at the Bay Hill Invitational.* Rod Pampling (67-64) posted his lowest round of the year. It was a stroke shy of his career-best 63 (2 times, most recent 2008 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial).
* Rod Pampling has hit 9 of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in both the first and second round and has avoided any three-putts.
* Rod Pampling has a good track record in the AT&T National at Congressional CC;
2009 -- 67-64
2008 T3 66-69-71-65
2007 T19 70-70-69-72
* Tiger Woods (64-66) bogeyed No. 11 for the second day in a row but bounced back with three birdies in four holes (Nos. 13, 15 and 16) and leads at 10-under after the morning wave.
* Tiger Woods took the outright lead for the first time at 9-under at 10:46 a.m. ET with a birdie at the first hole (his 10th). He held the lead for 90 seconds before being joined by Rod Pampling, who birdied No. 15. Woods regained the solo lead at 10-under at 12:29 p.m. ET with a birdie at the 8th (his 17th) with Pampling already in the clubhouse at 9-under.
* Tiger Woods’ 10-under 130 marks just the second time in history that a double-digit score under-par after 36-holes is posted during a tournament at Congressional CC. Danny Edwards was 10-under after 36-holes (67-67) in the 1981 Kemper Open and eventually finished T6 with 73-72 on the weekend.
* Tiger Woods has previously held the 36-hole lead/co-lead 37 times on the PGA TOUR and gone on to win 31 times. The last time Woods led after 36-holes was at the 2008 Buick Invitational, which he won.
* Tiger Woods, at No. 4, is the highest-ranked player in the FedExCup standings teeing it up this week. With a victory here he would become the first player to top 2,000 points this season. Woods, Sean O’Hair (69-TBD) and Lucas Glover (69-66) are the only three players who have a chance to oust Kenny Perry from the No. 1 spot this week, but all three require victory to make that happen.
* Bryce Molder (64-70) got to 8-under before three bogeys in four holes (Nos. 4, 6 and 7) halted his progress, eventually finishing 6-under through 36-holes.
* Anthony Kim’s successful stretch of birdies at the 402-yard, par-4 first hole at Congressional CC came to an end on Friday when he posted a par. Kim made four birdies in the 2008 event and another in Thursday’s first round.
* Charles Warren (73-67) made five consecutive 3s to begin his second round and posted 30 on the front-nine – a 7-stroke improvement from Thursday’s first round. It marked the first time he has scored under-par in round-two at the AT&T National (72/2008, 73/2007). Warren finished T45 in 2007 and T27 here last year.
* Lucas Glover (69-66) posted four consecutive birdies (Nos. 15-18) to make the turn in 5-under 30 in round two. An inward nine of 36 (8 pars, 1 bogey) has Glover at 5-under, along with Danny Lee and Stuart Appelby after the morning session of play is completed.
* Danny Lee (68-67) is playing his seventh TOUR event as a professional and has earnings of $169,304. The New Zealand rookie needs to earn the equivalent of $537,958 (150thon 2008 money-list) to earn temporary membership and receive unlimited invitations. Lee has confirmed starts at the Buick Open, the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and a possible start at the Wyndham Championship where he finished T20 last year as an amateur.
* Jeff Overton withdrew during the second round with a wrist injury.
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