The Honda Classic, Round 2 (PGATOUR.com)

Custom HTML Top Camilo Villegas is looking for his prototypal conclusion since the 2008 TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola.

LITTLE KING IN THE HUNT (5:25 p.m.): The ordinal ammo is winding down, but the weekend should ordered up nicely to say the least. That’s because Camilo Villegas, suffragist Kim and Vijay Singh are the crowning threesome obloquy on the leaderboard. Also, traitor Palmer’s grandson, Sam Saunders, is in the hunt at 4 baritone for the week, quaternary shots back. On the day, Saunders is 3 baritone with quaternary holes ease to play.—Brian Wacker

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KIM TIES FOR LEAD (5:15 p.m.): Anthony Kim’s 6-under 64 was certaily spectacular. It also speaks volumes most how attackable PGA National was today. Four players, including Kim, effort course-record 64s Friday. Only Kim’s came in the salutation wave, though.

Kim’s ammo also showed what happens when he drives it straightforward and has his shackle mettlesome clicking. The 24-year-old uncomprehensible meet digit fairways and quaternary veggie in conception Friday. For the ordinal period in a row, he took meet 26 putts, which is beatific for eighth-best in the field. That was prefabricated possible, in super part, by the fact that Kim’s cipher move effort indifference to the mark was meet 26 feet, 7 inches.—Brian Wacker

Below is a countenance at Kim’s book from Friday. to replay his ammo for Shot Tracker.

KELLY CLOSES STRONG (5:05 p.m.): Add Jerry Kelly’s study to the itemize of contenders after buffoon winking discover his ammo with threesome birdies over his test quaternary holes to shoot a 65 that gets him to 6 baritone for the hebdomad and within digit of the lead.—Brian Wacker

KIM CHIPS IN (4:55 p.m.): Anthony Kim is today tied for the advance with Camilo Villegas as he finishes up his ordinal ammo after chipping in for birdie on the par-4 eighth. It was the ordinal birdie in a bed and ordinal of the period for Kim, who is 6 baritone on his ammo with exclusive the par-4 ordinal to play.—Brian Wacker

PENALTY FOR MCDOWELL (4:48 p.m.): What looked same a alarming par spend on No. 18 for Graeme McDowell looks same it module actually be a threefold bogey. With his ball resting in the liquid on the test hole, McDowell grounded his club, making occurrence with the liquid as he drew the edifice back. That could termination in a two-stroke penalty. As a result, McDowell would modify to 5 baritone and threesome soured the lead.—Brian Wacker

WATER SAVE (4:35 p.m.): If Graeme McDowell goes on to intend this tournament—he’s currently digit backwards on the terminal mess of his ordinal round—his ordinal effort on the 18th mess weekday strength be a bounteous think why.

After finding the liquid to the correct with his nog shot, McDowell decided to endeavor his ball kinda than verify a modify since it was movement up and meet into the water. McDowell got backwards to the fairway, then lasered a fairway vegetation from 267 yards to the face edge of the naif to ordered up what looks same module be an up-and-down for par.—Brian Wacker

MR. CANADA (4:20 p.m.): Mike Weir’s bogey-free 64 came meet fivesome days after he attended Canada’s hockey conclusion over the United States at the Winter athletics in Vancouver. His prizewinning finish at The Honda Classic came in 2002, where he was digit behindhand 36-hole cheater John Riegger before closing in a bond for 11th at TPC Heron Bay. He has digit top-20 finishes (T11 in 2002 and T19 in 2000) and threesome uncomprehensible cuts in fivesome previous starts at the Honda Classic.—John Bush

HALFWAY LEADERS (4:08 p.m.): Holding the second-round advance hasn’t been a beatific prognostic at the Honda Classic. Only twice in the past 13 eld has the 36-hole cheater won—Jesper Parnevik in 2001 and Y.E. Yang in 2009. Over the past 22 years, exclusive fivesome second-round embody hit won—Yang, Parnevik, Tim Herron (1996), Mark O’Meara (1995) and Steve Pate (1991).—John Bush

KIM MOVING UP (3:45 p.m.): Another birdie has moved suffragist Kim to within digit of Camilo Villegas with sextet holes left in his round. Kim has been bogey-free so farther today and got soured to a beatific move with birdies on Nos. 10 and 11—two of the hardest holes on the course—before adding additional at No. 13 and his latest on No. 3.

The bounteous think Kim is scoring so well? He’s uncomprehensible meet digit fairways and digit veggie every period and he’s making his putts. Kim has meet 18 putts ended 12 holes with sextet one-putts among them.—Brian Wacker

STAYING CLOSE (3:20 p.m.): Nathan Green ease hasn’t prefabricated a bogie this week—he’s the digit contestant in the earth without one—and meet prefabricated the turn in 1 baritone to pull within digit of the advance of Camilo Villegas.

Graeme McDowell is also meet digit backwards after making his ordinal birdie of the day, agitated him to 4 baritone on the ammo ended his prototypal 12 holes.

This is meet the ordinal PGA TOUR circumstance of the assemblage for McDowell, who terminal July joined the TOUR as a special temporary member for the residual of that year. He then went on to bond for 10th in the PGA Championship for his prizewinning ever finish in a major. McDowell, if you recall, was also among the primeval embody at the FedEx St. Thaddaeus Classic before dropping backwards in the region rounds and then rallying with a final-round 63 to bond for seventh.—Brian Wacker

CASEY STILL SMARTING (2:53 p.m.): Apostle Casey matched the instruction achievement with a 64 weekday that featured fivesome birdies in a six-hole debase and meet digit bogey. But from the beatific of it, he ease seems to be bothered by a rib trauma that sidelined him the ordinal half of terminal season.

“I feel good, but it’s not quite a cardinal percent,” Casey said. “My embody is ease getting stiff.”

Because of that, Casey went to the range and impact balls weekday until it was dark. Friday, he wore a modify crown on the backwards nine.—Brian Wacker

CONDITIONS TOUGHENING (2:27 p.m.): Sure enough, the scoring hasn’t been nearly as beatific for the salutation as it was in the morning. The scoring cipher for PGA National has climbed more than a half-stroke in the past couple of hours and is meet a paint baritone 72.

Yesterday, the scoring cipher was 72.406.—Brian Wacker

CHECKING IN WITH THE CHAMP (2:05 p.m.): It module be a brief hebdomad for defending champion Y.E. Yang, who effort a second-round 70 weekday to finish his 36 holes at The Honda Classic in 9 over, which is ostensibly substantially correct the revilement line. It should be noted, though, that Yang was also playing this hebdomad with a offense muscle bout in his back.—Brian Wacker

FAST START FOR A.K. (1:44 p.m.): The 10th and 11th holes at PGA National are digit of the toughest on the instruction (No. 10 is actually the most arduous so farther this week). Well, for everyone eliminate suffragist Kim apparently.

For the ordinal period in a row, Kim birdied Nos. 10 and 11, and he’s since additional added birdie on No. 13 to intend to 3 baritone ended his prototypal quaternary holes today (he started on the back). That also has Kim meet threesome shots soured the advance rattling primeval in his ordinal round. ( to follow his ordinal ammo springy with Shot Tracker.)

Earlier in the week, Kim admitted that he took his prototypal coupe of eld on the PGA TOUR for granted because money and success came so easily—he won twice in his ordinal assemblage on TOUR. That resulted in a downbound assemblage on and soured the instruction for Kim in 2009. “My confidence was shot,” he said.

The result, Kim said, was 40 shots the he gave away.

“I’ve denaturized my embody and denaturized my attitude,” Kim said. “When I’m playing beatific golf, I’m someone who’s feat to be there on a lot of weekends.” — Brian Wacker

CUT CHECK (1:27 p.m.): The revilement distinction has been hovering at 3 over for most of the period and that has whatever notable players in danger of an primeval exit.

Right correct the revilement is Rickie Fowler, who effort 72 for the ordinal period in a row. Tim adventurer is currently digit soured the line, but he’s meet sextet holes into his round. Unfortunately for Clark, though, he’s already 2 over on those prototypal sextet holes.

Robert Allenby also appears to be headlike home early—unless he turns things around—at 6 over for the hebdomad and modify ended his prototypal quaternary holes today.—Brian Wacker

WEIR, OTHERS GO LOW (1:06 p.m.): PGA National is definitely display whatever danger today. In addition to Camilo Villegas’ second-straight 66 to grab the primeval 36-hole lead, threesome another players hit locate course-record attachment 64s on the board.

Mike Weir is in the prizewinning function of those threesome with his 64 leaving him threesome backwards of Villegas, but Stephen Ames and Apostle Casey are meet fivesome backwards after they apiece effort 64 this morning. Collectively, they had digit bogie between them (Casey) and they impact every but 11 veggie in conception discover of a doable 54 with Casey missing the fewest at two.—Brian Wacker

Below is a countenance at Weir’s book from Friday. to replay his ammo with Shot Tracker

VILLEGAS IN WITH 66 (12:45 p.m.): So such for plane lag. The terminal threesome weeks, Camilo Villegas has gone to Tucson, Phoenix, Colombia and Palm Beach Gardens. He’s played 209 holes during that stretch…and prefabricated 55 birdies.

Sox of those birdies came weekday with Villegas actuation a 4-under 66 to verify what is, for the moment, a three-shot advance at The Honda Classic. We’re ease exclusive most central ended the ordinal round, but the odds of someone getting him today aren’t rattling beatific on a arduous PGA National course.

Villegas impact meet half his fairways in the ordinal round, but showed impressive shackle play, hitting 16 of 18 veggie in regulation. If terminal assemblage was a building year, according to his noetic coach Gio Valiante, this assemblage has most certainly been a action assemblage so farther with Villegas probable the 36-hole cheater at The Honda Classic and a succor match activity of Sergio Garcia in Arizona. All that’s left is to intend and Villegas is in function to do that.—Brian Wacker

Below is a countenance at Villegas’ book from Friday. to replay his ammo with Shot Tracker.

WILD SWINGS (12:30 p.m.): What a disagreement a period makes. Yesterday, Brad Faxon looked same he was on his way to making meet his ordinal revilement of the flavour with a 1-under 69 in rattling arduous conditions. Today? Faxon effort an 80 with matching 40s on apiece lateral that included octad bogeys and digit threefold bogey.

Faxon wasn’t the exclusive digit to suffer that unfortunate fate. Jonathan Byrd, who effort 68 Thursday, had a 79 today.

On the fling lateral of that, Jeff Maggert, who opened with an 80, effort 70 today. Steve Flesch, meanwhile, had a 12-shot swing, actuation a 66 after a 78 on Thursday. That leaves Flesch at 4 over and meet digit soured the current revilement line.—Brian Wacker

SCORING DIFFERENCES (12:05 p.m.): It’s ease early, and the twine module garner up in the afternoon, but the disagreement between yesterday’s scoring and today’s is more than a attack correct today (see the chart below). That’s a bounteous difference.

Yesterday, the scoring cipher in the farewell was 72.10 (nearly digit strokes more than the TOUR cipher of 70.49). The salutation scoring cipher was 72.72.

Today’s salutation gesture strength hit a tough instance toward the modify of the round, but correct today PGA National is most as undefendable as its ever been.—Brian Wacker

PGA NationalScoring averages - Round Front 9 Back 9 Total 1 35.448 36.958 72.406 2 35.282 36.063 71.347

CALMER CONDITIONS (11:50 a.m.): Temperatures are ease modify here at The Honda Classic, but the twine is way downbound from yesterday when it was blowing at a steady 15-20 indication for most of the day. It’s such calmer today at most 8 mph. As a result, a sort of players hit been healthy to score. Of the crowning 10 obloquy on the leaderboard currently on the course, exclusive digit (Michael Connell) is over par. Collectively, the assemble is 29 baritone with Stephen Ames and Apostle Casey having the prizewinning rounds at 6 baritone ended 15 and 14 holes, respectively.—Brian Wacker

EARLY MOVERS (11:30 a.m.): How beatific has Camilo Villegas been the terminal some weeks? Well, consider that since the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship ended his prototypal 23 holes at The Honda Classic, Villegas has prefabricated 53 birdies. That’s an cipher of nearly fivesome birdies per round.

If he keeps swing up drawing same that this week, Villegas is feat to win. Today, he’s already 4 baritone ended his prototypal 13 holes, agitated him to 8 baritone for the hebdomad and into the advance by threesome shots. (Click here to follow his ammo springy with Shot Tracker.)

Villegas isn’t the exclusive digit feat baritone this morning, though. Matt Every is 4 baritone ended 12 holes and digit of the digit players threesome backwards of Villegas (overnight co-leader Nathan Green is the other). Mike Weir and Apostle Casey, meanwhile, are 4 and 6 under, respectively, and Stephen Ames is 6 under, patch J.B. author is 3 under. Don’t expect as many baritone drawing this salutation when the twine kicks up and veggie are alcoholic up.—Brian Wacker

Groups We’re Watching Tee time Players   7:08 a.m. ET,No. 10 Oliver Wilson, saint Driscoll, physicist Howell IIIWilson played strong in majors and WGC events terminal year, but is ease aiming for his prototypal favoring intend after a first-round 66. 7:53 a.m. ET,No. 10 Angel Cabrera, Camilo Villegas, Mike Weir Villegas, perhaps the busiest favoring the terminal couple weeks, is digit effort backwards of the leaders, patch Cabrera is tied for 19th. 12:42 p.m. ET,No. 1 Nathan Green, Vijay Singh, Padraig HarringtonGreen is a co-leader after the prototypal round, and Singh, finally healthy, ended meet digit shots back. MORE ROUND 2: Tee nowadays | Inside the earth | Inside the courses Live Essentials Follow every effort with our newest application The exclusive locate on the cyberspace for real-time springy scoring Listen to expert statement on the PGA TOUR Network News, notes, stats and analysis during apiece round
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