Pin High at the Waste Management Phoenix Open (V.1)
Jan 28, 2015 12:54:53 GMT -5
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Post by djdavefl on Jan 28, 2015 12:54:53 GMT -5
PGA TOUR MIDWEEK REPORT
WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN
COYOTE CANYON
(DM) – Scottsdale, AZ
The PGA TOUR makes its annual stop in the Valley of The Sun at Coyote Canyon GC for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. This year’s event features 131 registered entrants including the entire top 10 in the FED EX points race, as well as the much anticipated return of one of the superstars of the TOUR. No, not the man with the famous Sunday red, but Scott Doyley, fresh off his two week tear through the desert on the European Tour where he came away with 2 victories and nearly a million dollars in prize winnings.
With 30 players left to tee off in the event, probably attending some of the Super Bowl festivities in nearby Glendale, AZ, the action is tight at the top of the leaderboard, and a few big names may be sweating out the cut, and left to join the biggest galleries in all of golf for the weekend.
Mid-way through the week, Tyler Harris surged into the lead with a spectacular 2nd round 55 to post a halfway score of -30, to take the lead from Rob Foyster who backed up a first round 56 with a solid 59 to stand one back at -29, and tied for second with Andrew Kulchar, and David Williams.
Harris, who has finished in the top ten each week thus far in the season, is looking to notch his first victory, while Foyster and Kulchar are looking for their first top-ten finish of the season, Williams is looking to better his ninth place finish at the SONY.
Last weeks winner at HUMANA, Jeremy Blaylock posted steady rounds of 61-57 and is 4 strokes back heading into the weekend. SONY OPEN winner Roddy MacDougall is tied for 12th 6 shots back of Harris.
Other notables include 2 time WEB.COM winner Brian Lemons who opened with a 59-60 and is stands at T7. FED-EX Cup leader and leading money winner on tour this year Nick Russell currently stands in 57th and dangerously close to the cut line at -18. Another top 10 money winner, Dale Burger started with an 8 under 64 in round one, and probably needs to improve on that score to be around for the weekend.
Currently 70 players are at -16, and with 30 players left to begin the tournament, and 11 others yet to post a 2nd round score the cut line should move to closer to -18 before all is said and done.