EDS Byron Nelson Championship: Second-Round Notes

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• Adam Scott opened his second round with four consecutive birdies en route to a 3-under-par 67. His leading total of 135 through two rounds is the highest at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship since Payne Stewart shot 67-68--135 en route to winning the event in 1990.

• Adam Scott has now made 13 consecutive cuts, third-longest on TOUR.

• The 36-hole leader Adam Scott is 92nd in FedExCup points with one top-10 (tied for ninth at the World Golf Championships-CA Championship) in five starts. In one of the starts, in the defense of his Shell Houston Open title, he set the Redstone Golf Club course record with a first-round 9-under-par 63 but was forced to withdraw due to illness. Scott has found success on the European Tour, as he won the Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy earlier this year with a final-round 61 and is ninth in the current Order of Merit.

TPC Four Seasons Scoring Averages:

2007: Thursday, 71.419; Friday, 70.373
2008: Thursday, 72.410; Friday, 71.642

• Justin Leonard and Scott McCarron posted the only bogey-free rounds of the day on Saturday, bringing the total to three for the week.

• Dallas native Justin Leonard (tied for fifth) made his 14th cut in 15 EDS Byron Nelson Championship starts. Leonard has posted two top-10s at the event -- tied for sixth in 2001 and tied for ninth in 2003.

• Justin Leonard has now made 18 consecutive cuts on the PGA TOUR, second to Tiger Woods' 28.

• Justin Leonard is tied for fourth on the PGA TOUR with four top-10s in 11 starts.

• Frank Lickliter II (tied for 10th) led the field with eight birdies on Friday and posted the low round of the day with a 65. He jumped from a tie for 82nd to a tie for 11th with a 36-hole total of 2-under 138. Lickliter entered this week 12th in Round 2 Scoring Average on the PGA TOUR in 2008 with an average of 69.90.

• Ryan Moore (tied for fourth) leads the field with 12 birdies.

• Scott McCarron (tied for second) continues his comeback from 2006 elbow surgery, as he was granted a Major Medical Extension carryover for 2008. He did not play on the PGA TOUR in 2007 as he recovered from elbow surgery performed in August 2006. Coupled with 2006 winnings of $175,727 and 2008 winnings of $26,116, has six events remaining to earn $459,055, equaling the No. 125 from 2006. If he is successful, he will play out of the Major Medical Extension category for the remainder of the 2008 season. McCarron is looking for his first top-10 since a tied for 10th at the 2005 INTERNATIONAL and his first victory since the 2001 BellSouth Classic.

• John Mallinger played his way into contention with a 4-under-par 66 that included seven birdies over an 11-hole stretch. Mallinger heads into the weekend tied for 15th at 1-under par.

• Defending champion Scott Verplank (tied for 33rd) made his 12th career cut at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in 22 starts. The 22 starts are tied for seventh all-time with five other players.

• Past champion Corey Pavin (tied for 49th) made his 15th career cut in 21 starts at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.

• Chris Stroud withdrew after eight holes of the second round with a leg injury.

• Jin Park withdrew after nine holes of the second round with a wrist injury.