Notebook, Round 2: RBC Canadian Open

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Jul. 23, 2010
By Doug Milne

The start of the second round was delayed two hours from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. ET because of a dangerous weather situation.

RBC CANADIAN OPEN

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Seventy-nine players made the 36-hole cut at 1-under 139. As more than 78 players made the initial cut, a secondary cut will take place following the third round to low-70 and ties.

Dean Wilson sank an 18-foot par putt at the last hole to post his second consecutive 5-under 65 to get to 10-under headed into the weekend. The 65s are his lowest rounds of the 2010 season.

Wilson is making his ninth start of the 2010 season at the RBC Canadian Open. He has missed the cut in his previous three starts.

Wilson is making his seventh RBC Canadian Open start. His best previous finish in this event is a T14 in 2004. He finished T39 last year.

Wilson has held at least a share of the 36-hole lead three times previously, most recently at the 2008 St. Jude Classic. He ultimately finished T13.

Wilson's lone PGA TOUR victory came at The INTERNATIONAL in 2006, outside Denver, CO.

South African Tim Clark fired a bogey-free, 6-under 64 to get his second round in before darkness. He shares the 10-under lead with Dean Wilson.

Clark, who broke a winless drought at THE PLAYERS Championship in his 206th career start earlier this year, finds himself at the top of the 36-hole leaderboard for the fourth time of his career. He most recently held a share of the 36-hole lead at the 2008 Deutsche Bank Championship, where he finished T15.

Clark is competing in just his second RBC Canadian Open. He missed the cut in his only other start here, in 2002.

The second-round leader/co-leader has gone on to win 12 of 30 times in stroke-play events so far this year on the PGA TOUR.

Rookie Brent Delahoussaye followed his opening-round, 8-under 62 with a 1-under 69 to finish at 9 under after two rounds. He trails Tim Clark and Dean Wilson by a stroke.

Delahoussaye is making his 13th PGA TOUR start of 2010, having struggled with just two made cuts. His best finish of the year is a T53 at the HP Byron Nelson Championship.

Delahoussaye earned his way onto the PGA TOUR as a rookie via the PGA TOUR National Qualifying Tournament, where he finished T23.

A Greenville, S.C. resident, Delahoussaye is a graduate of Clemson University (2005, Sports Management).

Jacksonville, Fla. resident Steve Wheatcroft followed an opening-round, 5-under 65 with a 4-under 66. Wheatcroft earned his way back to the PGA TOUR by virtue of a 20th place finish on the 2009 Nationwide Tour money list.

Competing in his first PGA TOUR event of the season, Rob Grube matched his first-round 4-under 66 with a second one in Round 2. He is two back of the lead. He is competing in just his third event on TOUR. He missed the cut at the 2009 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, after posting T14 honors at the 2008 Reno-Tahoe Open.

Kevin Sutherland bettered his previous career-low of 63 with a bogey-free, 8-under 62 in Round 2. His 62 matched the course record, set yesterday by first-round leader Brent Delahoussaye. Previously, George Knudson held St. George's course record with a 6-under 64 in the third round of 1968.

Sutherland is competing in his 12th RBC Canadian Open, dating to 1996. He has previously missed just two cuts. His lone top 10 in this event was a T10 in 2000 when title honors went to Tiger Woods at Glen Abbey.

Tim Herron dramatically improved from an even-par 70 in Round 1 with a bogey-free, 7-under 63 in Round 2. It was his best round since a 63 in the second round of the 2009 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Herron is competing in his sixth RBC Canadian Open. He finished T16 last year but had not competed in this event since 1999 prior to that.

J.J. Henry bettered a first-round, 3-under 67 with a 5-under 65 in Round 2 to head into the weekend at 8 under. Henry is looking for his second PGA TOUR win, following his 2006 Travelers Championship win in his home state of Connecticut.

Having earned his way into the field through the Canadian Tour Order of Merit, Brock Mackenzie has made the most of his opportunity by following a 6-under 64 in Round 1 with a 2-under 68 in Round 2.

Mackenzie is making just his fourth PGA TOUR start. He missed the cut as an amateur at the 2004 U.S. Open and, as a professional, he missed the cut at the 2004 John Deere Classic and finished T48 at the 2004 B.C. Open.

Current low-Canadian honors belong to 22-year-old Adam Hadwin. He followed an opening-round, 2-under 68 with a 4-under 66 in Round 2 to get to 6 under heading into the weekend.

Adam Hadwin earned his way into this week's field via the Canadian Tour Order of Merit. In addition to receiving an invitation to the 2010 RBC Canadian Open, he was also extended a chance to compete in this year's Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic on the Nationwide Tour, where he finished T27.

Following a 2-over 72 in Round 1, Canada's Mike Weir struggled again in Round 2 with a 4-over 74 and will miss the cut. It will be his 12th missed cut in 20 RBC Canadian Open starts, dating to 1989.

There are 18 Canadians in this week's field. They are:

Player (Hometown)
Stephen Ames (Calgary, Alberta)
Jon Mills (Oshawa, B.C.)
Adam Hadwin (Abbotsford, B.C.)
Matt Hill (Bright's Grove, Ontario)
Graham DeLaet (Weyburn, Saskatchewan)
Ted Brown (Calgary, Alberta)
(a) Dave Bunker (Woodbridge, Ontario)
(a) Cam Burke (New Hamburg, Ontario)
(a) Nick Taylor (Abbotsford, B.C.)
(a) Eugene Wong (North Vancouver, B.C.)
David Hearn (Brantford, Ontario)
Barrett Jarosch (Edmonton, Alberta)
Christopher Ross (Dundas, Ontario)
Mike Weir (Bright's Grove, Ontario)
Jeffery Puska (Ladysmith, B.C.)
Ben Boudreau (Longueuil, Quebec)
Jim Rutledge (Victoria, B.C.)
(a) Beon Yeong Lee (Montreal, Quebec)