Round 2 Notebook: Viking Classic

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• A total of 79 players made the 36-hole cut at even-under 144. Because more than 78 players made the cut, a secondary cut will be made following the third round to low 70 and ties.

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• Brendon de Jonge and Bill Haas have shot identical rounds of 66-66 to share the second-round lead at the Viking Classic at 12-under 132. Neither golfer has held a second-round lead on TOUR. Michael Allen and Nathan Green are three shots back.

Brendon de Jonge
• Brendon de Jonge is making his TOUR leading 30th start of the season this week.

• With six top-10 finishes this season (T11 on TOUR), de Jonge enters the Viking Classic ranked No. 36 on the money list.

• de Jonge has never held a second-round lead/co-lead on TOUR. His best position after 36 holes was T2 at the 2007 Turning Stone Resort Championship (T13).

• de Jonge has only missed one cut in his last 14 starts on TOUR.

Bill Haas
• Bill Haas has not held a second-round lead/co-lead on TOUR in 163 career starts. His best position through 36-holes is T2 at the 2007 Viking Classic (T3) and 2004 Deutsche Bank Championship (T9).

• Haas is looking to win his second TOUR event in his 163rd start. His father Jay won his second TOUR event in his 142nd start on TOUR. The elder Haas never played in the Viking Classic.

• Haas finished one spot out of making the 30-man field for THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. Haas, at No. 40 on the money list, is seeking his second win of the season (Bob Hope Classic).

• Haas is no stranger to success at Annandale GC. In his two starts here, he finished T3 in 2007 with rounds of 68-67-70-72 and T4 in 2008 with rounds of 69-69-66-68. He is now a collective 39-under in 10 rounds at Annandale GC, all at par-or-better.

• Haas is 7-under on eight par-5 holes through the first two rounds. Haas has one of two eagles (Charles Warren) on the par-5 18th hole through the first two rounds.

Michael Allen
• Michael Allen (T3) is making his first start on the PGA TOUR since July at the John Deere Classic. His only top-10 this season came at the Farmers Insurance Open (T5). The Viking Classic is his 14th start on TOUR. Allen has 12 starts on the Champions Tour and five top-10s.

• Allen is making his ninth start at the Viking Classic with five made cuts. His best finish came in his first start in Mississippi in 1991 (T25).

Miscellaneous Stats
• Below is where the top five players after the second-round of the Viking Classic stand on the season money list:

• The top 30 on the season-ending PGA TOUR Official Money List earn several perks, including invitations to the Masters and U.S. Open. The top 125 on the season-ending Money List earn their card for 2011.

• The PGA TOUR's Fall Series is a time for players to move into the top 125 on the money list and earn full exempt status on the TOUR in 2011. Below are player's ranked No. 125-130 before the Viking Classic and their current standing:

• The Viking Classic has not had a first time winner since D.J. Trahan in 2006. Brendon de Jonge and Michael Allen are looking for their first TOUR wins.

• The second-round leader/co-leader has gone on to win just 14 of 40 stroke-play events on TOUR this year, most recently by Jim Furyk at THE TOUR Championship. Prior to Furyk it was Arjun Atwal at the Wyndham Championship.

• Bogey-free rounds:
*Round 1: 66 -- Bill Haas, Bill Lunde; 67 -- Jeff Quinney, Nathan Green; 68 -- Craig Barlow; 69 -- Tom Pernice Jr.
*Round 2: 65 -- Roland Thatcher; 66 -- Brendon de Jonge, Bill Haas; 67 -- Rocco Mediate; 68 -- John Senden; 69 -- Steve Elkington, Michael Connell; 71 -- Chris Tidland

• Scoring Averages at the par-72 Annandale GC:

• The par-3 second hole has played the toughest this week, yielding a 3.281 average. The par-5 seventh hole is the easiest with a 4.479 average.