Round 2 Notes: Administaff Small Business Classic

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Weather: Partly cloudy with highs in the mid-80s and winds from the SE at 10-20 mph.

Round 2 Leaderboard: 1 -- Corey Pavin (-10/134); 2 -- Mark Wiebe (-9/135); 3 -- Fred Couples (-8/136); 4 -- Tom Lehman (-5/139); T5?Tom Byrum (-4/140), Jay Don Blake (-4/140), Larry Mize (-4/140), Mike Reid (-4/140)

• In this his rookie season on the Champions Tour, this is the second time Corey Pavin has led heading into Sunday's final round. At the Cap Cana Championship in late March, Pavin led Nick Price by one shot and was two strokes ahead of both Fred Couples and Larry Mize after play on Saturday. Despite shooting a 66 on Sunday, Pavin lost out to Couples by two strokes in the Dominican Republic. On the PGA TOUR, Pavin was a Saturday leader/co-leader eight times and went on to win three tournaments.

• In the history of this tournament, three of the previous six second-round leaders/co-leaders have gone on to win: Jay Haas in 2006 and Bernhard Langer in 2007 and 2008. On the 2010 Champions Tour however, 14 of 23 official events have been won by Saturday leaders/co-leaders.

• The winner of the Administaff Small Business Classic has come from the final grouping in three of the last four years. Last year, John Cook was T5 after 36 holes and trailed Dan Forsman by two strokes. This year's final grouping includes the recent United States Ryder Cup captain (Corey Pavin) and the current Presidents Cup captain (Fred Couples).

• Fred Couples' 7-under 65 was the low round of the day and moved him up 11 spots on the leaderboard into third place. Both Brad Bryant and Dan Forsman shot 6-under 66 and made the biggest moves of the day, vaulting up 38 places into a T8.

• A total of 255 Charles Schwab Cup points will go to the winner of the Administaff Small Business Classic tomorrow. Bernhard Langer currently leads the Schwab Cup race with 3,160 points but is T46 after 36 holes this week. Fred Couples trails Langer by 790 points but is in third place and can slice into his lead with a victory tomorrow. Points are only awarded for a top-10 finish and at the end of the official season, the player with the most Schwab Cup points will earn a $1 million payout.

• Corey Pavin's 12 total birdies are the most by a player in the field after 36 holes...Mark Wiebe has made just one bogey, the fewest by a player in the field...Jay Haas rallied to shoot 1-under 71 today, extended his streak of sub-par rounds at this event to 16 consecutive.

• This and That: Fred Couples and Fred Funk have both hit 25 of 28 fairways (89.29%)...Wayne Levi and Larry Mize lead in greens in regulation, hitting 28 of 36 (77.8%)...Corey Pavin has averaged just 24 putts per round.

• The Tournament Course at the Woodlands played almost two strokes easier today and there were 38 sub-par rounds posted on Saturday vs. just 22 sub-par scores on Friday. Here are the first- and second-round scoring averages for each year of the Administaff Small Business Classic.

• Through 36 holes, the most difficult hole at the Tournament Course at the Woodlands has been the par-4 17th (4.441). The hole has yielded eight total birdies but, playing in the same grouping today, Mark Wiebe and Russ Cochran both made 3s there. The easiest hole has been the par-5 15th hole (4.408), yielding seven of the nine eagles made through two rounds.