Adam Hadwin shot a second round 7-under 64 and leads the Vaslpar Championship through 36 holes. First round leader Jim Herman played to even-par but finds himself only one shot back and will play with Hadwin in the final pairing on Saturday.
Here are six thoughts after two rounds of play at Copperhead.
1. Adam Hadwin, the 36 hole leader, is officially legit. Hadwin, who fired a 59 at the Careerbuilder Challenge, should no longer be considered a flash in the pan. The Canadian has made the cut in his last 9 starts.
2. Justin Thomas missed the cut and is definitely in a funk. JT has now missed the cut in three of his last 5 starts. For those scoring at home, that’s 60%. Not good! A legit 7th ranked player in the world does not miss the cut at events called the Honda, Valspar, and Waste Management. Thomas missed the weekend at all of ’em.
3. Bubba Watson has fallen and can’t get up. Last year at this time Watson was the 4th ranked golfer in the world. Today you wouldn’t take him as the C player in a scramble at your company outing. Watson has done this for the season: T54, T25, CUT, W/D, T38, CUT. He’s currently 149th in the FedEx Cup and on Sunday night will be outside the top-150. Wow!
4. Graeme McDowell had the best comeback yesterday. After a first round 4-over 75, McDowell’s chances of playing the weekend looked slim. But a second round 4-under 67 allowed the Irishman to sneak into the weekend, right on the cut line at even-par.
5. Daniel Berger is another young star that is hard to figure out. Berger seems to be either really good or real crappy. His repertoire does not include consistency. In his last 5 starts, Boog has a T7 and T16 to go along with three MCs. Like his buddy Thomas, that’s a missed-cut clip of 60%. Which is garbage!
6. Bryson DeChambeau made a cut and will be on TV this weekend in an actual golf tournament, and not just pitching products at the commercial breaks. The former all-world amateur has had a horrendous start to his rookie season: MC, T36, T66, MC, T49, MC, MC, MC, WD, MC.
Leaderboard
POS | NAME | 1 | 2 | TOT |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Adam Hadwin | 68 | 64 | -10 |
2 | Jim Herman | 62 | 71 | -9 |
3 | Tyrone Van Aswegen | 69 | 65 | -8 |
4 | Dominic Bozzelli | 67 | 68 | -7 |
4 | Russell Henley | 64 | 71 | -7 |
4 | Henrik Stenson | 64 | 71 | -7 |
7 | Wesley Bryan | 68 | 68 | -6 |
8 | Bryson DeChambeau | 67 | 70 | -5 |
8 | Blayne Barber | 70 | 67 | -5 |
8 | Hudson Swafford | 68 | 69 | -5 |
8 | James Hahn | 65 | 72 | -5 |
8 | Luke List | 68 | 69 | -5 |
8 | Patrick Cantlay | 71 | 66 | -5 |
14 | Charles Howell III | 67 | 71 | -4 |
14 | Matt Kuchar | 69 | 69 | -4 |
14 | Alex Cejka | 68 | 70 | -4 |
14 | Jamie Lovemark | 69 | 69 | -4 |
14 | Lucas Glover | 68 | 70 | -4 |
14 | Soren Kjeldsen | 68 | 70 | -4 |
20 | Nick Watney | 70 | 69 | -3 |
20 | Jason Dufner | 68 | 71 | -3 |
20 | Hunter Mahan | 71 | 68 | -3 |
20 | Ian Poulter | 72 | 67 | -3 |
20 | Kevin Streelman | 71 | 68 | -3 |
20 | J.T. Poston | 69 | 70 | -3 |
20 | J.J. Henry | 72 | 67 | -3 |
20 | Rod Pampling | 70 | 69 | -3 |
20 | Tony Finau | 67 | 72 | -3 |
20 | Jason Kokrak | 68 | 71 | -3 |
20 | John Huh | 69 | 70 | -3 |
20 | Keith Mitchell | 69 | 70 | -3 |
32 | Ben Crane | 74 | 66 | -2 |
32 | Stewart Cink | 69 | 71 | -2 |
32 | Jonas Blixt | 69 | 71 | -2 |
32 | Lee McCoy | 72 | 68 | -2 |
32 | Chad Campbell | 71 | 69 | -2 |
32 | Chez Reavie | 72 | 68 | -2 |
32 | Kyle Stanley | 69 | 71 | -2 |
32 | Charl Schwartzel | 70 | 70 | -2 |
32 | Keegan Bradley | 67 | 73 | -2 |
32 | Seamus Power | 66 | 74 | -2 |
42 | Michael Kim | 70 | 71 | -1 |
42 | Cameron Smith | 74 | 67 | -1 |
42 | Gary Woodland | 71 | 70 | -1 |
42 | Ryan Moore | 69 | 72 | -1 |
42 | Ryan Blaum | 68 | 73 | -1 |
42 | Danny Lee | 72 | 69 | -1 |
42 | Robert Garrigus | 71 | 70 | -1 |
42 | Kyle Reifers | 69 | 72 | -1 |
42 | Byeong-Hun An | 69 | 72 | -1 |
42 | Morgan Hoffmann | 69 | 72 | -1 |
52 | Harris English | 77 | 65 | E |
52 | Graham DeLaet | 71 | 71 | E |
52 | Ryo Ishikawa | 69 | 73 | E |
52 | Nick Taylor | 72 | 70 | E |
52 | Webb Simpson | 67 | 75 | E |
52 | Graeme McDowell | 75 | 67 | E |
52 | Bill Haas | 70 | 72 | E |
52 | Scott Stallings | 72 | 70 | E |
52 | Kelly Kraft | 72 | 70 | E |
52 | Charlie Danielson | 71 | 71 | E |
52 | Bud Cauley | 70 | 72 | E |
52 | David Hearn | 68 | 74 | E |
52 | Ben Martin | 75 | 67 | E |
52 | David Lingmerth | 70 | 72 | E |
52 | Patrick Reed | 70 | 72 | E |
52 | Jim Furyk | 69 | 73 | E |
52 | Brian Stuard | 70 | 72 | E |
52 | Tim Wilkinson | 70 | 72 | E |
71 | Aaron Baddeley | 71 | 72 | MC |
71 | Daniel Berger | 70 | 73 | MC |
71 | Greg Chalmers | 72 | 71 | MC |
71 | Ollie Schniederjans | 71 | 72 | MC |
71 | Peter Malnati | 71 | 72 | MC |
71 | Brian Gay | 71 | 72 | MC |
71 | Cody Gribble | 74 | 69 | MC |
71 | Billy Hurley III | 71 | 72 | MC |
71 | Zac Blair | 70 | 73 | MC |
71 | Beau Hossler | 74 | 69 | MC |
81 | Martin Flores | 73 | 71 | MC |
81 | Spencer Levin | 69 | 75 | MC |
81 | Seung-yul Noh | 71 | 73 | MC |
81 | Russell Knox | 70 | 74 | MC |
81 | Scott Piercy | 72 | 72 | MC |
81 | Steve Stricker | 75 | 69 | MC |
81 | Ken Duke | 74 | 70 | MC |
81 | Ricky Barnes | 72 | 72 | MC |
81 | Willy Wilcox | 71 | 73 | MC |
81 | Luke Donald | 71 | 73 | MC |
81 | Ernie Els | 71 | 73 | MC |
81 | Bubba Watson | 73 | 71 | MC |
81 | Johnson Wagner | 73 | 71 | MC |
94 | Kevin Na | 75 | 70 | MC |
94 | Harold Varner III | 77 | 68 | MC |
94 | Patton Kizzire | 70 | 75 | MC |
94 | Sung Kang | 74 | 71 | MC |
94 | Justin Thomas | 71 | 74 | MC |
94 | Cameron Tringale | 71 | 74 | MC |
100 | Steven Bowditch | 72 | 74 | MC |
100 | Vijay Singh | 73 | 73 | MC |
100 | George McNeill | 73 | 73 | MC |
100 | Jason Bohn | 74 | 72 | MC |
100 | Sam Saunders | 74 | 72 | MC |
100 | Steve Wheatcroft | 72 | 74 | MC |
100 | Chad Collins | 68 | 78 | MC |
100 | John Senden | 72 | 74 | MC |
100 | Smylie Kaufman | 71 | 75 | MC |
100 | Martin Laird | 73 | 73 | MC |
110 | C.T. Pan | 73 | 74 | MC |
110 | Andrew Loupe | 74 | 73 | MC |
110 | Brian Harman | 75 | 72 | MC |
110 | Shawn Stefani | 73 | 74 | MC |
110 | Trey Mullinax | 78 | 69 | MC |
110 | Richy Werenski | 74 | 73 | MC |
110 | Zach Wright | 73 | 74 | MC |
110 | Brett Stegmaier | 71 | 76 | MC |
110 | K.J. Choi | 73 | 74 | MC |
110 | Chris Kirk | 74 | 73 | MC |
110 | Charley Hoffman | 73 | 74 | MC |
110 | Freddie Jacobson | 77 | 70 | MC |
122 | Carl Pettersson | 75 | 73 | MC |
122 | Robert Streb | 77 | 71 | MC |
122 | Boo Weekley | 72 | 76 | MC |
122 | Derek Fathauer | 72 | 76 | MC |
122 | Steve Marino | 71 | 77 | MC |
122 | Billy Horschel | 75 | 73 | MC |
122 | Troy Merritt | 77 | 71 | MC |
122 | Geoff Ogilvy | 76 | 72 | MC |
122 | Daniel Summerhays | 72 | 76 | MC |
122 | J.J. Spaun | 72 | 76 | MC |
132 | Mark Hubbard | 75 | 74 | MC |
132 | Jimmy Stanger | 76 | 73 | MC |
132 | Retief Goosen | 76 | 73 | MC |
132 | Grayson Murray | 75 | 74 | MC |
136 | Michael Thompson | 73 | 77 | MC |
137 | Brendon Todd | 76 | 75 | MC |
137 | Bryce Molder | 74 | 77 | MC |
137 | Patrick Rodgers | 77 | 74 | MC |
140 | Scott Brown | 76 | 76 | MC |
140 | Matt Every | 75 | 77 | MC |
142 | Rod Perry | 75 | 81 | MC |
- | Si Woo Kim | 81 | - | WD |
- | Whee Kim | 75 | - | WD |
- | Sean O'Hair | 72 | 70 | WD |