Eighty-five golfers made the 36-hole cut at 2-under 138. American Jeff Overton, No. 12 in the FedExCup standings, leads the six million dollar PGA Greenbrier Classic by four shots. The 27-year-old Overton, the hottest golfer on Tour shot his best round of the year and the low round of the tournament with a bogey-free round on the Old White Course, recording a flawless 62.
Fellow American Boo Weekley equaled his best round of the year shooting a 63 on Friday after a 3-under 67 opening round and is second at 10-under. Boo was a runner-up four years ago in the West Virginia area, at the Pete Dye Classic, where he played from 2004 three years in a row. At the same tournament, three years ago Walker won the event and this week at the Greenbrier Classic bettered an opening round, 3-under 67 with a 6-under 64 in round two. Jimmy Walker and Erik Compton share the third place and are nine-under. Erik, the first-round co-leader, couldn’t grind out the birdies that dominated his first round.
Australian players have displayed the best results in the first two rounds in last few weeks, eight of them finding themselves above the cutline and some of them even keep chances to win the trophy. Aussie contingent who played so well these days is lead by Aaron Baddeley, a two-time PGA Tour champion. Aaron is making his 18th start of the 2010 PGA Tour season, having made the cut in 13 previous starts and fired a 65 on Friday that lifted him to a T5 with five strokes back at 8 under. Baddeley is followed by Stuart Appleby with a total of 134, while John Senden is one stroke behind.
Marc Leishman, Mathew Goggin and Aron Price share the 42nd place. Last two Aussies who made the cut with a total of 137 are Cameron Percy and Greg Chalmers, both of them recording a 68 and a 69 in the first two rounds. James Nitties, Matt Jones, Jarrod Lyle, Rod Pampling, David Lutterus and Mark Hensby didn’t survive the halfway cut. David confirming his bad streak, failing to make the cut the ninth time in the last 10 PGA Tour tournaments played, while Matt, who has made the cut five times in the last six events and nine times in the last 11 events before The Greenbrier Classic, has been the biggest Australian disappointment.