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2021 World Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession (20th of 50 events in the PGA TOUR Season)

Bradenton, February 25-28, 2021 Purse: $10,500,000 ($1,820,000) The Concession /Yards: 36-36—72/7,564 FedExCup Points: 550 (winner)

Second-Round Notes – Friday, February 26, 2021

Weather: Sunny, with a high of 83. Wind WSW at 6-12 mph.

Second-Round Leaderboard 67-66—133 (-11) 68-66—134 (-10) 67-67—134 (-10) 70-64—134 (-10)

Things to Know • Brooks Koepka takes his eighth 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR in search of his second WGC title • Twelve of 21 leaders through 36 holes at the WGC-Workday Championship since 1999 have gone on to win • Collin Morikawa closes with 5-under 31 on his front nine and ties course record 64 • Cameron Smith ties career-best score to par through the first 36 holes of an event on TOUR • Billy Horschel opens with back-to-back 67s and shares the lead in GIR Percentage and Driving Accuracy • Bryson DeChambeau improves by 13 strokes over his first two rounds (77-64) and ties course record with nine birdies • withdraws before the second round

Second-Round Lead Notes 12 Second-round leaders/co-leaders at WGC-Workday Championship to win (since 1999) (Most recent: /2019) 5 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win on TOUR in 2020-21 (Most recent: /Sentry Tournament of Champions)

Brooks Koepka (1st/-11) entering the week Category Brooks Koepka Age 30 (May 3, 1990) FedExCup 15 OWGR 12 Starts at WGC-Workday 4 Wins at WGC-Workday - Top-10s at WGC-Workday - Career PGA TOUR starts 146 Career PGA TOUR wins 8 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 44 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 8 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 1 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 3

• Recorded seven birdies before making bogey on his final hole for a 6-under 66 • Eighth 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR, converting two into victory (2017 U.S. Open, 2019 PGA Championship) • Seeks to become the first multiple winner this season (2021 Waste Management ); no player has won multiple tournaments through 19 weeks, the longest streak to start a season since 1994 ( won his second tournament in the 21st week of the season) • Owns one title (2019 FedEx St. Jude Invitational) and six other top-10s in 17 previous WGC appearances • Three top-10s in eight starts this season, including his eighth PGA TOUR title at the Waste Management Phoenix Open • Finished T38 at last week’s The Genesis Invitational

Cameron Smith (T2/-10) • Hit 15 of 18 greens and recorded seven birdies en route to 6-under 66 • Coming off a solo fourth at last week’s The Genesis Invitational, his third top-10 in nine starts during the 2020-21 season • Currently, No. 27, can eclipse his career-high position in the Official World Golf Ranking this week; he last reached his career-high No. 24 following a T6 at the 2019 WGC-Workday Championship • Looks to become the fifth Aussie to win a WGC, joining (3), (2), (1) and (1); owns two top-10s in 10 previous WGC appearances (T5/2018 Dell Technologies , T6/2019 Workday Championship)

Billy Horschel (T2/-10) • 5-under 67 marks his first sub-70 second-round score in sixth tournament appearance • Two bogeys through two rounds have both come at the par-3 fourth hole • Shares lead in Greens in Regulation Percentage (80.56) and Driving Accuracy Percentage (92.86) through two rounds; entered the week ranked 62nd and 73rd in those categories, respectively, this season • Tied his most fairways hit through the first two rounds of a PGA TOUR event with 26 (2012 Sanderson Farms Championship), including his first 21 this week • Five-time PGA TOUR winner seeks his first individual stroke-play title since the 2017 AT&T

Collin Morikawa (T2/-10) • Following an opening-round 2-under 70, tied career-high nine birdies en route to an 8-under 64 • Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (7.162) • Making his third WGC appearance this week; best result: T20/2020 FedEx St. Jude Invitational • Owns two top-10s in eight starts this season (T7/Sentry Tournament of Champions, T7/)

Miscellaneous Notes • Bryson DeChambeau (T20/-3) ties course record and improves by 13 strokes over his first two rounds (77-64), eclipsing his best improvement over first two rounds of an event on TOUR (2018 /75- 65); ties career-high nine birdies in a round on TOUR • (T5/-9) birdied four of his first six holes for a 5-under 67; has sat T5 or better through 36 holes in three of his last four starts on TOUR (The American Express/T2, /T2, WGC-Workday Championship/T5) • (T17/-4) was 7-under on his round before making a quadruple-bogey 8 on the par-4 ninth, his final hole of the day; made five consecutive birdies (Nos. 11-15), his career-best streak on TOUR. • Defending champion (T8/-8) was 6-under thru 13 holes before bogeys on two of his final five holes led to a 4-under 68 • 18-hole co-leaders and each carded 3-under 69 in round two and sit T5 • (T13/-5) sits the highest among the five players who competed at the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Championship at The Concession Golf Club: Bryson DeChambeau (T20/-3), (T35/-1), (T35/-1), (T43/E) • Matthew Wolff withdrew before the second round and receives last-place unofficial money with no FedExCup points

Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 5th (4.264) Par-5 17th (4.500) R2: Par-3 14th (3.268) Par-5 3rd (4.465)

Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 36.139 35.847 71.986 -- R2: 35.662 35.225 70.887 71.441

Bogey-free rounds R1 (2): Matthew Fitzpatrick (66), (70) R2 (2): Yuki Inamori (68), (69)