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Boeing Classic

The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge | Snoqualmie, | August 24-26, 2018

Second-Round Notes

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Course Setup: Par 72 / 7,114 yards (R2 Scoring average: 70.870, Cumulative: 70.858) Weather: Mostly cloudy skies with a high of 65. Winds out of the southwest 5-10 mph.

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Player To Par Scores

T1. -14 70-60—130

T1. Ken Tanigawa -14 66-64—130

3. Scott McCarron -11 66-67—133

4. -10 68-66—134

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Kevin Sutherland, 70-60—130 (-14) • Kevin Sutherland carded a bogey-free round with 12 birdies for a 12-under 60 to set a new 18-hole tournament record (61/ 2006 and Tom Jenkins). • Sutherland is the only player in PGA TOUR Champions history to shoot 59 (2014 DICK’S Sporting Goods Open), and he becomes the 14th player to shoot 60. Earlier this month, Kenny Perry shot 60 en route to a victory at the • Sutherland’s 60 is the fifth to come on a par-72 course. Four came on a par 71, and five were on a par 70. • Sutherland’s 12 birdies ties the PGA TOUR Champions record for most birdies in a round. • Sutherland enters the final round leading for the seventh time on PGA TOUR Champions. He has never converted a second-round lead into a victory. This will be the 20th time in his PGA TOUR Champions career he will be paired with Scott McCarron and the fifth time this year.

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• Sunday, Sutherland will play in the final group for the second time this year on PGA TOUR Champions (Regions Tradition/ 12th).

Ken Tanigawa, 66-64—130 (-14) • Ken Tanigawa carded a bogey-free round with eight birdies en route to an 8-under 64. This marked his 18-hole career low, previously set in the first round (66). • His 14-under 130 sets a 36-hole career-low record by six strokes in his PGA TOUR Champions career (136/ 2018 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship). • This is the first time Tanigawa has led or shared the lead entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions. His highest position entering the final round of a 54-hole event is T13, last week at the DICK’S Sporting Goods Open. He went on to finish T14. • This season, Tanigawa owns one top-10 finish (T10/) and six finishes in the top 25.

Second-Round Lead Notes • Four 36-round leaders/co-leaders of a 54-hole event have gone on to win this year on PGA TOUR Champions: (Boca Raton Championship), Joe Durant () and (), Kenny Perry (3M Championship). • In the Boeing Classic’s 13-year existence, eight players who led/co-led after the second round went on to win. • The largest 36-hole lead in tournament history is four by Ray Stewart in 2007. • The largest come-from-behind win this year on PGA TOUR Champions was by two strokes on five separate occasions.

Scott McCarron, 66-67—133 (-11) • Scott McCarron carded six birdies with an eagle on No. 10 en route to a 5-under 67 in the second round. • This is the fourth time McCarron will play in the final round this year (T2/Toshiba Classic, T3/KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, T4/Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship). • McCarron holds the most eagles on PGA TOUR Champions this year with nine. • This season, McCarron holds one victory (American Family Insurance Championship), one runner-up finish (Toshiba Classic) and nine finishes in the top 10. He is No. 5 in the Charles Schwab Cup.

Scott Dunlap, 68-66—134 (-10) • Scott Dunlap, the 2014 Boeing Classic champion, carded seven birdies en route to a 6-under 66. He sits at 10- under 134 in fourth place. • This season, Dunlap holds one runner-up finish () and three finishes in the top-10. Other Notes • The toughest hole of the day was No. 4 par-4 playing to a 4.234 scoring average. It saw eight birdies, 45 pars, and 22 bogeys. The easiest hole was No. 8 par-5 playing to a 4.597 scoring average. It saw 2 eagles, 29 birdies and 44 pars. • There were seven eagles, 302 birdies and 870 pars in the second-round. • Defending champion carded a second-round 3-under 69 to sit T10 at 7-under 137 through 36 holes. • native, Fred Couples carded an even-par round to sit 1-under 143 through 36-holes (T43). • withdrew due to injury prior to the second round.

Boeing Classic | August 24-26, 2018