2020 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD (7Th of 50 Events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)
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2020 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD (7th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) Thousand Oaks, California October 22-25, 2020 FedExCup Points: 500 (winner) Sherwood Country Club Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,073 Purse: $8,000,000/$1,440,000 Second-Round Notes – Friday, October 23, 2020 Weather: Mostly Cloudy. High of 69. Wind S/SW 7-12 mph. Second-Round Leaderboard Justin Thomas 65-65—130 (-14) Dylan Frittelli 66-65—131 (-13) Lanto Griffin 66-65—131 (-13) Patrick Cantlay 67-65—132 (-12) Scottie Scheffler 67-65—132 (-12) Things to Know • Seeking his 14th PGA TOUR victory, Justin Thomas holds the 36-hole lead/co-lead for the 11th time in his PGA TOUR career • Dylan Frittelli carded eight birdies in the second round, moving up two positions on the leaderboard from T4 to 2nd • Lanto Griffin’s 36-hole score marks the lowest of his PGA TOUR career • Tiger Woods is T66 after carding a 6-under 66 in response to his opening-round 76; ties the largest improvement between R1 and R2 in his PGA TOUR career • Recording 12 birdies, Richy Werenski (T6) broke his career record for most birdies in a round on the PGA TOUR by three (9/2020 3M Open) and ties the course record at Sherwood (61) • With 18 bogey-free rounds, the R2 scoring average of 67.87 sets a new record for low scoring average at Sherwood Country Club; previously 69.27 (2002 Hero World Challenge) Second-Round Lead Notes 1 36-hole leader/co-leader to win the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP (Tiger Woods/2019) 2 36-hole leader/co-leader to win on TOUR in 2020-21 (Martin Laird/Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) Justin Thomas (1st/-14) Category Entering the week Age 27 (4/29/1993) FedExCup 32 OWGR 3 Starts at ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Top-10 at ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP 0 Career PGA TOUR starts 157 Career PGA TOUR wins 13 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 55 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 2 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 0 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 1 • Matched his opening-round 65 totaling a 36-hole score of 130 en route to holding his 11th 36-hole lead/co-lead; he has converted six of those instances into victories (most recent: 2019 THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES) • Has won 4 of 7 events when shooting 130 or better through opening 36 holes of a PGA TOUR event Tournament Results when 130 or Better Thru 36-Holes PGA TOUR Career: TOURNAMENT 36-Hole Finish Total 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii 123 WON 2015 Sony Open in Hawaii 128 T6 2015 CIMB Classic 129 WON 2018 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational 129 WON 2020 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD 130 TBD 2016 CIMB Classic 130 WON 2015 John Deere Classic 130 T5 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open 130 3 • The World No. 3 is one of 18 players to record a bogey-free second round • In his last 27 holes he is 14-under, including a cumulative 12-under on the back nine • Has finished inside the top 12 in both of his starts of the 2020-21 season (T8/U.S. Open, T12/THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK) • Second start at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP (T17/2019) and finished 2nd in the 2019-20 FedExCup standings Dylan Frittelli (T2/-13) Carding a second-round 65, Frittelli ties his low 36-hole score of 131 (2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) Through 36 holes he is ranked first in Driving Distance (294.9 yards) His best 36-hole finish was at the 2019 Safeway Open (T3); went on to finish T7; best career position after 36 holes; finished T7 at 2019 Safeway Open after sitting T3 through two rounds Fourth start of the season (MC/Sanderson Farms Championship, T34/Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, T69/THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK) Earned first PGA TOUR win at the 2019 John Deere Classic. He was T11 following R2 Second start at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP (2019/T22); finished 57th in the 2019-20 FedExCup standings to qualify for the event. Lanto Griffin (T2/-13) • 36-hole 131 sets a career low for the Blacksburg, Virginia native. His previous career low was 132 (2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, 2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier) • Hit 14 of 18 greens in regulation and was second in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (+3.143) in round two • Seeking his second career PGA TOUR victory (2019 Houston Open) • Has made three starts in the 2020-21 season and is coming off a T7 finish at THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK • Finished 18th in the final 2019-20 FedExCup standings and qualified for the TOUR Championship in his second full season on TOUR Patrick Cantlay (T4/-12) • Bogey-free through opening 36 holes for the first time in his career • Finished the 2019-20 season ranked No. 36 in the FedExCup standings, qualifying him for his ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD debut this week • Owns one top-10 in three starts in the 2020-21 season (Shriners/T8) • Owns two PGA TOUR victories (2017) Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (2019) the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Tiger Woods (T66/-2) • Today’s round ties his biggest improvement between R1 and R2 in his PGA TOUR career YEAR TOURNAMENT RD 1 RD 2 DIFFERENCE 2020 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD 76 66 10 2005 Buick Open 71 61 10 2001 THE NORTHERN TRUST 75 66 9 1998 BMW Championship 76 67 9 1996 The Open Championship 75 66 9 • Hit 10 of 13 fairways in regulation, compared to just seven in round one • First sub-70 round since 2020 THE NORTHERN TRUST (66/R4) • Second start of the 2020-21 season (MC/U.S. Open) • Won the Hero World Challenge, an unofficial PGA TOUR event, five times at Sherwood Country Club (2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011) Additional Player Notes • For the first time in his career, Abraham Ancer (T6/-11) carded two consecutive bogey-free rounds • Scottie Scheffler (T4/-12) opened his round with five consecutive birdies en route to a second-round 65 • Harris English (T6/-11) seeks his third career victory and first since the 2013 Mayakoba Golf Classic • Bubba Watson (T6/-11) carded 9-under 63 in the second round, highlighted by eight birdies and an eagle • Coming off an opening-round 64, 18-hole leader Sebastian Munoz carded a second-round 70 and is T14 • Jordan Spieth (T27/-8) went bogey free in round-two for the first time since 2019 THE NORTHERN TRUST (R1) Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-3 15th (3.182) Par-5 2nd (4.442) R2: Par-3 8th (3.169) Par-5 11th (4.351) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 34.857 35.000 69.857 -- R2: 33.935 33.935 67.870 68.864 Bogey-free rounds R1 (5): Abraham Ancer (67), Patrick Cantlay (67), Mackenzie Hughes (67), Mark Hubbard (67), Jason Day (68) R2: (18): Taylor Gooch (63), Viktor Hovland (64), Justin Thomas (65), Patrick Cantlay (65), Collin Morikawa (65), Matthew Fitzpatrick (65), Webb Simpson (65), Jason Kokrak (65), Carlos Ortiz (65), Abraham Ancer (66), Jazz Janewattananond (66), Satoshi Kodaira (66), Jordan Spieth (66), Ryo Ishikawa (66), Takumi Kanaya (67), Gunn Charoenkul (67), Billy Horschel (67), Matt Kuchar (69) .