2020 Vivint Houston Open (9th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) Houston, Texas November 5-8, 2020 FedExCup Points: 500 (winner) Memorial Park Golf Course Par/Yards: 35-35—70/7,432 Purse: $7,000,000/$1,260,000 FINAL Second-Round Notes – Saturday, November 7, 2020 Weather: Sunny. High of 80. Wind ENE 6-12 mph. Due to darkness, the second round was suspended at 5:45 p.m. CT with one player (Charl Schwartzel) left to complete his round. The second round resumed at 7:12 a.m. Saturday and was completed at 7:15 a.m. Second-Round Leaderboard Sam Burns 68-65—133 (-7) Jason Day 67-68—135 (-5) Carlos Ortiz 67-68—135 (-5) Brandt Snedeker 65-71—136 (-4) Dawie van der Walt 70-66—136 (-4) Corey Conners 69-67—136 (-4) Aaron Wise 70-66—136 (-4) Patton Kizzire 69-67—136 (-4) Cut: 68 professionals at 3-over 143 from a field of 131 professionals and one amateur Things to Know • Louisiana native Sam Burns seeks first win in his third season as a PGA TOUR member • Jason Day (T2) and Adam Scott (T9), each former World No. 1 players, are inside the top 10 • Phil Mickelson (MC) records an 8 on the par-3 ninth hole, his highest score on a par 3 in his career • Notables to miss the cut include Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth Second-Round Lead Notes 6 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Vivint Houston Open since 2000 (Robert Allenby/2000, Vijay Singh/2002, Fred Couples/2003, Stuart Appleby/2006, Johnson Wagner/2008, Paul Casey/2009) 2 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win in 2020-21 (Hudson Swafford/Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship; Martin Laird/Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) Sam Burns (1st/-7) Category Entering the week Age 24 (July 23, 1996) FedExCup 56 OWGR 179 Starts at Vivint Houston Open 1 Wins at Vivint Houston Open 0 Top-10s at Vivint Houston Open 0 Career PGA TOUR starts 64 Career PGA TOUR wins 0 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 7 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 4 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 0 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 1 • Holds second lead/co-lead after any round on the PGA TOUR; led by two shots after the second round of the 2020 Safeway Open, where he finished T7 after weekend rounds of 72-70 • Bogey-free 65 marks 12th career round on TOUR without a bogey • Has one top-10 in four starts during the 2020-21 season (T7/Safeway Open) • Career best finish is a T3 at the 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship • Ranks inside top 10 on TOUR in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (5th) and Driving Distance (T9th) entering the week; ranks for the week: 3rd/SG: Off the Tee, T17/Driving Distance • Not in the field for next week’s Masters Tournament • In lone previous start in the Vivint Houston Open, missed the cut in 2019 Jason Day (T2/-5) • 12-time PGA TOUR winner seeks first win since the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship • Making fifth start of the season: T38/U.S. Open, MC/Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, WD/THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK, T60/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP • Making first start in the Vivint Houston Open since 2011 • First of 12 PGA TOUR wins came in Texas (2010 AT&T Byron Nelson at TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas) Carlos Ortiz (T2/-5) • Seeks first win in 118th career start on TOUR (career-best result: T2/2019 Mayakoba Golf Classic) • Ranks fourth in the field in Strokes Gained: Putting (4.840); entered the week T192 in that category on the season • Three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner • Graduate of the University of North Texas and resident of Dallas Additional Player Notes • Corey Conners (T4) seeks second victory in Texas; lone TOUR win came at 2019 Valero Texas Open in San Antonio • Sponsor exemption Dawie van der Walt (T4) sits three shots off the lead in his 31st career PGA TOUR start; in his last PGA TOUR start, missed the cut at the 2019 Vivint Houston Open; the Korn Ferry Tour member won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2015 and has two top-10s in 23 starts this season • Phil Mickelson recorded his highest career score on a par 3 (8 on the par-3 ninth) and his second-longest hole out for eagle on TOUR (since 2003) with a 193-yard hole out on the par-4 18th; missed the cut with rounds of 76-73 Mickelson’s career-high par-3 scores Score Tournament Round Hole 8 2020 Vivint Houston Open 2 9 7 2005 THE PLAYERS Championship 3 17 7 1999 AT&T Byron Nelson 2 9 7 1999 TOUR Championship 4 8 7 1993 Charles Schwab Challenge 2 13 7 1992 BMW Championship 2 12 • Defending champion Lanto Griffin (T60) is 3-over after rounds of 72-71 in first title defense on TOUR • Graham DeLaet withdrew during the second round due to a back injury Masters Notes Of 37 players in the field who will be competing in next week’s Masters Tournament, 22 players made the cut; bold denotes made cut Corey Conners Tyrrell Hatton Nate Lashley Jason Day Max Homa Shane Lowry Tyler Duncan Sungjae Im Hideki Matsuyama Tony Finau Dustin Johnson Graeme McDowell Dylan Frittelli Zach Johnson Phil Mickelson Sergio Garcia Sung Kang Francesco Molinari Lucas Glover Si Woo Kim C.T. Pan Lanto Griffin Brooks Koepka J.T. Poston Justin Harding Andrew Landry Andrew Putnam Scottie Scheffler Jordan Spieth Lee Westwood Charl Schwartzel Henrik Stenson Danny Willett (WD) Adam Scott Erik van Rooyen Brandt Snedeker Jimmy Walker Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 1st (4.447) Par-3 2nd (2.697) R2: Par-4 14th (4.302) Par-5 3rd (4.674) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 35.235 37.068 72.303 -- R2: 35.473 35.845 71.318 71.816 Early Late R1: 72.09 72.52 R2: 71.03 71.60 Bogey-free rounds R1 (0): None R2 (4): Sam Burns (65), Scott Brown (68), Isaiah Salinda (69) .