Round 2 2011The Heritage

Luke Donald leads after 2 rounds at The Heritage in Hilton Head, SC.  Donald has a score of 10-under par.  The mid-point leaders are:

Luke Donald 67-65—132 (-10)
Garrett Willis 64-69—133 (-9)
Camilo Villegas 66-68—134 (-8)
Jim Furyk 68-66—134 (-8)
Jason Day 69-65—134 (-8)
Chad Campbell 65-69—134 (-8)

Donald has four top 10s in five previous starts on TOUR this season.  He will move to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings with a win, even if Lee Westwood wins in Indonesia this week. Martin Kaymer, who is not playing this week, will remain No. 1 if Donald or Westwood do not win.  In Donald’s last eight starts on TOUR he has four top-5 finishes and six top-10 finishes.

Defending champion Jim Furyk was in a three-way tie for the lead last year after the second-round at 7-under (Charles Howell III and Greg Owen). Furyk held sole possession of the lead (11-under, one stroke over Brian Davis) after the third-round before winning in a playoff over Brian Davis.  Furyk’s winning score last year at The Heritage was 13-under.  Furyk, making his 13th career start at The Heritage, has nine made cuts and five top-10s here. He is hoping to join three repeat Heritage winners: Payne Stewart (1989-90), Davis Love III (1991-92) and Boo Weekley (2007-08).

73 players made the cut at even-par 142 from a field of 132 professionals.

Ernie Els streak of 14 consecutive cuts made on TOUR came to an end today. He was ranked sixth on TOUR in consecutive cuts. Els has seven top 10s in 12 starts at The Heritage. Els has one round in the 60s in his last 14 rounds on TOUR. Els does not have a top 10 on TOUR this season.

Davis Love III missed his first cut at The Heritage since he missed in back-to-back years in 1993 and 1994. Love won The Heritage five times in his career. Love has made 26 starts at The Heritage. Love has missed his last three cuts on TOUR (Shell Houston Open, Masters and The Heritage).

Rookie Brendan Steele, who won last week at the Valero Texas Open, is T19 after the second-round.

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