Kuchar still leading part way through round 2

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When darkness fell last night with half the field still on a rainy, blustery Whistling Straights course, Matt Kuchar's smile lit up Kohler, Wisconsin !!

He continued his fine play this week and indeed over the last 2 years, firing a -3, 69 for a -8 total.

This morning the players will be asked to be ready at 7am CST, 8am EST, and with the rain that fell overnight they will be facing a softer, much calmer course than they went to sleep on, so advantage there for scoring

Here is the official forecast and I have just called the course and the sky is clear right now although it is still dark there


Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds up to 5 mph
 
Matt Kuchar, 67,69 -8, 136 (leads tour with 8 T10 finishes this year, is staying out of trouble and making his putts, only 2 bogey's in 36 holes, red hot wedge )
 
2. Nick Watney, 69,68 -7, 137
T3. Jason Dufner, 73,66 -5, 139  was T3 at our Canadian Open in 2009..low round of the day so far
T3. Bryce Molder. 72,67, -5, 139  college teammate of Matt Kuchar... born with no left pectoral muscle and a left hand that is much smaller than his right.
T3. Dustin Johnson, 71,68, -5, 139.. was out driving Ernie all day !!
T3. Seung Yul Noh, 68,71, -5 139.. sensationally mature 19 year old Korean rookie
T3.. Rory McIlroy, 71,68 -5,139  shot himself right into this championship in the worst of the weather
T3. Zach Johnson 69,70,-5, 139..fighting for a Ryder cup spot
T3. Simon Khan, 69,60 -5, 139  winner of the BMW on the Euro Tour earlier this year
 
Tiger has only played 6 holes and he was in trouble off the tee several times but did scramble well and id still at -1
Ernie doubled 18 to fall from -4 to -2 and in fact there are a lot of notables at -2 including Mickelson.
 
 Because of the soft conditions this course has not yet shown it's teeth so there is not much separation on the leaderboard and I expect it to be even tighter when  this round is finally complete.
 
Mike Weir T103, 74, 74 +4, 148
Stephen Ames T103 , 71, 77 +4 148
 
Bryan Angus