To an outsider, the PGA Tour, in particular tournament sites are big, sprawling, at times overwhelming affairs. To the players it is a small, fairly tight knit fraternity of about 150 players, wives, and their caddies, managers and coaches..
When Angela Bennett passed away suddenly from a seizure, the entire group were shocked and saddened. Her husband Lance, is Matt Kuchar's caddie.
Angela and Lance have a 4 year old daughter who has lost her mommy and that's what is important here. Kuchar is getting the Tour involved, players are contributing to a fund to help, but no amount of money will replace Angela..
Still the show must go on, Kuchar has decided to play, and in fact shot a 66 that featured six consecutive birdies and leaves him within a shot of the lead held by Ryan Palmer who had an up and down even-par 71. Jason Day struggled at the end for a 68, they are at -8 134. Henrik Stenson won a year ago at 22-under 262, and the worst winning score since it became a FedEx Cup playoff event was 15-under 269, but this week the wind is blowing and the course, in particular the greens are drying out, making scoring more difficult.
Because 80 players made the cut at 3-over 145, there will be a 54-hole cut today. The top 70 in the FedEx Cup move on to Cherry Hills in Denver next week for the third playoff event. Billy Horschel had a 66 and joined Kuchar at 7-under 135. Bill Haas, Keegan Bradley and Webb Simpson were among those at 6 under, all hoping to be picked on Tuesday by captain Watson. U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer had a 66 and joined the group at 5 under that included Jordan Spieth.
Rory McIlroy had a double bogey late in his round that slowed his momentum. He had a 69 and was five shots behind at -3.
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