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By Joel Schuchmann
PGA TOUR Staff

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico -- Fred Funk, one of three co-leaders at the Mayakoba Golf Classic through two rounds, has had nine previous leads/co-leads through 36 holes on the PGA TOUR, with one victory -- at the 1995 Ideon Classic. His most recent share of the 36-hole lead came at the 2004 Buick Championship, where he finished T3.

Even on the greens, George McNeill battled the tropical breeze. (Mike Ehrmann/WireImage)

MAYAKOBA GOLF CLASSIC

36-HOLE LEADERBOARD

Player Scores T1. Cameron Beckman -9 131 T1. Boo Weekley -9 131 T1. Fred Funk -9 131 T4. Bill Haas -8 132 T4. Jose Coceres -8 132 T4. Brian Gay -8 132 T7. Peter Lonard -7 133 T7. Ryan Armour -7 133 T7. John Merrick -7 133

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• Co-leader Cameron Beckman has held one previous 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR -- at the 2003 84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania, where he finished T5. Beckman has yet to bogey a hole at the Mayakoba Golf Classic through 36 holes.

• Co-leader Boo Weekley's previous best position through 36 holes on TOUR was eighth at the 2002 Tampa Bay Classic, where he finished T22. His best career finish was T19 at the 2002 FedEx St.Jude Classic.

• Two major champions sit among the top 10 through 36 holes -- Mark Brooks (T10) won the 1996 PGA Championship, while Bob Tway (T10) won the 1986 PGA Championship.

• Eight players among the top 10 are looking for their maiden PGA TOUR victory -- Boo Weekley (T1), Bill Haas (T4), Brian Gay (T4), Ryan Armour (T7), Jon Merrick (T7), Fabrizio Zonotti (T10), Michael Putnam (T10) and George McNeill (T10). Armour, Merrick, Putnam and McNeill are TOUR rookies, while non-member Zonotti is making his first PGA TOUR start.

• Brian Gay is playing in his 261st career TOUR event -- his previous best finish was T2 at the 2001 MasterCard Colonial and the 2002 Buick Open. The 261 starts is 15th among active players for most starts without a win.

• Sponsor Exemption Fabrizio Zanotti posted the low second round with a 7-under-par 63. He sits T10 through 36 holes. Shigeki Maruyama and Garrett Willis withdrew prior to the second round.

• The cut came at even-par 140, with 79 players making it to the weekend. More than half (72 of 140) of the rounds were in the 60s on Friday with the scoring average creeping under par at 69.807.

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