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By Joan Alexander
PGA TOUR Staff

AKRON, Ohio -- Only eleven times in tournament history has a player posted four rounds in the 60s at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, the last being Jim Furyk and Lucas Glover in 2006. Only two players currently have the opportunity to do so through 36 holes: Kenny Perry (69-69) and Rory Sabbatini (67-67).

Tree trouble contributed to a 74 for Arron Oberholser on Friday. (Marc Feldman)

HIGHEST SCORING AVERAGES

IN BRIDGESTONE HISTORY

Year Round Average 2007 2 73.049 1999 4 72.732 2003 4 72.341 2007 1 72.181 2001 4 72.027

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• The second-round scoring average of 73.049 is the highest scoring average in a single round in the history of the event and the only time the scoring average has been 3-over-par. It was also .868 strokes more difficult than the first-round average of 72.181.

• Rory Sabbatini has held the 36-hole lead three times in his PGA TOUR career. He has gone on to win twice. He lead by four in the 1999 BellSouth Classic, and tied for third; led by two in the 2003 FBR Capital Open and won; and led by four at the 2006 Nissan Open and won.

• Zach Johnson continued his excellent play this year with a 5-under 65 on Friday morning -- the round of the day that was later equaled by Davis Love III. Johnson is alone in second, two-strokes back of leader Rory Sabbatini. In three starts in Akron, he has one top 10, a tie for ninth at the 2005 Bridgestone Invitational.

• Davis Love III, who has missed the cut in his last four starts on TOUR, moved into the top 10 on the leaderboard through 36 holes, as he is now tied for sixth. He is looking for his first top-10 finish since early February (T4-AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am) and to improve his current rank (19th) in The Presidents Cup points standings. Love and Phil Mickelson are the only two players to have competed in every Presidents Cup since its inception in 1994. Love has qualified for every Bridgestone Invitational since 1999 and has collected six top 10s during that span, including a T4 in 2006.

• Chris DiMarco and Lee Westwood, who are tied for sixth, are trying to end a winless drought on the PGA TOUR. Several players in the top 10 have not won since 2005, but the two Ryder Cup players have not won for more than five years. Westwood last won at the 1998 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, while DiMarco last won at the 2002 FBR Open.

• There has been only one bogey-free round recorded over the two days; Arron Oberholser was bogey-free in round one.

• There have been a total of eight eagles posted over the last two days, five on Thursday and three in the second round. Chad Campbell has posted two of the eight, he eagled par-5 second hole both days.

• Eleven players posted an under-par score on Friday, compared to 13 on Thursday. There were seven under-par rounds from the morning wave on Friday and only two from the afternoon groupings (Kenny Perry and John Senden).

• Mark Calcavecchia and Hunter Mahan, both currently tied for ninth at the Bridgestone Invitational, are making a last-minute push to make the U.S. Presidents Cup Team. Calcavecchia (13th) and Mahan (14th) could move into the top 10 in the points standings with a good finish this week. Next week's PGA Championship is the final week to earn points toward qualifying for the Team. Calcavecchia last played for the U.S. Presidents Cup Team in 1998, while Mahan is looking to make his first appearance in the competition.