Regions Tradition
Greystone Golf & Country Club (Founders Course) | Birmingham, Alabama | May 15-21, 2017
Second-Round Notes
Friday, May 19, 2017
Course Setup: Par 72 / 7,169 yards (R2 scoring average: 71.821, Cumulative: 71.752)
Weather: Partly cloudy with a high near 90. Wind from the S at 5-10 mph.
Schedule Note: Due to anticipated inclement weather Saturday afternoon, third-round tee times will be from 7-9 a.m. CT off
Nos. 1 and 10 tees.
1.
2.
3.
T4.
T4.
T4.
T4.
Player
Fred Funk
Scott Parel
Scott McCarron
Jeff Sluman
Kenny Perry
Kevin Sutherland
Miguel Angel Jimenez
To Par
-12
-11
-9
-8
-8
-8
-8
Scores
67-65 – 132
67-66 – 133
65-70 – 135
65-71 – 136
66-70 – 136
68-68 – 136
65-71 – 136
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Fred Funk, 67-65 – 132 (-12)
 Funk carded eight birdies in the day’s lowest round, a 7-under 65. It’s his lowest round of the season, and lowest
since he shot 7-under 64 in the final round of the 2016 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship.
 He is 4-under on the par 3s this week, tied with Lee Janzen for best in the field.
 Funk needed just 46 putts through 36 holes, the fewest in the field. On the year, he averages 28.70 putts per
round, which ranks T25 on Tour.
 He has three career wins in PGA TOUR Champions majors. He won the Regions Tradition in 2008 and 2010
when it was played at the Crosswater Club at Sunriver Resort in Oregon, and he won the 2009 U.S. Senior Open.
 This is the third time Funk has held the 36-hole lead in a senior major. He led midway through the 2008 U.S.
Senior Open (finished second) and the 2009 Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex (finished T2).
 Funk has three top-10s this season and is currently 13th in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
Second-Round Lead Notes
 Nine 36-hole leaders/co-leaders have gone on to win the Regions Tradition. Most recently, Jeff Maggert held at
least a share of the lead after every round en route to his win in 2015.
 At the majors in 2016, Rocco Mediate was the only 36-hole leader/co-leader to go on to win. He won the
KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship wire-to-wire.
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Scott Parel, 67-66 – 133 (-11)
 Making his first start at the Regions Tradition, Parel gained entry after Fred Couples withdrew late last week.
 On the par-5 18th hole Friday, Parel made a 45-foot putt to save par after he hit his second shot into a greenside
hazard. He has played his last 32 holes bogey-free, as his only bogey of the tournament came Thursday on No. 4.
 Through 36 holes, he has hit 31 greens in regulation. On the year, he ranks 55th in that category (68.52%).
 Despite being 5’5” tall, the second-shortest player on Tour, Parel is the sixth-longest player off the tee (293.3).
Through two rounds, his measured drives (No. 8, No. 13) have averaged 310.5 yards, which is eighth in the field.
 Parel, 52, was a co-medalist at PGA TOUR Champions Q-School last December, and he is playing his first season
with fully exempt status.
 He made just five starts during his PGA TOUR career ($11,660 in winnings), and on the Web.com Tour he won
once in 221 starts ($701,772). In 22 starts on PGA TOUR Champions, he has made $474,621.
Scott McCarron, 65-70 – 135 (-9)
 McCarron eagled the par-5 13th Friday, his second eagle of the week and his Tour-leading 10th of the season. Of
the eight stroke-play tournaments this season, McCarron has an eagle in six of them. In February, he won by one
stroke after he eagled the 54th hole at the Allianz Championship.
 This is McCarron’s second appearance at the Regions Tradition. He finished sixth in his debut last year.
 Last year in the PGA TOUR Champions majors, he posted three top-10s, including a runner-up finish at The
Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex.
 Since McCarron won the Principal Charity Classic last June, he and Bernhard Langer are the only two players that
have won three times on PGA TOUR Champions.
 In 2017, he has one win and three top-10s, and he is fifth in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
Other Player Notes
 Through two rounds, Kenny Perry has hit 24 of 26 fairways. He carded a 2-under 70 on Friday and is tied for
fourth at 8-under. Perry won the 2014 Regions Tradition when it was played at Shoal Creek. Last year, he led
after 36 holes but faltered with rounds of 74-77 on the weekend, eventually finishing T23.
 Kevin Sutherland posted his second-straight 68 and is T4 at 8-under. Sutherland has posted nine straight top-10s,
dating back to the final two events of last season. Overall, he has 30 top-10s in 62 starts, though he has yet to
claim victory on PGA TOUR Champions.
 Miguel Angel Jimenez carded a 1-under 71, his 21st consecutive round under-par, and he’s T4 at 8-under.
Entering this week, Jimenez had top-10 finishes in each of his last five tournaments. He is currently third in the
Schwab Cup standings.
 Jeff Sluman carded a 1-under 71 and is T4 at 8-under. He is making his 10th straight start at the Regions
Tradition, and his best finish was a tie for seventh in 2012. He is currently 15th in the Schwab Cup standings.
 Rod Spittle earned entry by virtue of his position in the current Charles Schwab Cup standings (34th). His
second-round 69 was highlighted by a hole-out from the fairway on No. 11 for eagle, and he enters the third round
in T8 at 7-under. He has two top-10s in four starts this season.
 Defending champion Bernhard Langer shot 69 for the second day in a row, and he’s T10 at 6-under.
 Colin Montgomerie is T10 after shooting a second-round 69, extending his streak to 35 consecutive rounds of
par or better. The PGA TOUR Champions record is 38, set by Jay Haas in 2014. Earlier this season, Montgomerie
missed more than two months due to a left ankle injury (torn ligaments).
 John Huston withdrew during the second round on the fifth hole.
 Eight past champions are in the field:
o David Frost – T21 (-4)
o Fred Funk – 1st (-12)
o Tom Kite – T70 (+7)
o Bernhard Langer – T10 (-6)
o Tom Lehman – T8 (-7)
o Jeff Maggert – T48 (+1)
o Kenny Perry – T4 (-8)
o Loren Roberts – T53 (+2)
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