SCORESHEET
DAY 1

April 9th 2010, Augusta, Georgia, U.S.A.: The halfway cut in the Masters came at 3-over 147, with 48 players moving on to the weekend.

Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood are tied at 8 under after the second round of play. Five players are two back, including Tiger Woods, K.J. Choi, Ricky Barnes, Anthony Kim and Phil Mickelson.

It took Ian Poulter 11 rounds before he was able to record a sub-par round at the Masters in 2007 (final-round 70). Poulter has recorded a sub-par score at the Masters in six of his last 10 rounds.

In five trips to the Masters, Poulter has never finished worse than T33. Poulter’s first- and second-round 68s match his best round at Augusta National, which he recorded in the third round last year. His lowest round in a major is a 67 during the final round at the 2009 U.S. Open.

Ian Poulter has never held a lead after any round on the PGA TOUR in stroke play (106 starts). His best position after the second round on TOUR is second in 2009 at THE PLAYERS Championship. His best position in a major after the second round was T3 at the 2008 Masters (T25).

In 48 major championship appearances, Lee Westwood has never held a lead after any round. His only second-round lead on the PGA TOUR was in 2005 at THE PLAYERS Championship (T22).

Lee Westwood has finished in third-place in two straight majors coming into the Masters (T3-2009 PGA Championship and T3-2009 British Open). It is the best back-to-back finish for him in majors. Westwood has five career top-5 finishes in the majors.

In 10 previous Masters, 1999 was the only other time Westwood put together back-to-back sub-par rounds (75-71-68-71).

Lee Westwood (67-69—136) had only recorded four back-to-back rounds in the 60s in 48 major championship appearances, but never in the Masters until this week.

Tiger Woods (138) recorded his best opening 36-hole score at the Masters since 2001 (136), when he won his second Green Jacket. The only other time he topped his opening 36-hole 138 this week was in 1997 (136), when he won his first Masters.

The last time Tiger Woods was T3 or better after the second round at the Masters was in 2005, when he won his last of four Masters.

Only four of 14 players have been able convert a second-round lead/co-lead into victory on the PGA TOUR this season.

Tiger Woods has won 7 of 12 times when recording a first round in the 60s at a major.

Playing in his 10th major, Anthony Kim has only missed the cut one time (2009 British Open). He finished T20 last year in his first Masters.

If Ernie Els doesn’t pick up any FedExCup points this week, then five players could pass him for the No. 1 spot in the FedExCup standings with the 600 points that come with a win at the Masters. The players that could pass Els include Anthony Kim, Steve Stricker, Dustin Johnson, Camilo Villegas and Matt Kuchar.

Ricky Barnes has shot par-or-better in five of his last six rounds in a major.

Before his first-round 67, K.J. Choi had not recorded a round in the 60s in a major since the 2008 British Open, a span of 16 rounds.

K.J. Choi recorded his first back-to-back sub-par rounds at the Masters since 2004, when he finished third. His first-round 67 was his first round in the 60s at the Masters since a final-round 69 in 2004.

Y.E. Yang, who won the 2009 PGA Championship, is trying to join a select group of 11 other golfers that have collected consecutive major victories since the 1934 Masters. The most recent to do so was Padraig Harrington, who won the 2008 British Open and PGA Championship.

Tiger Woods is making his 2010 PGA TOUR season debut this week and if history is any indicator, he should enjoy a great deal of success. In 14 previous season-openers since turning professional, Woods has won six times while recording 12 Top-10 finishes.

Woods’ worst finish in those 14 starts came in his first PGA TOUR as a professional, a T60 at the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open. In those 14 starts, he is a whopping 185 under par in season-opening events and has posted 33 rounds in the 60s out of 51 rounds. His low round in a first start is 64 and his high score in an opener is 74 with an overall average of 68.8.

Fred Couples (T9) and Tom Watson (T9) are 1-3, respectively, on the Champions Tour’s Charles Schwab Cup Standings. Either would become the oldest major champion in history if he was able to win the Green Jacket on Sunday.

Tom Watson made his first 21 cuts at the Masters from 1975 to 1995. He has missed 12 of his last 15 cuts at Augusta National dating back to his first missed cut here in 1996. Prior to Friday, Watson last made the cut at the Masters in 2002, when he finished T40.

Since 1934, only 10 players have won the week before winning a major. Anthony Kim (T3), No. 2 in the FedExCup standings, is trying to add his name to the list after winning the Shell Houston Open last week. The most recent to do so was Tiger Woods, who won the 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational followed by the PGA Championship.