By Reggie Mason
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2023 Kaulig Companies Championship | July 13-16, 2023
2023 Kaulig Companies Championship
Second-Round Notes
Friday, July 14, 2023
Firestone Country Club (South Course) | Akron, Ohio
16th of 28 PGA TOUR Champions events in the 2023 Season
Course Setup: Par 70 / 7,110 yards
• Round 2 Scoring Average: 72.962
• Cumulative Scoring Average: 72.641
• Weather: Partly cloudy with temps in the mid-80s and winds W at 5-10 mph
• Leaderboard
• Third-Round Tee Times
Player To Par Scores
1 Harrison Frazar -7 65-68 – 133
2 Stewart Cink -6 66-68 – 134
3 Ernie Els -5 68-67 – 135
4 K.J. Choi -4 70-66 – 136
T5 Steve Stricker -2 65-73 – 138
T5 Scott Parel -2 70-68 – 138
T5 Rod Pampling -2 72-66 – 138
Things to Know
• Overnight co-leader Harrison Frazar birdied three of his first six holes en route to a second-round 68 and holds a
one-shot lead at the halfway point.
• Rookie Stewart Cink (2nd) and World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els (3rd) are lurking with 36 holes to
play.
• K.J. Choi (4th), Rod Pampling (T5) and Mark Hensby (T13) matched the low round of the day with 4-under 66.
Harrison Frazar, 65-68 – 133 (-7)
• This is his lowest 36-hole score (133) on PGA TOUR Champions
o Previous: 137 (Two times; last: 2022 Sanford International)
• This is his first time leading/co-leading after 36 holes on PGA TOUR Champions
o Previous best position after 36 holes: T6 (2021 SAS Championship)
• The 51-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (31st start)
o Best finish: 2nd (2022 Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS)
• Making his 12th start of the 2023 season, he has one top-10 finish
o Best finish: T10 (Trophy Hassan II)
• With a win on Sunday, he would snap a winless streak of 12 years, 1 month, 4 days (or 4,417 days), dating back
to the 2011 FedEx St. Jude Classic
• With a win on Sunday, he would become the 20th player to win on PGA TOUR Champions, PGA TOUR and Korn
Ferry Tour
o Has one win on the PGA TOUR (2011 FedEx St. Jude Classic)
o Has one win on the Korn Ferry Tour (1997 NIKE South Carolina Classic)
• In one professional start at Firestone Country Club, he finished T66 (2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational)
2023 Kaulig Companies Championship | July 13-16, 2023
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2023 Kaulig Companies Championship | July 13-16, 2023
Other Notes
• Rookie Stewart Cink, making his second start on PGA TOUR Champions, carded 68 and sits in 2nd at 6-under.
o Finished 3rd in his debut on PGA TOUR Champions (2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship)
o The 50-year-old is a previous winner at Firestone Country Club (2004 WGC-NEC Invitational)
• World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els sits in 3rd at 5-under after posting 67.
o The 53-year-old seeks his fourth win on PGA TOUR Champions (72nd start)
o The Charles Schwab No. 5 has one win this season on PGA TOUR Champions (14th start)
Won the Hoag Classic (March 17-19)
• K.J. Choi made a hole-in-one on No. 5 with a 5-iron from 208 yards. He carded 66 and sits in 4th at 4-under.
• Charles Schwab Cup leader Steve Stricker carded 73 and sits in T5 at 2-under. It is only his second over-par
round of the 2023 season on PGA TOUR Champions (41st round).
• The other players T5 at 2-under are Scott Parel, who shot nine-hole scores of 29-39 on Friday, and Rod
Pampling, who carded 66.
• 46-time PGA TOUR Champions winner and World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer, a three-time
winner of the Kaulig Companies Championship (2014, 2015, 2016), sits T8 at 1-under after shooting 68.
• Two-time Kaulig Companies Championship winner (2020, 2022) Jerry Kelly shot 68 and sits T8 at 1-under.
• Timothy O’Neal (T52) made a hole-in-one on No. 7 with an 8-iron from 178 yards.
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