By BOB BAUM
Associated PressSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – J.B. Holmes never feels more comfortable on the PGA Tour than when he tees it up at the crowded, rowdy FBR Open.
Holmes, the tournament winner as a rookie two years ago, shot a 6-under 65 to share the lead with Doug LaBelle II at 9-under 133 among players who finished the second round Friday. LaBelle shot a 64.
A 90-minute frost delay to start the day left 45 golfers on the course when play was halted because of darkness.
One of them, Camilo Villegas, was tied for the lead at 9 under through 12 holes. Two were at 8 under on the course – Bill Haas through 13 holes and Ben Crane through 14.
They will complete the round Saturday before the cut is made, then the third round will begin.
Pat Perez and Nick O’Hern shot 65s and were one behind the leaders at 8 under. Charles Howell III, Stuart Appleby, Briny Baird and Robert Allenby were 7 under.
Two-time champion Phil Mickelson had four birdies, but three-putted from 7 feet for a double bogey on the par-4, 464-yard ninth hole. He came back to sink a short birdie putt on the par-5 13th and chip in for birdie on the par-4 14th. Mickelson was 5 under, four shots off the lead, through 14 holes.
With the Super Bowl in nearby Glendale drawing even more interest to the big party that is the FBR Open, a record second-round crowd of 120,891 attended on another clear, crisp day.
Temperatures rose from below freezing at sunrise to about 60 degrees at mid-afternoon. The Thursday crowd was an opening-round record 83,657. The Saturday turnout could break the event’s overall record of 168,337, set in third round of the 2006 event in the wide open spaces of TPC Scottsdale.
With a 31-degree temperature at sunrise, the frost delay postponed completion of the first round by the 24 golfers still on the course when play was suspended by darkness on Thursday.
That made it impossible for the second round to be completed before dark.
“It was freezing, but we got to miss most of that with the delay,” said Kevin Stadler, who shot a 64 and was in a group at 6-under 136. “It was cold probably the first hour, hour and a half. Other than that it’s been a beautiful afternoon. I mean, it’s there for the taking today.”
Kevin Sutherland, who shared the first-round lead with Charles Warren, shot a 72 and was 5 under. Warren was 6 under through 12 holes.
Holmes’ 2006 victory came in his fourth tournament on the tour. It remains his lone PGA Tour triumph.
“It happened so quickly, and not saying I did it with ease, but I won by several shots,” he said, “and I was saying ‘Well, maybe just keep it going’ and I just kind of fell into a little bit of a slump.”
His 6-under 65 marked the seventh time he has shot in the 60s in eight rounds at the FBR.
“You always have more confidence when you get on a course that you really, really like,” Holmes said.
He went to 9 under with a 6-foot birdie on the raucous, par-3 16th hole, in front of thousands of loud, sometimes irreverent fans. Holmes sneaked through without much fuss.
“I was playing with Freddie (Couples),” Holmes said, “so they didn’t even know I was there.”
LaBelle is off to a good start to the season, finishing tied for 10th at the Sony Open in Hawaii and tied for 19th at the Buick Invitational. He lives in Scottsdale and had a large group of friends and family members cheering for him while he shot a 7-under 64 on Friday.
“It means a lot to be playing in front of a lot of family and friends,” LaBelle said. “More importantly, aside from all that, just to play some good golf. That’s the best part about it.”
Will MacKenzie had a hole-in-one on the par-3, 195-yard 12th hole but was 5 over through 14 holes.
Scores with relation to par from the first
round of the FBR Open, played Feb. 1 at the par-71, 7,216-yard TPC
Scottsdale (Ariz.) (Note: second round suspended due to darkness):
| 1. J.B. Holmes |
68-65--133 |
|
|
-9 |
| 1. Doug LaBelle II |
69-64--133 |
|
|
-9 |
| 1. Camilo Villegas |
66-0--66 |
|
|
-9 thru 12 |
| 4. Pat Perez |
69-65--134 |
|
|
-8 |
| 4. Nick O'Hern |
69-65--134 |
|
|
-8 |
| 4. Ben Crane |
70-0--70 |
|
|
-8 thru 14 |
| 4. Bill Haas |
67-0--67 |
|
|
-8 thru 13 |
| 8. Charles Howell III |
67-68--135 |
|
|
-7 |
| 8. Stuart Appleby |
69-66--135 |
|
|
-7 |
| 8. Briny Baird |
71-64--135 |
|
|
-7 |
| 8. Robert Allenby |
68-67--135 |
|
|
-7 |
| 8. Jonathan Byrd |
69-0--69 |
|
|
-7 thru 14 |
| 8. Kenny Perry |
67-0--67 |
|
|
-7 thru 14 |
| 14. Kevin Stadler |
69-67--136 |
|
|
-6 |
| 14. Tommy Armour III |
67-69--136 |
|
|
-6 |
| 14. Kevin Na |
69-67--136 |
|
|
-6 |
| 14. Jason Gore |
71-65--136 |
|
|
-6 |
| 14. K.J. Choi |
68-68--136 |
|
|
-6 |
| 14. Charles Warren |
65-0--65 |
|
|
-6 thru 12 |
| 14. Steve Elkington |
69-0--69 |
|
|
-6 thru 11 |
| 21. Jay Williamson |
69-68--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. Kevin Sutherland |
65-72--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. John Rollins |
69-68--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. Nick Watney |
71-66--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. Justin Leonard |
70-67--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. Mark Wilson |
68-69--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. Lucas Glover |
68-69--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. Fredrik Jacobson |
71-66--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. Charlie Wi |
66-71--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. Brian Gay |
66-71--137 |
|
|
-5 |
| 21. Daniel Chopra |
69-0--69 |
|
|
-5 thru 16 |
| 21. Brandt Snedeker |
67-0--67 |
|
|
-5 thru 14 |
| 21. Phil Mickelson |
68-0--68 |
|
|
-5 thru 14 |
| 21. Frank Lickliter II |
69-0--69 |
|
|
-5 thru 11 |
| 35. Stephen Leaney |
69-69--138 |
|
|
-4 |
| 35. Rory Sabbatini |
68-70--138 |
|
|
-4 |
| 35. Eric Axley |
68-70--138 |
|
|
-4 |
| 35. Chris DiMarco |
68-70--138 |
|
|
-4 |
| 35. Rich Beem |
66-72--138 |
|
|
-4 |
| 35. Michael Allen |
67-71--138 |
|
|
-4 |
| 35. Cliff Kresge |
71-67--138 |
|
|
-4 |
| 35. Woody Austin |
68-70--138 |
|
|
-4 |
| 35. Tom Lehman |
69-0--69 |
|
|
-4 thru 16 |
| 35. Mike Weir |
70-0--70 |
|
|
-4 thru 16 |
| 35. John Senden |
68-0--68 |
|
|
-4 thru 15 |
| 35. Boo Weekley |
68-0--68 |
|
|
-4 thru 15 |
| 35. J.J. Henry |
68-0--68 |
|
|
-4 thru 14 |
| 35. Chez Reavie |
69-0--69 |
|
|
-4 thru 12 |
| 49. Anthony Kim |
69-70--139 |
|
|
-3 |
| 49. Steve Marino |
73-66--139 |
|
|
-3 |
| 49. Cameron Beckman |
69-70--139 |
|
|
-3 |
| 49. Joe Durant |
73-66--139 |
|
|
-3 |
| 49. Rocco Mediate |
70-69--139 |
|
|
-3 |
| 49. Troy Matteson |
68-0--68 |
|
|
-3 thru 15 |
| 49. Fred Funk |
69-0--69 |
|
|
-3 thru 15 |
| 49. Jon Mills |
70-0--70 |
|
|
-3 thru 13 |
| 57. Tom Pernice, Jr. |
70-70--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Jeff Quinney |
69-71--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Mark Calcavecchia |
70-70--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Ben Curtis |
73-67--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Richard Johnson |
68-72--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Nathan Green |
70-70--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Jeff Overton |
69-71--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Ted Purdy |
70-70--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Craig Barlow |
70-70--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Billy Mayfair |
72-68--140 |
|
|
-2 |
| 57. Carl Pettersson |
71-0--71 |
|
|
-2 thru 16 |
| 57. Todd Hamilton |
70-0--70 |
|
|
-2 thru 15 |
| 57. John Mallinger |
71-0--71 |
|
|
-2 thru 13 |
| 57. Jason Day |
71-0--71 |
|
|
-2 thru 12 |
| 57. Sean O'Hair |
69-0--69 |
|
|
-2 thru 11 |
| 72. Bubba Watson |
70-71--141 |
|
|
-1 |
| 72. Jason Bohn |
70-71--141 |
|
|
-1 |
| 72. Trevor Immelman |
68-73--141 |
|
|
-1 |
| 72. Shigeki Maruyama |
69-72--141 |
|
|
-1 |
| 72. Olin Browne |
70-0--70 |
|
|
-1 thru 16 |
| 72. Tim Herron |
69-0--69 |
|
|
-1 thru 16 |
| 78. Hunter Mahan |
70-72--142 |
|
|
E |
| 78. Aaron Baddeley |
72-70--142 |
|
|
E |
| 78. Chad Campbell |
73-69--142 |
|
|
E |
| 78. Brandt Jobe |
70-72--142 |
|
|
E |
| 78. Bob Estes |
70-72--142 |
|
|
E |
| 78. Roland Thatcher |
69-73--142 |
|
|
E |
| 78. Vaughn Taylor |
72-70--142 |
|
|
E |
| 78. Mathias Gronberg |
77-65--142 |
|
|
E |
| 78. Alex Cejka |
71-71--142 |
|
|
E |
| 78. Vijay Singh |
71-0--71 |
|
|
E thru 14 |
| 78. Shaun Micheel |
71-0--71 |
|
|
E thru 14 |
| 78. David Toms |
75-0--75 |
|
|
E thru 14 |
| 78. Dean Wilson |
68-0--68 |
|
|
E thru 14 |
| 78. Nick Flanagan |
69-0--69 |
|
|
E thru 12 |
| 92. Fred Couples |
72-71--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 92. Jesper Parnevik |
74-69--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 92. Bo Van Pelt |
72-71--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 92. Paul Goydos |
68-0--68 |
|
+ |
1 thru 14 |
| 92. Ken Duke |
70-0--70 |
|
+ |
1 thru 14 |
| 92. Stewart Cink |
72-0--72 |
|
+ |
1 thru 13 |
| 92. Heath Slocum |
73-0--73 |
|
+ |
1 thru 12 |
| 92. Mark Hensby |
73-0--73 |
|
+ |
1 thru 12 |
| 100. Ryan Moore |
75-69--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Chris Stroud |
72-72--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Steve Flesch |
77-67--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Shane Bertsch |
74-70--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Harrison Frazar |
72-72--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Tim Petrovic |
74-70--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Brett Quigley |
70-0--70 |
|
+ |
2 thru 14 |
| 100. Dudley Hart |
73-0--73 |
|
+ |
2 thru 12 |
| 108. Brian Davis |
68-77--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 108. Ryan Armour |
74-71--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 108. Steve Stricker |
72-73--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 108. Joe Ogilvie |
72-73--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 108. Peter Lonard |
71-74--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 108. Todd Demsey |
72-73--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 108. Mathew Goggin |
73-72--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 108. David Berganio, Jr. |
72-73--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 108. Rod Pampling |
73-0--73 |
|
+ |
3 thru 14 |
| 117. Paul Azinger |
75-71--146 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 117. Charley Hoffman |
74-72--146 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 117. Paul Trittler |
76-70--146 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 117. Robert Garrigus |
74-72--146 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 117. D.J. Trahan |
77-0--77 |
|
+ |
4 thru 14 |
| 117. J.P. Hayes |
74-0--74 |
|
+ |
4 thru 13 |
| 117. Scott McCarron |
72-0--72 |
|
+ |
4 thru 12 |
| 124. Jerry Kelly |
73-74--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 124. Andres Romero |
69-78--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 124. Jonathan Kaye |
74-73--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 124. Geoff Ogilvy |
77-70--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 124. Will MacKenzie |
73-0--73 |
|
+ |
5 thru 14 |
| 124. Johnson Wagner |
74-0--74 |
|
+ |
5 thru 14 |
| 130. Steve Allan |
78-72--150 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 131. Brett Rumford |
76-75--151 |
|
+ |
9 |
| WD. Ryuji Imada |
75-WD |
|
|
|
Posted: 2/1/2008
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