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Tomasulo, T50, exhausts his medical extension

In his final start on the PGA TOUR via a medical extension in the reshuffle category, Peter Tomasulo tied for 50th place at the Wells Fargo Championship.

Tomasulo went in the books at 3-over-par 71-73-72-75=291, good for $15,828.75. To earn a promotion to the Major Medical category, he needed no worse than a solo fourth-place finish at Quail Hollow. Therefore, he fell $343,032 short of fulfilling the terms. He also landed $86,809 below the minimum needed to secure conditional status -- a two-way T17 at worst was necessary -- so he has lost his status on the PGA TOUR and will likely play out the remainder of his season on the Web.com Tour.

Sun, May 5, 2013 03:39:00 PM

Reed posts 6-under w/ second-round 65

World No. 20 Patrick Reed fired a 5-under-par 33-32=65 in the second round of the TOUR Championship to post 6-under 69-65=134, up 15 places on the live leaderboard to T2, good for a share of the 36-hole clubhouse lead with Justin Rose and the low round of the day thus far.

This is the 27-year-old's fourth straight appearance with a best of T19 on debut in 2014. Today's lap was his 13th, brushing aside a previous-best 67 in R1/2014. The Augusta University product arrived at 23rd in the FedExCup standings and has opened the Playoffs with T20 as defender, T6 at the Dell, and 65th (of 70) and the BMW. He landed seven (of 14) fairways and 12 greens in regulation, gaining 0.831 strokes tee-to-green though losing 0.737 around-the-green. The Texan squared a lone bogey-4 at hole 9 (failed scramble), camouflaged by six circles at 4, 6, 8, 13, 15 and 18. His split featured two conversions from between 25 and 31 feet, walking off with his long of the day from 30'4" at the par-5 18th. Reed posted 1.500 putts per GIR and 2.737 SG: Putting with 25 total putts.

Sep 22 - 5:02 PM

Bertasio has twin 65s; leads by 1 in Portugal

Nino Bertasio thrashed his second straight 6-under-par 32-33=65 at the Portugal Masters, enjoying a bogey-free lap of Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in round two and taking a one-shot lead over Lucas Bjerregaard and Marc Warren after 36 holes.

The Italian was playing in the final group Friday and set the new mark thanks to six birdies and 12 pars. World No. 409 started his afternoon round with a pair of pars and then moved to double digits under par with a burst of four birdies in six holes, those gains coming at 12, 14, 16 and 17. Bertasio stayed one behind with a run of six pars but made it a three-way tie with a birdie-2 at 6 before adding a go-ahead birdie at 7. With two closing pars he ensured his position as outright leader with 36 holes to play. The 29-year-old's last experience of a halfway lead came at the Challenge Tour's 2015 Irish Challenge. On that occasion, he kept his effort going to the finish before losing a playoff to Tom Murray.

Sep 22 - 2:21 PM

Warren charges into share of lead at Portugal

With a bogey-free 7-under-par 32-32=64 in round two, Marc Warren matched the low lap of the day and joined early clubhouse leader Lucas Bjerregaard in a tie for first place after 36 holes of the Portugal Masters.

Afternoon starter Warren cruised to 11-under 131 thanks to five birdies and an eagle. The Scot also had a piece of the halfway lead in this event 12 months ago before finishing T12 so will want to cash in better on his flying start this time. Starting at the 10th hole today, Warren ticked 11 and then made a surge with a birdie-eagle burst at 16 and 17. For the second day running, he posted red numbers at 2 and 5 before joining Danish star Bjerregaard at 11-under with birdie-2 at 8. The 36-year-old came into the event struggling at 173rd on the Race to Dubai after a string of missed cuts this season but did show a flicker of form with T14 in last month's Made In Denmark.

Sep 22 - 1:22 PM

Bjerregaard sets new 36h target in Portugal

Lucas Bjerregaard thrashed a bogey-free 6-under-par 31-34=65 in his second round at the Portugal Masters, reaching 11-under 131 at halfway and taking a two-shot lead in the clubhouse.

With scoring conditions still good at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, former winner Shane Lowry, England's Eddie Pepperell and South African George Coetzee all posted the early number of 9-under. Bjerregaard, who had opened with a 66 on day one, hit that mark with a burst of four birdies in five holes (4, 5, 7 and 8 on his front nine). The Dane then became the first player to hit double digits under par with a go-ahead birdie on the par-5 12th and doubled his advantage with another circle on the par-5 17th. Bjerregaard is clearly a big fan of this track having finished T12 and T9 the last two years and returned on the back of a top 10 at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland on his last start. Gamers who took note of those converging trends are sitting pretty although there are several players in the afternoon wave who could still displace him as the 36-hole leader.

Sep 22 - 9:08 AM

Coetzee shares top spot at Portugal Masters

Joint-overnight leader George Coetzee tacked on a 2-under-par 35-34=69 to his opening 64 to reach 9-under 133 after 36 holes of the Portugal Masters, currently good enough for a share of the clubhouse lead with Eddie Pepperell.

Both Coetzee and Pepperell finished in the top five at last week's KLM Open in the Netherlands and the pair have carried that good form to Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura. It was more a morning of consolidation for the South African, who could only pick out three birdies on his early lap. His first came at No. 2 but a string of pars along with bogey-5 at No. 6 meant he reached the turn still on 7-under for the tournament. Coetzee birdied the 10th for the second day running to get his score going forward again and found a final circle of his round by ticking the par-3 16th. On the live leaderboard, he's a shot behind Lucas Bjerregaard, who still has five to play.

Sep 22 - 7:55 AM

Koepka's clean card vaults him up the board

Brooks Koepka coasted to a bogey-free, 4-under-par 32-34=66 during the opening round of the TOUR Championship, just two off the pace set by early leader Kyle Stanley.

The Florida State product entered the week 9th in the FedExCup race. It appears he is glad to be back in the South on bermudagrass as he peppered 14 greens in regulation en route to a four-pack of birdies, without dropping a shot along the way. It wasn't stressfree, though, as he saved par from the 7-to-10 foot range on three occasions. That was good enough for 2.165 strokes gained putting at the time he signed his card. Koepka finished T18 in his 2018 TOUR Championship debut and is making his first return visit this week.

Sep 21 - 5:29 PM

Closing eagle launches Berger into the mix

Daniel Berger brought the noise in round one of the TOUR Championship, cruising to a 4-under-par 33-33=66 to find himself two strokes shy of early leader Kyle Stanley.

Berger gained 1.439 strokes off-the-tee today but found just 10 greens in regulation from there. It was his strong short game that glued the round together, most notably a 22'9" par-saver at the 13th. The flat stick wasn't done yet, though, as he walked off the course with a 13'11" eagle splash that plummeted into the hole to help him reach 4-under on the day. Making his third appearance at East Lake, the Florida State product is looking to improve upon his already steady resume that includes finishes of T12 and T15 here. This certainly helps as it beats his previous best at East Lake by two strokes.

Sep 21 - 5:11 PM

Stanley sets the early target at East Lake

Kyle Stanley breezed through East Lake Golf Club en route to a 6-under-par 32-32=64 during round one of the TOUR Championship, staking out his claim at the early clubhouse leader on Thursday afternoon.

The Clemson product split 11 (of 14) fairways and peppered 14 greens in regulation. That was good for 1.958 strokes gained off-the-tee and 2.632 strokes gained on approach. That kind of performance is nothing out of the ordinary for Stanley, but his short game was also smooth today, draining a 37'3" birdie bomb at the 4th, holing out from 13'1" (fringe) for birdie at the 12th, and then sinking an 18'4" birdie splash at the 15th. Stanley is making his tournament debut this week but had no trouble figuring things out today. This goes in the books as his low opening lap of the season and second lowest R1 of his career (10-under 62 at 2012 Farmers). If this lead holds it will be the third first-round lead/co-lead of his career.

Sep 21 - 4:22 PM

Coetzee ties for lead after 64 in Portugal R1

George Coetzee was briefly on '59 watch' before hoisting up a 7-under-par 30-34=64 in his opening lap at the Portugal Masters, good enough for a share of the day-one clubhouse lead with Joost Luiten.

The European Tour is still to witness an official sub-60 round and Coetzee was the latest to threaten that impregnable barrier after playing his first eight holes at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in 6-under. Those red numbers came at 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17. But a bogey at No. 2 halted his momentum and the South African had to settle for a 1-under 34 coming home after finding just two more circles at 5 and 8. Today's round continues the return to form he showed when tied for third in last week's KLM Open in the Netherlands. Right now, Coetzee and Luiten are a shot clear of six players but there's still a chance they could be passed.

Sep 21 - 1:01 PM

Luiten claims an early Portugal Masters lead

Joost Luiten fired a magnificent 7-under-par 32-32=64 to grab the early first round clubhouse lead in the Portugal Masters at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura.

One week after the Dutchman missed the cut when defending his KLM Open title, he rediscovered his mojo with a scintillating lap of the Algarve course where he was T2 on tournament debut back in 2010. That year he posted a third round 65 and his Thursday circuit betters that as his career best on the course. His bogey-free round started on the back nine and included a hat-trick of birdie-3s at 11, 15 and 18, plus a birdie-4 at 17. The front nine saw par breakers at 1 and 5 to ease him into a tie for the lead and he broke from that with a stunning approach to the ninth green, leaving him an uphill right to left six footer for birdie which he slotted into the cup. He took lunch one shot clear of Ashun Wu and Jason Scrivener on 6-under, both also in the clubhouse. Gregory Havret (thru 15) and Nino Bertasio (12) were on 5-under with holes to play catch-up.

Sep 21 - 8:28 AM

1-seed Spieth odds favorite at season finale

FedExCup leader and World No. 2 Jordan Spieth is at East Lake Golf Club for his fifth consecutive TOUR Championship and arrives as a 9/2 pre-tourney fave outright.

Spieth was the 7-seed as defending champ last year and finished T17 (68-72-72-68). He was the 2-seed in 2015 when he went on to win the tourney (as 54-hole leader) and hoist the FedExCup. The 24-year-old is the only past champion in the field this week as he looks to join Tiger Woods (2007, 2009) as the only multiple winners of the FedExCup and first player to win the tourney proper more than once (in the FEC era). He'll be paired with 2-seed Justin Thomas in R1 with the duo deadlocked for the season lead in top-10 finishes with 11 each. The Texan, who's chasing his fourth win of the season, is one of three players in the field that has opened the Playoffs with three consecutive top 10s (T7-2-P2). This is his 20th overall Playoffs event with nine prior top 10s, five top 5s, three runners-up and one win.

Source: PGATOUR.com

Sep 20 - 5:56 PM