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WGC Bridgestone Invitational: Day 2 in numbers
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WGC Bridgestone Invitational: Day 2 in numbers

Firestone Country Club continued to show it's teeth on Friday during a tough second day at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. Here's a quick look at the best facts and figures from today's play.

WGC Bridgestone Invitational

27- Per cent of the field is under par after 36 holes.

132- Jim Furyk’s 36 hole total. Back-to-back 66s have the 45 year old four shots clear of the field.

9- Top 10 finishes at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational for Furyk in 15 career appearances. However, he is yet to win the title.

302.6- Jim Furyk’s average drive in yards in after two rounds. More than 24 yards further than his season average. In 21 years on Tour, Furyk has never averaged more than 285 yards in a season.

Jim Furyk

66

  • Shane Lowry’s second round. Ties his lowest ever WGC round and ties the low round of the tournament. He’ll tee off Saturday in second place, four shots back.

16- Green in regulation hit by Graeme McDowell after 36 holes yet the Northern Irishman enters the weekend in third place at three under par.

1- Player is hitting more than 70 per cent of greens and 70 per cent of fairways after 36 holes. That man is Justin Rose, who finds himself six shots back after two rounds.

18- Straight pars for Justin Rose on the back nine this week. The Englishman had made 22 consecutive pars at one stage today.

Justin Rose

68- For Jordan Spieth. The first time the 22 year old has broken par at Firestone in six career rounds here.

676- The combined average drive of Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson. The pair played together in the first two rounds and will play together again tomorrow having both finished four under par.

13- Players have hit more than half of the fairways after two rounds. That's approximately one of out of every six players in the field.

2- Jason Day hit just two fairways today. However, both of those were with drives over 375 yards long!

3- Of ourFantasy Five To Watchare in the top eight on the leaderboard (Rose, Stenson and Koepka).

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