1.   Cook started the day trailing Brent Geiberger by three strokes.

2.   Starting the day trailing the leader, Fred Funk, by seven strokes, Duval opened with with three consecutive birdies.

3.   The only thing more blistering than the heat and humidity was Heinen, who started the day trailing Els, the South African, by five shots.

4.   Hamilton started the day trailing fellow American and overnight leader Brian Watts by two strokes.

5.   Janzen started the day trailing Corey Pavin and Bernhard Langer by one shot.