1.  Gordon overtook Sterling Marlin, who finished ninth Sunday, for the halfway lead.

2.  It was a brash, cocky Greg Norman who swaggered into that halfway lead nine years ago.

3.  It was barely a month ago that Woods built a six-shot lead halfway through the U.S. Open.

4.  Although unhappy that he missed taking the halfway lead, Allenby was critical of the second round pin placings.

5.  Australian Rod Pampling fought through a second day of brutal wind conditions for a one-shot halfway lead in the New Zealand Open golf tournament Friday.

6.  Even when Floyd muscled past Irwin for the halfway lead, Morgan was three shots down and in danger of falling from contention.

7.  Vietnam veteran Buddy Allin, the halfway lead Friday, never recovered after a double bogey seven at the long sixth hole.

8.  The US Open winner squandered a seven-stroke halfway lead to lose to Seve Ballesteros in a three-way play-off.