Tucson
Chrysler Classic
Omni Tucson National Resort
Tucson, Arizona
19th
February - 22nd February 1998Par
72 Prize Money $2 millionSecond
Round Report Second
Round Scores - partial
First Round Report
First Round Scores Duval
shoots 62 for seven stroke lead Tucson,
Arizona, 20th February 1998 - David Duval missed the course record by one
stroke today (Friday), and his 10-under-par 62 gave him a comfortable lead in
the suspended second round of the $2 million Tucson Chrysler Classic at the Omni
Tucson National Resort in Arizona. The
72 players who failed to complete the round will finish Saturday morning beginning
at 10 a.m. EST. After the cut is made, the third round will be played with a scheduled
start of 2:30 p.m. EST. Duval's
short game was magical from the start. He birdied the first, sixth, seventh and
eighth holes and eagled Nos. 2 and 9 for 8-under 28, this year's best nine-hole
score. It was
his third time under 30 strokes for nine holes on tour. Duval
stands at 16-under 128 through two rounds, seven shots ahead of first-round leader
Justin Leonard, who shot a second round 70, and Scott Hoch, who fired a 66. Steve
Pate is alone in fourth at 8-under after a 66. Duval's
62 nearly matched the 61 Johnny Miller shot in 1975. That year, Miller went on
to win the event -- then known as the Dean Martin Tucson Open -- with a tournament
record 263. That is also the record for the Tucson National course. The
26-year-old Duval has not finished among the top-three in any of the five PGA
tournaments this season after winning the final three events in 1997, but he played
to last year's form today. He
began the day at 6-under, a stroke behind Leonard, but quickly jumped into the
lead with a birdie on the first hole and an eagle on No. 2. For the round, he
registered a pair of eagles, seven birdies and one bogey. He hit 12 greens in
regulation, 9-of-14 fairways and needed just 20 putts. The
par-72 course measures 7,148 yards. First
prize is $360,000. | 
