WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - The second round of the Greenbrier Classic was a day that had Tiger Woods make the cut, defending champion Angel Cabrera missing it, and for the first time in the five years since the Old White TPC alterations, golfers under par won't be playing during the weekend.
Johnattan Vegas tied for the second-lowest round of the day with a 5-under 65 to share the lead with Scott Langley, who took off another stroke after his 8-under first round.
"It was a solid round overall, from the beginning to the end," said Vegas, who had five birdies and 13 pars, giving him 11 birdies and just two bogeys in two rounds. "I think I hit every single green, gave myself a lot of opportunities, able to make some, some that nearly went in."
The rainy conditions softened the par 70, 7,287-yard C.B. Macdonald track to the point where 14 players who shot 1-under were left out in the cold.
The only time that has happened in the six-year history of the event was in the inaugural Classic in 2010, when the cut line matched Friday's - 2-under 138.
Vegas, who teed off in the afternoon on Friday, was able to survive the inevitable bumpy greens that couldn't bounce back from the tournament's morning traffic.
Langley wasn't quite as fortunate, although he avoided too much trouble with only two bogeys.
The first-round leader was unable to read the speed of the greens affected by the steady rain that fell most of the day.
"I wasn't getting the ball to the hole," Langley said. "If you gave me two feet of extra speed, I think I would have shot 4- or 5-under today. I left a lot of putts within six inches of the hole just right in the heart. I just need to be a little bit more assertive on the greens (on Saturday)."
Woods is tied for 26, but only four strokes behind the leader, putting the 79-time PGA Tour winner in the mix for his first win since reeling off five in 2013. His last victory was the Bridgestone Invitational on Aug. 4, 2013, putting him 23 months to the day since his most-recent championship.
Woods didn't stick around for questions after his round. He started on No. 1, and, after opening with a birdie and nine pars in the first 10 holes, he was even in the last eight with three birdies and three bogeys.
Also spending the weekend in Greenbrier County are 2011 champion Scott Stallings - the tournament's only defending titlist still alive - and Travelers Championship winner Bubba Watson, who managed to survive controversy he created when he announced Thursday on Twitter his decision to paint over the Confederate flag on the roof of his 1969 Dodge Charger, the "General Lee" from the show Dukes of Hazzard, that he owns.
Inaugural Classic champion Stuart Appleby and 2012 winner Ted Potter Jr. are nursing injuries and didn't play.
Watson has been steady for two days of damp weather, recording only two bogeys and eight birdies in his quest to become the first player since Rory McIlroy to win in back-to-back weeks on tour. McIlroy won the Open Championship, took a week off, then won the Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship in consecutive weeks.
The list of 78 players to make the cut didn't include Hurricane's Sam O'Dell or Bakerton's David Bradshaw. O'Dell followed a 2-under 68 on Thursday with a 2-over 72. O'Dell had two birdies and two bogeys, but was doomed with a triple-bogey on No. 5.
O'Dell was one of two amateurs in the field, with Haskins Award winner and Stanford rising junior Maverick McNealy - who made the cut with a 5-under - being the other.
O'Dell is the sixth player in the history of the State Amateur to earn an exemption.
"Kind of my goal each day was try to stay around even par and make some putts," said O'Dell, who was trying to become the first Amateur champion to make the cut at the Greenbrier Classic since Jonathan Bartlett in 2010. "This morning I wasn't making the putts I did yesterday, and then I hit a bad shot on 5. The weather got us a little bit and I kind of got a bad break. I didn't hit a great shot on the green, but I got a lie that was awful. I made 7, but I came back strong after that. I really couldn't ask for anything more, to be honest."
Bradshaw, playing in his fifth PGA Tour event, was even after the first round, but had to battle back from consecutive bogeys to start the second round. The former West Virginia Conference Player of the Year then followed two pars with a double bogey on No. 5, which all but eliminated Bradshaw, putting him six strokes behind the cut with 13 holes remaining.
Despite the morning tee time, the weather wasn't kind to Bradshaw.
"I think for the two days when it was raining I was about 8 over," he said. "When it was dry, I was 5 under. I wasn't born to play in the rain apparently. I didn't know that about myself, but now I do."
Contact Assistant Sports Editor Rich Stevens at richstevens@dailymailwv.com or 304-348-4837. Follow him on Twitter @richdailymail
Greenbrier Classic
Friday
At The Old White TPC
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
Purse: $6.7 million
Yardage: 7,287; Par 70
Second Round
a-denotes amateur
Jhonattan Vegas 66-65-131
Scott Langley 62-69-131
Chad Collins 65-67-132
Bryce Molder 68-64-132
Danny Lee 63-69-132
Kevin Chappell 65-67-132
Greg Owen 65-67-132
David Hearn 68-64-132
Jonathan Byrd 63-69-132
James Hahn 66-67-133
Scott Piercy 67-66-133
Robert Garrigus 66-67-133
S.J. Park 68-65-133
Patrick Rodgers 68-65-133
Sean O'Hair 66-67-133
Justin Thomas 67-67-134
Tom Hoge 68-66-134
Andres Romero 67-67-134
Brian Davis 64-70-134
J.J. Henry 68-66-134
Andres Gonzales 68-66-134
Justin Leonard 66-68-134
Brendon Todd 65-69-134
Seung-Yul Noh 69-65-134
Cameron Percy 68-66-134
Pat Perez 67-68-135
Chris Stroud 66-69-135
Kevin Na 65-70-135
Robert Streb 68-67-135
Bubba Watson 67-68-135
Mark Hubbard 70-65-135
Ryo Ishikawa 64-71-135
Eric Axley 68-67-135
Tony Finau 68-67-135
Sangmoon Bae 68-67-135
George McNeill 67-68-135
Tiger Woods 66-69-135
Morgan Hoffmann 68-67-135
a-Maverick McNealy 67-68-135
Russell Henley 70-66-136
Bill Lunde 70-66-136
Patrick Reed 68-68-136
Shawn Stefani 69-67-136
Brendon de Jonge 70-66-136
Kevin Kisner 67-69-136
Steven Bowditch 68-68-136
J.B. Holmes 67-69-136
Scott Brown 67-69-136
Martin Flores 67-69-136
Brice Garnett 69-68-137
John Huh 66-71-137
Davis Love III 68-69-137
Keegan Bradley 68-69-137
Luke Guthrie 67-70-137
Johnson Wagner 69-68-137
Paul Casey 66-71-137
Kevin Streelman 67-70-137
David Lingmerth 67-70-137
Scott Stallings 69-68-137
Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 67-70-137
Byron Smith 66-71-137
Kyle Reifers 69-69-138
Chez Reavie 68-70-138
Jason Kokrak 69-69-138
Alex Cejka 68-70-138
Ricky Barnes 72-66-138
Ryan Armour 69-69-138
Whee Kim 69-69-138
Jason Bohn 69-69-138
Will MacKenzie 70-68-138
Louis Oosthuizen 70-68-138
Derek Ernst 67-71-138
Hudson Swafford 70-68-138
Billy Hurley III 67-71-138
Graham DeLaet 68-70-138
Chad Campbell 66-72-138
Derek Fathauer 68-70-138
Michael Putnam 73-65-138
Failed to make the cut
Tommy Gainey 69-70-139
Carl Pettersson 68-71-139
Daniel Berger 73-66-139
Carlos Ortiz 72-67-139
John Daly 68-71-139
Jim Herman 67-72-139
Jonas Blixt 66-73-139
Zac Blair 69-70-139
Steve Stricker 69-70-139
Blayne Barber 70-69-139
Marc Leishman 70-69-139
Tyrone Van Aswegen 66-73-139
Will Wilcox 68-71-139
Carlos Sainz Jr 69-70-139
Mark Wilson 71-69-140
Charles Howell III 72-68-140
Nick Taylor 69-71-140
Vijay Singh 70-70-140
Bill Haas 66-74-140
Spencer Levin 73-67-140
William McGirt 70-70-140
Colt Knost 70-70-140
Jonathan Randolph 71-69-140
Zack Sucher 70-70-140
a-Sam O'Dell 68-72-140
Roger Sloan 66-74-140
Alex Prugh 71-69-140
Aaron Baddeley 71-69-140
Jim Renner 71-69-140
John Merrick 68-72-140
Nick Watney 72-68-140
Bo Van Pelt 70-70-140
Max Homa 67-73-140
Scott Pinckney 72-69-141
Cameron Tringale 67-74-141
Rory Sabbatini 70-71-141
Ben Crane 71-70-141
Oscar Fraustro 69-72-141
Adam Hadwin 72-69-141
Andrew Svoboda 65-76-141
Richard Sterne 71-70-141
Mark Anderson 70-71-141
Brian Stuard 74-68-142
Lucas Glover 69-73-142
John Peterson 70-72-142
Steven Alker 67-75-142
Sam Saunders 68-74-142
Tom Gillis 71-71-142
D.A. Points 71-71-142
Erik Compton 69-73-142
Jeff Overton 73-70-143
Steve Wheatcroft 72-71-143
Angel Cabrera 71-72-143
Trevor Immelman 68-75-143
Jason Gore 71-72-143
David S. Bradshaw 70-73-143
Heath Slocum 74-69-143
Greg Chalmers 71-72-143
Michael Thompson 69-74-143
Webb Simpson 71-72-143
Troy Kelly 71-73-144
Nicholas Thompson 73-71-144
Troy Merritt 73-71-144
Garrett Osborn 71-73-144
Jon Curran 70-75-145
Charlie Beljan 70-75-145
Fabian Gomez 71-74-145
Harrison Frazar 73-72-145
Tim Wilkinson 75-70-145
Kevin Shields 70-76-146
Ken Duke 74-73-147
Daniel Summerhays 73-75-148
Benjamin Alvarado 69-79-148
Garland Green 75-73-148
Patrick Newcomb 72-78-150
Blake Adams 72-80-152