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Former Georgia Tech golfer David Duval found himself on the first page of the British Open leader board after 2 rounds. The former #1 player in the world has struggled a lot since winning the British Open back in 2001.

Here is how he has done in the majors since winning the 2001 British Open…

2001 - PGA Championship: T-10th

2002 - Masters: Missed Cut - US Open: MC - British Open: T-22nd - PGA Championship: T-34th

2003 - Masters: MC - US Open: MC - British Open: MC - PGA Championship - Withdrew

2004 - Masters: Did Not Play - US Open: MC - British Open: DNP - PGA Championship: MC

2005 - Masters: MC - US Open: MC - British Open: MC - PGA Championship: MC

2006 - Masters: MC - US Open: T-16th - British Open: T-56th - PGA Championship: MC

2007 - Masters: DNP - US Open: DNP - Britiship Open: DNP - PGA Championship: DNP

2008 - Masters: DNP - US Open: DNP

After 2 rounds in this year’s British Open he was in 4th place and was 1 of 11 golfers to shoot under par on Friday.

As I mentioned below, a lot of big time winners of the AT&T Classic (formely the BellSouth Classic, formely the Atlanta Classic and so-on and so-on).

I also mentioned if you are a fan of Georgia or Georgia Tech golf there are a lot of people you can be watching…

The three most famous ones are probably David Duval, Stewart Cink and Larry Mize. These former Yellow Jackets have had great pro careers. Duval was the 1999 winner at the BellSouth, Cink has 6 top-10 finishes on the course, while Mize has had two 2nd place finishes here, back in 1987 and in 1990.

Ryuji Imada got everyone excited last year when he lost in a playoff to Zach Johnson who just got off a win at the Masters. Ever year Imada improves at this course. In 2005 he finished 15th, in 2006 he finished 10th and last year 2nd. In 12 Tournaments this year, the former Georgia Bulldog has 2 runner-ups and is 22nd on the PGA Tour money list.

Another former Bulldog is Bubba Watson. He is a big-time crowd pleaser while his pink driver and his booming drives. Watson is the leader once again averaging over 310 yards a drive.

Here are the former Georgia Bulldogs that are playing…

• Justin Bolli
• Paul Claxton
• Ryuji Imada
• Chris Kirk
• Franklin Langham
• Scott Parel
• Bubba Watson

Here are the former Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets that are playing…

• Ramon Castro 
• Stewart Cink
• David Duval
• Matt Kuchar
• Troy Matteson
• Larry Mize
• Nicholas Thompson