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Kudos to Aaron Wise on his sizzling back-to-back 64s to seize the 36-hole lead at the Honda Classic. At 24, Wise is a promising power player with plenty of accolades and lots of promise. Wise already owns a PGA TOUR victory (2018 AT&T Byron Nelson), captured the same season in which he was the TOUR's Rookie of the Year. RELATED: Wise leads by three | Westwood confident despite missed cut Wise leads at 12-under 128, and holds the 36-hold lead for the first time in his career. At PGA National this weekend, though, a good deal of focus could shift to a few players that are giving chase. Week to week, PGA TOUR events are billed as opportunities that really could change lives, and here are five players who could use a great weekend: Camilo Villegas (FedExCup rank: 128th): The Colombian needs a quality finish at PGA National, as he is on the final start of a medical extension and needs 135 FedExCup points (a three-way tie for third, or better) to extend his playing privileges. Should he earn less than the necessary 135 points, Villegas would still hold status but in a different qualifying category. Villegas, 39, had not made a cut in his five previous starts, but he feels a good vibe competing in South Florida (he has a home in Jupiter) and his Friday 65 moved him just a stroke off fifth place. "You know what, I love this place, I love this golf course and yeah, I just, I played nice today," said Villegas. Heading off the 10th tee in the afternoon, he was 2 over through eight holes, then eagled the par-5 18th and added five birdies on his next nine. "I didn’t get off to a good start, but I got it rolling on the back nine and that’s awesome." He has had a rough go the last few years. Villegas and and his wife, Maria Ochoa, lost their 22-month-old daughter, Mia, to cancer in July. Last week, as part of the foundation that honors Mia, Villegas and his wife unveiled "Mia's Serenity Space for Staff" at nearby Nicklaus Children's Hospital, where they have a partnership. The room is for hospital staffers to be able to escape for some quiet moments "where they can recharge and continue to provide the best care." Villegas owns four PGA TOUR victories, but none since 2014 (Wyndham Championship). He will have lots of folks in his corner this weekend. Brandon Hagy (178th): Hagy played brilliantly on Friday, shooting 8-under 62, making six birdies as well as an eagle at the 18th hole, where he ran in a 47-foot putt. Folks have been waiting for the 29-year-old Hagy to break through for some time. In 80 career TOUR starts, he has a single top 10, a T5 at the 2017 RBC Canadian Open. Hagy can bomb it (he ranks 14th on TOUR in driving distance, at 308.5 yards). He has jumped out to some good starts this season, and now needs to finish strongly to establish himself in the FedExCup Playoffs race (he is 178th in points). Hagy wasn't in the Honda field at the start of the week. He was on the tournament's alternate list, and practicing at home in Scottsdale. He saw he was only two players out on Tuesday, so he booked a flight and was in Florida Wednesday to do his COVID-19 testing. When Kramer Hickok withdrew, Hagy was in. He knows the course, as he has played in The Honda before, as well as Korn Ferry Tour Q-School. For a guy not planning to play this week, this all could be a great bonus. Hagy had made only four cuts in 11 starts this season. "Maybe I'm feeling like I'm playing a little bit on house money," he said. "I'm grateful for the opportunity." Sam Ryder (155th): Ryder, like Hagy, played early on Friday and turned in a great round, shooting 63, one off Hagy's pace. The 63 was his lowest round in almost three years (2018 Barbasol Championship). Ryder, 31, had missed nine cuts in 14 starts heading into The Honda, but did have a T10 at the Farmers Insurance Open. This is his 90th start on the PGA TOUR, and he appears ready to make a bigger splash. He enjoys the challenge of the Champion course, having played it last year for the first time. With 12 birdies through two rounds, he should be a player to watch over the weekend. He is alone in fourth at 8-under 132. "I feel comfortable with my game plan out here," Ryder said, "it changes based on the wind directions and stuff, so I can’t really try and overpower it too much. You just take your opportunities when they come and make a lot of pars ... and I had a couple really nice saves that kept the round going. That’s huge out here." Denny McCarthy (92nd): The diminutive McCarthy is a quality player who doesn't bomb it (he is 115th on TOUR in driving distance, at 294.3 yards) but is very accurate off the tee, a valuable asset when the wind blows around PGA National. McCarthy, 28, has made 91 PGA TOUR starts and he does own nine top 10s. Earlier this season, he tied for fourth at the Bermuda Championship, where he got hot in the final round and shot 63. He also finished T6 at Sanderson Farms. McCarthy missed six cuts in seven starts from the RSM through the Genesis, but he now has played on the weekend in each of his three starts in Florida. He played very steadily on Friday, making six birdies against one bogey. He is tied for fifth heading to the weekend. "The golf’s been really solid the last three weeks," said McCarthy, who was T26 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and T55 at PLAYERS, "so I think I just continue what I do, what I have been doing, and I’ll be in good shape." Scott Harrington (145th): Who doesn't want to see a 40-year-old win for the first time on the PGA TOUR? Harrington played in his first PLAYERS last week, making the cut, and is following his solid play with a good performance at PGA National. Harrington birdied his first three holes and went out in 32 Friday, shooting 67 on the day. Harrington endured a brutal stretch earlier this season, missing the cut eight times in nine starts. But he has shown more form of late, now making the cut in his last four starts. Harrington's best finish in 2020-21 is a T14 at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, played in late September. In his 41st start on TOUR, Harrington will be chasing his second career top 10 (T2, 2019 Houston Open), and sitting only five shots off the lead, who knows? He may just hold his first PGA TOUR trophy. At The Honda, we could be on the cusp of a life-changing weekend.

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World Golf Hall of Fame will welcome its next class of inductees on March 9, 2022 during the week of THE PLAYERS Championship. The class includes competitors Tiger Woods and Susie Maxwell Berning along with contributors Tim Finchem and the late Marion Hollins. The Induction Class was announced earlier this year with the ceremony originally scheduled to take place in 2021. "Given the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving the ceremony back a year will give us a better opportunity to properly recognize and honor this important class," said Greg McLaughlin, chief executive officer of the World Golf Foundation. "We look forward to shining a light on their achievements and inspiring future golfers around the world through this ceremony and celebration." The inductees, who now will be recognized as the Class of 2022, will be enshrined at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, as part of the activities surrounding THE PLAYERS, the PGA TOUR's flagship event. A full schedule of Hall of Fame events surrounding the Class of 2022 Induction Ceremony will be released in the coming months. Additional information on the Class of 2022 is featured below. To learn more about the World Golf Hall of Fame, the Class of 2022 and our existing members visit www.worldgolfhalloffame.org. World Golf Hall of Fame - Class of 2022 Tiger Woods has won 93 worldwide events including a record-tying 82 on the PGA TOUR. He's a 15-time Major Champion and a three-time winner of the career Grand Slam. Woods completed the "Tiger Slam" in 2000-01 when he became the first golfer since Bobby Jones to hold all four major championship titles at the same time. A two-time champion of THE PLAYERS and the first two-time winner of the FedExCup, Woods has competed on eight Ryder Cup and nine Presidents Cup teams which includes when he served as a playing captain of the victorious U.S. Presidents Cup Team in 2019. He is an 11-time PGA TOUR Player of the Year winner and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 following his fifth career victory at the Masters. Four-time Major Champion Susie Maxwell Berning began playing golf at the age of 15 and won three-straight Oklahoma State High School Golf Championships. She was the first female to be offered a golf scholarship from Oklahoma City University and played on the men's team. After becoming an LPGA professional in 1964, she earned the Rookie of the Year title and went on to win 11 times including an impressive four Majors - the 1965 Women's Western Open and the U.S. Women's Open three times in 1968, 1972 and 1973 - all while balancing family life as a mother. Under Tim Finchem's 22-year tenure as the PGA TOUR Commissioner from 1994 through 2016, prize money skyrocketed, moving from under $100 million on three tours in 1994 to more than $400 million on six tours when he retired in 2017. He created signature events in today's game, including the FedExCup and the FedExCup Playoffs, the Presidents Cup and the World Golf Championships. His impact expanded beyond the PGA TOUR as he left his mark on the global game, spearheading efforts to coordinate the bid for golf's return to the Olympics, which became a reality in the 2016 Games after a 112-year absence. He also worked to ensure giving back was part of the fabric of the PGA TOUR's business model and was instrumental in founding the First Tee in 1997. Marion Hollins, one of the only female golf course developers in history, was a visionary golf course architect and pioneer of the game. Hollins won the 1921 United States Amateur and was captain of the first American Curtis Cup team in 1932. Her influence on the game stretched beyond the fairways of competitive play. One of history's few female golf course developers, she took a lead role in developing the Monterey Peninsula into a golf mecca, which is now home to some of the biggest tournaments in play.

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