NOTES

Joe Durant, the 35-year-old PGA Tour pro from Molino, Fla., finished dead last among the players who played 36 holes.

Durant, who won the Motorola Western Open last year, shot 87-79 for 22-over 166--five shots behind 69-year-old Arnold Palmer.

Durant, the winner of Wednesday’s par-three tournament, was the only player who did not record a birdie in 36 holes.

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The Masters Web site, https://www.masters.org, was logging up to 238,000 hits a minute. In 1998, the site had 100 million hits, but there have been 150 million hits since Monday.