Biggest Winners, Losers on PGA Championship Leaderboard on Friday

Over the years, Saturday has come to be known as Moving Day on the PGA. That's the day players who make the cut try to move up the leaderboard in an effort to get into contention for the final 18 holes.

But in the 94th PGA, Moving Day actually occurred on Friday when the Ocean Course was battered by gusty winds all day, setting off a roller-coaster ride up and down the scoreboard.

Par was a very good score on Kiawah Island, but as much as five- or six-over par wasn't bad, either.

And let there be no doubt, the highs were high, and the lows were very low.

Check out the 10 most impressive and spectacular moves up and down.

Vijay Singh Was the Absolute Best with His Morning Round of 69

Vijay Singh (+31) had five birdies, two bogeys and his 69 was, without a doubt, the best round of the morning when conditions were atrocious.

It was also the only round under par in the morning. He shot 71 on Thursday and, several hours after he had finished, his four under par had him tied at the top with Tiger Woods and Carl Pettersson.

His 29-spot move was, despite other bigger move numbers, was the most impressive and important.

Phil Mickelson Puts Himself in the Hunt After Second Round 71

Phil Mickelson (+55) wasn't involved in any of the circus atmosphere Friday that surrounded him Thursday.

A very tidy three-birdie, two-bogey round of 71 jumped Mickelson from a tie for 66th to a tie for 11th.

He’s back in the hunt and can be a factor if he could find a few more fairways.

He bemoaned the almost constant crosswinds that players are required to deal with but was pleased with the progress he made against them Friday and said he was ready to do even better Saturday.

Marc Leishman's Even-Par 72 Enough to Vault Him 64 Places on the Leaderboard

Marc Leishman (+64) probably figured an even-par round of 72, on the heels of a two-over 74, would enable him to jump up 64 places on the leaderboard, but that’s exactly what Leishman did on a tough, tough day on the Ocean Course.

He managed to make four birdies to negate two bogeys and a double for the 72.

Leishman, earlier this year, won the Travelers Championship, coming from 20th place and six shots behind to win.

Bill Haas Was Mr. Steady on the Ocean Course Friday

Bill Haas (+59), the Tour Championship winner and FedEx Cup champion from a year ago kept things together after an opening-round 75 by getting it in at 73.

That allowed him to go from 106th to 49th and make the cut easily.

Haas played well in both the Masters (T39) and the Open Championship (T19) and is in position to make a run at the PGA Championship.

Leaderboard Regular Bo Van Pelt in Position to Be There Again

Bo Van Pelt (+42), who has been a regular at the top of leaderboards for months, found out that shooting another one-over par round didn’t hurt him a bit.

He’s had one triple bogey and one double bogey in the first 36 holes, but has otherwise been very steady.

He came into this weekend riding the crest of three top 10s in his last four starts.

A guy to keep an eye on this weekend.

Long Baller Robert Garrigus Bombs His Way Up the Leaderboard Friday

Robert Garrigus (+51) was one of those players who improved only one shot over his first round, but moved up 51 spots.

He missed the cut in the only two majors he played this year, but did tie for third last year in U.S. Open.

He's one of the longer hitters on Tour, and he obviously kept it in the short grass a lot Friday.

Keep an eye on him over the final 36 holes.

Not a Pretty Day for Ryan Palmer at the Ocean Course

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Ryan Palmer (-93) who, after a very nice round of 71 Thursday, ballooned to an 86 Friday.

His first four holes set the tone for the day.

Starting on the back nine, he went: double-bogey, double-bogey, birdie, quadruple-bogey.

He added a couple more double bogeys on the front side.

D.A. Points Missed the Point and a Lot of Fairways in Round 2

D.A. Points, (-72) the winner of the 2011 AT&T Pebble Beach, came to Kiawah Island having a pretty good year with seven top-25 finishes, including a playoff loss to Ricky Fowler in the Wells Fargo Championship.

He shot a respectable 73 on Thursday, too.

Friday, however, he had nines of 38 and 49 for a very unprofessional 87.

He had two triple-bogeys, a double and eight bogeys.

All of that added up to a 76-spot drop on the board.

Shaun Micheel Overwhelmed by Ocean Course Friday

Shaun Micheel (-67) is a guy whose career has been basically defined by that spectacular 7-iron shot to the 72nd green of the 2003 PGA Championship, a shot that sealed the win for him. That was his only win on the PGA Tour.

He opened this tournament with an even-par round of 72, and then, was blown away in the South Carolina winds.

He posted a quadruple-bogey and seven bogeys with no birdies. It all added up to an 83 and a fall from 45th to 115th on the board.