This week: PGA Tour's FBR Open, Thursday through Sunday, TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Second-round score: 4-under-par 67.

Position: Moore (6-under 136) is tied for seventh, three strokes behind leader Nick Watney (133).

Recap: Two solid rounds are in the book for the Puyallup golfer, who is certainly in contention for his first PGA Tour title. The Cascade Christian graduate didn't make a birdie at the rowdy par-3 16th, but he did in the two holes before and after, including driving the green on the 332-yard, par-4 17th and sinking an 8-foot putt on the 18th to go out in 33. His birdie on the fifth hole left him alone in the lead – briefly – at 7-under before a late bogey set him back, and Watney caught fire. His 10 total birdies are tied for fifth in the field.

Tee time Satuday: The second round will resume at 7 a.m. PST, with the third round beginning an hour later off the first and 10th tees. Moore will likely be in the third-to-last group with Brian Gay and Scott Piercy.

Reactions to Ryan Moore's golf-round apparel, especially from late last season and the early stages of 2009, have been plentiful.

Some of you consider it outrageous.

Others say it is stylish and different, and fits Moore to a "T".

Here is the lowdown. I spoke with his older brother, Jeremy, who also happens to be one of the men in charge at Moore Sports Management, which controls the Puyallup golfer's on- and off-the-course activities.

Since Moore joined the PGA Tour full-time in 2006, he's always had an alternative look. That is one of the reasons Oakley pursued him, and had him under contract until last season.

No longer under contract, Moore is experimenting with different combinations and, confirmed by his brother, he is in the middle of negotiations with a few apparel companies for a longer-term deal.

(Hint: One company might be the one whose brand of shoes Moore has adopted – Puma.).

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