Jim Furyk loses it with a second-round

78 in Transitions Championship

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE

Nick Watney and Steve Stricker share the halfway lead at the Transitions Championship in Florida after first-round pace-setter Jim Furyk had a complete nightmare of a second day.
While Watney and Stricker, both of whom have finished runner-up to Phil Mickelson in the past month, improved two strokes on their opening 69s, Furyk, pictured right, crashed to a 78, his worst round on the US PGA Tour for nearly two years.
The world No 11, who shot seven birdies in his first-day 65, did not manage a single sub-par figure one on his return to the Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead course and, after five bogeys, put the seal on a day to forget by double-bogeying the short 17th.
Watney was second to Mickelson at last week's WGC-CA Championship, while Stricker, also now six under par, bogeyed the last hole to lose by one as well at the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles.
They go into the weekend one in front of fellow Americans Jonathan Byrd, 50-year-old former US Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman, Charles Howell, Troy Matteson, J J Henry and Joe Ogilvie, Australian Stuart Appleby and South African Retief Goosen.
Byrd reached eight under after 11 holes but then bogeyed the 12th, 13th and 18th.
Stricker, who in stark contrast birdied three of his last six holes, said: "I didn't putt particularly well but I didn't have a blemish on the scorecard, which is always a good thing - especially around here.
"I made some dumb mistakes yesterday (Thursday) and I tried to clean that up and I did."

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