Tiger lets chance of big lead slip away
FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
Tiger Woods squandered the chance to take a commanding lead in the US PGA Tour Championship with an untidy finish to Friday's second round, ending a sun-splashed day just one ahead of the chasing pack.
The world No 1 lipped out with four-foot putts at the 15th and 16th before bogeying the par-3 last for a two-under-par 68 at East Lake Golf Club.
That left Woods at five-under 135 in the Tour's lucrative FedExCup play-off event, a stroke in front of playing partner Padraig Harrington (69) and overnight leader Sean O'Hair (70) of the U.S.
South African Ernie Els, boosted by four birdies in five holes from the eighth, was alone in fourth place at three under after carding a 66.
Woods, champion here in 2007, produced a sizzling three-birdie run from the seventh to go one shot clear.
He then struck a superb five-wood uphill from 247yd at the long 15th to four feet but lipped out with his eagle putt. The tap-in birdie put him two ahead of the field.
Another brilliant approach followed at the par-four 16th, his ball ending up less than four feet from the pin, but Woods again surprisingly lipped out and had to settle for a par.
After doing well to par 17 after finding a fairway bunker off the tee, he overshot the green off the tee at the last and failed to reach the putting surface with his initial chip from tangly rough.
Tee times have been pushed forward by more than three hours for Saturday's third round with heavy rainfall forecast for the afternoon.
link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia
Par 140 (2x70)
135 Tiger Woods 67 68
136 Sean O'Hair 66 70, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 67 69
137 Ernie Els (Rsa) 71 66
138 Jerry Kelly 71 67, Kenny Perry 72 66
139 Nick Watney 70 69, Jason Dufner 71 68, Lucas Glover 68 71, Stewart Cink 67 72, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 67
140 Phil Mickelson 73 67, Steve Marino 69 71, Jim Furyk 72 68, John Senden (Aus) 70 70, David Toms 74 66
141 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 71, Scott Verplank 70 71, Heath Slocum 73 68
142 Steve Stricker 70 72, Zach Johnson 70 72
143 Dustin Johnson 69 74, Kevin Na 73 70
144 Hunter Mahan 71 73, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 74, Mike Weir (Can) 72 72, Brian Gay 72 72
146 Y.E. Yang (Kor) 71 75
148 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 75 73
FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
Tiger Woods squandered the chance to take a commanding lead in the US PGA Tour Championship with an untidy finish to Friday's second round, ending a sun-splashed day just one ahead of the chasing pack.
The world No 1 lipped out with four-foot putts at the 15th and 16th before bogeying the par-3 last for a two-under-par 68 at East Lake Golf Club.
That left Woods at five-under 135 in the Tour's lucrative FedExCup play-off event, a stroke in front of playing partner Padraig Harrington (69) and overnight leader Sean O'Hair (70) of the U.S.
South African Ernie Els, boosted by four birdies in five holes from the eighth, was alone in fourth place at three under after carding a 66.
Woods, champion here in 2007, produced a sizzling three-birdie run from the seventh to go one shot clear.
He then struck a superb five-wood uphill from 247yd at the long 15th to four feet but lipped out with his eagle putt. The tap-in birdie put him two ahead of the field.
Another brilliant approach followed at the par-four 16th, his ball ending up less than four feet from the pin, but Woods again surprisingly lipped out and had to settle for a par.
After doing well to par 17 after finding a fairway bunker off the tee, he overshot the green off the tee at the last and failed to reach the putting surface with his initial chip from tangly rough.
Tee times have been pushed forward by more than three hours for Saturday's third round with heavy rainfall forecast for the afternoon.
link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia
Par 140 (2x70)
135 Tiger Woods 67 68
136 Sean O'Hair 66 70, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 67 69
137 Ernie Els (Rsa) 71 66
138 Jerry Kelly 71 67, Kenny Perry 72 66
139 Nick Watney 70 69, Jason Dufner 71 68, Lucas Glover 68 71, Stewart Cink 67 72, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 67
140 Phil Mickelson 73 67, Steve Marino 69 71, Jim Furyk 72 68, John Senden (Aus) 70 70, David Toms 74 66
141 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 71, Scott Verplank 70 71, Heath Slocum 73 68
142 Steve Stricker 70 72, Zach Johnson 70 72
143 Dustin Johnson 69 74, Kevin Na 73 70
144 Hunter Mahan 71 73, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 74, Mike Weir (Can) 72 72, Brian Gay 72 72
146 Y.E. Yang (Kor) 71 75
148 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 75 73
Labels: US PGA TOUR, US PRO TOUR
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