TIGER MAKES ROUNDS, SHOOTS 65 FOR LEAD.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. took a big early step toward a
successful title defense in his own tournament Friday with a rare
second-round charge, coming within a shot of the event's
single-round record and forging a one-shot lead over Padraig Harrington
and Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. . Woods' 7-under-par 65 at Sherwood Country Club vaulted him past first- round leader Jim Furyk James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer, known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing. In September 2006 he reached a career high of second in the Official World Golf Rankings. , who slipped to 74 after tying the course record of 64 on Thursday, and also enabled the tournament host to pass six others in the $3.8 million Target World Challenge presented by Williams. ``(Thursday) was a sloppy round and (Friday) I just cleaned it up,'' said Woods, who opened the tournament with a 68. ``I didn't make the same mistakes, and I made the same amount of birdies. Consequently, I ended up with a much better score.'' His midway total of 133 was enough to finish ahead of closest challengers Love (68-134) and Harrington (69-134). Nick Price, who shared second place with Harrington after the first round, is fourth at 70-135. Retief Goosen Retief Goosen (born February 3, 1969) is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for several years. Goosen was born in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), South Africa. (70-137) and David Toms David Wayne Toms (born January 4, 1967) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has spent a considerable amount of time in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings and ranked as high as 5th in 2002 and 2003. (70-137) share fifth with Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer (born August 27, 1957) is a German professional golfer. Life and work Langer was born in Anhausen near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He turned professional in 1976 and has won many events in Europe and the United States, among them The Masters in 1985 and , who matched Woods' 65 to get to 7 under par after starting the day even par. ``I have had a wonderful autumn, really,'' said Langer, the fit German star who teamed with Colin Montgomerie Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born June 23, 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer often referred to by his nickname 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles including a streak of seven consecutively to lead the European Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Biennial team golf event first held in 1927. It was originally played between teams of golfers from the U.S. and Britain; since 1979 players opposing the U.S. have been chosen from all of Europe. The trophy was donated by the British seed merchant Samuel Ryder. upset of the U.S. in September. He also was second at the BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. in Munich, 10th in the German Masters and was inducted into the Hall of Fame last month at age 45. Langer's strong 2002 stretch run continued with nine birdies Friday, when his 31 shared the best back-nine score of the week. Harrington of Ireland, another key contributor for the winning European Ryder Cup team, slipped from his first-round 65 but still earned a final- round pairing with Woods today. ``I will be looking after my own game,'' Herrington said of the matchup with the world's No. 1 player. ``I am not going to be watching what he does. I can't really control what he does. Sometimes, I can't even control what I do.'' Woods, who often has been positioned just off the lead entering the weekend during his 34 PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". victories, picked up the pace with the only bogeyless round of the second day - the same route Furyk took in his record-tying round Thursday. ``I felt more comfortable (Friday),'' Woods said. ``I was a lot more confident over the shots.'' The attitude helped produce seven birdies, one achieved with what Woods described as a ``soft 9-iron flip hook that had delayed spin.'' On that tee shot on the 166-yard par-3 17th hole, the ball came off a left-side hill with enough spin to roll through greenside green·side adj. Sports Situated beside a putting green: a greenside bunker. Adj. 1. rough and leave Woods an 18-inch birdie putt. ``I pulled it and got a great break,'' Woods said. ``It could have ended up in the bushes or gotten hung up in the rough.'' Rough describes the day for Woods' playing partner, Phil Mickelson, whose 74 tied Furyk for the second-highest score of the second round. ``He didn't get off to a good start, and it kept snowballing,'' Woods said of Mickelson, who wound up trailing the only man ahead of him in the world rankings by nine strokes. ``It's every shot, really,'' Mickelson said of his struggling game. ``I may have made a mistake playing in the offseason because I'm not playing well, and I'm having a hard time getting motivated to work on it.'' Woods, meanwhile, is enjoying a season-ending surge that includes his fourth consecutive victory in the 36-hole PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Grand Slam, which was his seventh win of a 2002 season highlighted by championships at the Masters and U.S. Open. ``My game is in pretty good shape, and you always want to end the year on a good, solid note,'' said Woods, who did so last year with a victory in this tournament, then called the Williams World Challenge. Love, who won this tournament in 2000, said he didn't play as well Friday as he had in his opening round of 66, ``but I did scratch it around just as good. I made some good saves, putted well. If I could hit a few more fairways and a few more greens, I could keep shooting some low scores this weekend.'' Montgomerie (70-138) and Furyk (74-138) share eighth, five shots off the lead entering the weekend. Chris DiMarco (72-139), Mark O'Meara (72-141), Michael Campbell (72-142), Mickelson (74-142), Vijay Singh (69-144), Bob Estes (71-147) and Rich Beem (77-151) round out the field. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Tiger Woods tees off on the sixth hole at Sherwood on his way to a 7-under-par 65 Friday. (2) Bernhard Langer, who matched Woods' 65, checks the 16th green. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer Box: TARGET WORLD CHALLENGE |
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