The 1987 Masters champion won the 2010 Montreal Championship for his lone title on the 50-and-over tour.
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Woods followed his best round since 2013 – a first-day 64 – with one nearly as good.
Also performing well were Erik Compton, William McGirt and Tom Hoge who finished in a three-way tie atop the leaderboard as live streaming online and televised coverage returns Friday. But, the former world number one saved the best for last and made an eagle on the par-five 15th to finish with a total score of 11-under-par 129.
When its like this, Woods said, youve got to throw darts and go low..
Yes, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy and Jason Day are far better players at the moment than Woods is.
Compton does not normally drink, but the 25-year-old had a couple after the pro-am on Wednesday after being summoned for a drug test. “I drank two vodka tonics to get my kidneys working”.
Asked whether his biggest strength over the round was his putting or iron play, Woods said: “They were both solid today”.
The 14-times major victor is 187th in the FedExCup standings and needs a victory to guarantee a berth in the lucrative four-event playoff series that starts in New Jersey next week with The Barclays. That was his last of the day.
Told that Hoge was the co-leader, Woods admitted he knew nothing about his fellow competitor, nor numerous other young players on tour. He added, “I’ve never met him, never seen him”.
Especially on that first hole. I’ve had a couple of putts. “I couldn’t quite get the ball underneath the hole where I could have some aggressive looks”. “See where it puts me”.
He stumbled with a bogey on the next hole, but reeled off three more birdies in his outward nine to be three under at the turn.
“Obviously a new position for me“. The four time PGA Tour victor has had a few down seasons on the PGA Tour, and Campbell was forced to use his one time career money earning exemption this year in order to retain his card.
Hes chasing his first victory, and so is McGirt, who finished in a tie for eighth here previous year .
Ken Duke (Arkadelphia, Henderson State), No. 113 on the FedEx points list, did not make the cut, finishing at 1-under 139, but is still projected to be eligible for the playoffs.
Meanwhile, for the others closer to the postseason bubble, things are a little more stressful.
Tiger Woods, who shot a promising 64 on Thursday in his first appearance in Greensboro, had a late Friday tee time.
But perhaps nobodys dealing with more than Billy Hurley III.
“It wasn’t really a hard decision” to play, Hurley said, “but it’s certainly hard to do”.
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“I left a lot of second shots above the hole, so couldn’t be aggressive with my putts”.
