He co-leads the Wyndham Championship with Tom Hoge after 36 holes in Greensboro, North Carolina. “Hopefully this will give me good momentum for the next couple of days”, said Ko, who is a two-time champion in the tournament having also won two years ago when it was hosted by Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton.
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Woods and Hoge were at 11-under 129.
Hoge, who opened the tournament with a 62, shot 67 to get to the clubhouse at 129, 11 under par.
Tiger Woods sits two shots off the lead at the Wyndham Championship after carding a round of 64 yesterday.
Tiger Woods chips to the 10th hole during the first round of the…
“The birdies I made, one putt that was like 9 ft and the remainder of them have been inside of three ft”, Compton stated. “I’ve got to continue making birdies – throw darts and go low”.
Now he’ll spend Saturday playing with an unfamiliar rookie. “What is it, or him?” I came here to win it and right now I’m in good shape. Campbell shot 65, and the 51-year-old Love had 66.
The round leaves Woods perfectly poised to achieve what had seemed an improbable goal before the tournament – a victory which would guarantee him a berth in the lucrative four-leg post-season.
This week, there will still be plenty of drama, but it will be a different kind of drama as the PGA Tour heads to Sedgefield Country Club.
He missed the cuts in the last three majors and hasn’t finished better than a tie for 17th at the Masters. At No. 114 in the FedEx Cup standings, Compton already has a spot at The Barclays next week but could build some playoff momentum with a high finish in Greensboro.
Lift, clean and place was in effect because of the conditions of the course.
And then, playing under a hot afternoon sun that sped up those undulating greens, Woods nearly matched it.
“I wasn’t quite as sharp as yesterday”.
His shot from the left side of the green landed about 8 feet from the cup and rolled in. But fans are holding on to Woods just as they have held on to other athletes past their prime or even retired, like Michael Jordan.
By the end of his 69, Hurley said he “felt like nearly a golfer again”.
This was seven-birdies-and-a-patented-fist-pump Tiger, not miss-the-cut Tiger.
William McGirt has the clubhouse lead after a bogey-free 62.
“Obviously a new position for me”, Hoge said.
Compton, utilizing a brand new set of irons, performed his last 9 holes in 7-under 28.
Woods would close out the back nine with three consecutive pars to finish with a four-under 31. Some 200 yards away, spectators in the stand behind the 16th green also erupted, never mind that a player on that hole about to putt.
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The 33-year-old Hurley is at No. 131 on the points list and is only here this week because hes trying to secure his PGA Tour card for next year.
