Woodland, Choi tied for lead at Torrey Pines

Woodland’s vital signs were fine on Friday at the Farmers Insurance Open. Courtesy of the tournament. The Augusta, Ga., native shot two-under-par 70 and drew even at the top with second-round co-leader K.J. The 45-year-old South Korean shot his 67 on the North Course.

It was his first double bogey on the North Course since 2003, when he made a 5 at the par-3 third. The South Course has been making or breaking scores all weekend, so it fittingly served as today’s venue.

“The body’s not made to hit golf balls, especially as many as we hit and probably as hard as I hit it”, Woodland said. “A lot of holes go left-to-right”.

“Length is a huge advantage here, but that being said, if you can hit fairways… you still have a chance”, Brown said. “That will be a good one for a while, until I forget”.

Jason Day, the defending champion and No. 2 player in the world, missed the cut for the first time in almost eight months.

After being sprayed by multiple major winning Phil Mickelson on tournament eve for disclosing details about an on course wager the pair played for last December, Ruffels had the last laugh as the American missed the cut. He missed Wednesday’s pro-am because of a bout with the flu. I just didn’t know how I was going to play right now being a rookie and under the circumstances. “When I wasnt under par early, I kind of started to press a little bit. I eat better. I work out better. That was one shot better than Rickie Fowler, who won Sunday in Abu Dhabi and couldn’t buy a putt on the North Course in his round of 73.

Mickelson began his round on the back nine.

Gary Woodland hit a five-under-par 67 to hold a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

Rookie Michael Kim has played hundreds of rounds on the South Course and can’t ever recall playing in winds stronger than 30 miles per hour – it’s Southern California, after all. I hit a ball in the hazard and made bogey on a par-five, but I really hit some close iron shots and fortunately made some putts. Bogeys from the fairway with wedges. “It’s just dumb little things like that”. “I’m a lot more confident”. Fowler carded a 71 and was at par after two rounds, failing to make the cut by a stroke. It was just bad golf. It helps to make putts. I missed quite a few (Thursday). That group includes Jimmy Walker, who birdied the last two holes for a 68 and now sits just one shot off the lead.

Scotland’s Paul Lawrie, the overnight leader by two shots, faded away with a 78 and finished tied for 13th at 281, while Spain’s Sergio Garcia (70) shared seventh alongside South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen (71) at 8-under 280. On the par-5 18th, his ninth hole of the day, he had to play a shot where his ball stopped under a border fence for the property.