Woods tied for Wyndham lead

However, Woods saved his best for the back nine, moving within two shots of the lead after consecutive birdies on the 12th and 13th, which included a spectacular 25-foot birdie putt on the 405-yard 13th hole.

“Woods made pars on his last three holes, giving him at least a share of the lead at the end of a round for the first time since August 2013 at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational”.

Contested annually on the Donald Ross-designed course at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., the Wyndham Championship was founded in 1938 and is the sixth-oldest event on the PGA TOUR excluding the Majors.

Woods’ first two rounds of 64 and 65 were his best of the season.

“It was electric, especially early“, Woods told reporters after draining a 10-footer to save par at his final hole.

Woods and Hoge (67) were at 11-under 129.

Woods shot a first round six-under 64; Hoffman one-upped him with a seven-under 63.

Woods’ back nine was almost flawless minus a few narrowly missed fairways, but two birdies and an eagle put him atop the leaderboard.

Hoge has played 79 rounds on the tour – the same number of tour victories that belong to Woods. His name is also pronounced “Hoagie” and so when Woods was asked if he had ever heard of him, or if he would recognize him, there was a amusing exchange.

“I feel like I’m swinging well enough right now that I want to hit driver more often”. I hit a lot of good iron shots. I knew I was playing something similar to this at the Quicken Loans (three weeks ago).

A half dozen players were tied for seventh at 69, comprising American Amy Anderson, Taiwan’s Candie Kung, England’s Charley Hull, Sweden’s Anna Nordquist and South Korean’s Kim Sei-Young and Jang Ha-Na.

Woods, making what seemed an unlikely last-ditch effort to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs, shot 5-under-par 65 at Sedgefield Country Club to give himself what was once a familiar spot: a late afternoon tee time, the last group of the day.

Brandt Snedeker, the 2007 Greensboro champion, was the last player to leave the range on Thursday after a mediocre 70, but the overtime paid quick dividends as he compiled nine birdies to tie the course record with a 61.

NCAA champion Bryson DeChambeau beat Ireland’s Paul Dunne, 3 and 2, at Olympia Fields to advance to the U.S. Amateur semifinals.

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”.