Tiger Woods shares lead at Wyndham Championship after consecutive low-scoring

Snedeker’s putt from about 50 feet on his last hole capped his round.

Tiger Woods put together a second successive impressive round of golf at the Wyndham Championship to move into a share of the lead for the first time in over two years.

Hoge, who shot a 3-under 67 on Friday, is an in-state product because he was born in Statesville, but most of his roots are in North Dakota and he’s a relative unknown on the PGA Tour.

It would be premature to suggest Woods’s good start means his recent troubles are behind him, because the course, softened by heavy rain, was there for the taking, and players were allowed preferred lies.

Woods will tee off in the final group on Saturday with Hoge, in the knowledge a win – or at least an outright second – can get him into next week’s field at The Barclays.

Following his round, Woods was asked if he knew anything about Hoge, a rookie who, as fate would once again have it, has played 79 Tour rounds?

The 14-time Major champion might even have taken sole possession of the lead had it not been for an uneven front nine, which comprised two bogeys and three birdies to put Woods 1-under for the day at the turn.

Make no mistake, it was Friday’s back nine that propelled Tiger to the top of the leaderboard. 12 and 13 were followed by a big boy eagle on the 15th to tie Hoge. Woods’ dominance and the passion he displayed on the biggest stages were instrumental in golf’s growth since the mid-1990s, and Spieth has the opportunity to make a similar impact for the next 15 years.

But the older man has admitted he would not have recognised Hoge to see him, saying: “No, I wouldn’t. What is it, or him?” Two-time champion Lydia Ko (68) and first-round leader Karine Icher (70) were tied for second, two shots back. I knew I was playing something similar to this at the Quicken Loans (three weeks ago).

“I think it’s good for us to have him here and great exposure for us too“, Kevin Allen said.

Late previous year , in the aftermath of the U.S. Ryder Cup team’s loss at Gleneagles, Love and Woods were named to the Ryder Cup task force, and their friendship has grown from there one text message at a time.

LPGA: Candie Kung birdied four of her last six holes to match the course record at 8-under 64 and take the second-round lead in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in Coquitlam, British Columbia.

The 34-year-old Taiwanese player had an 11-under 133 total at Vancouver Golf Club. “Any borderline shot (at Whistling Straits) I never got away with it, and that’s the way it goes”.