Tiger Leads The Second Round

Tiger Leads The Second Round

In the second round of PGA championship, Tiger Woods became the only person who took control of Hazeltine. He saw off challenges from Padraig Harrington and Ross Fisher.

Woods sank three birdies in a row on the back nine of his second round but closed with a bogey en route to a two-under-par 70.

The world number one now leads the field by four shots having once again won his duel with defending champion Harrington, who suffered three bogeys in a row on his back nine and also bogeyed the last for a one-over 73.

England's Fisher had made it a three-way battle in the Minnesota heat but faded with a bogey, bogey finish for a 68 at three under alongside Ireland's Harrington, Fiji's two-time winner Vijay Singh (72), US Open champion Lucas Glover (70) and Australian Brendan Jones (70).

England's Lee Westwood had got to four under after a 12-foot birdie putt at the 15th but a double bogey at the 17th sent him to a 72, two under for the tournament.

Woods has won all eight majors he has led at the halfway stage and with a four-shot lead the odds are shortening on a 15th major victory of his career to move closer to Jack Nicklaus' record of 18.

Asked if he was now in a position to run away from the field over the final two rounds, Woods replied: "I don't know, there's a long way to go, 36 holes. I'll just keep plodding along.

"That's what I did today, I got off to a poor start but I just hung in there and that's what I'll do tomorrow and we'll see what happens."

"It was a tough day out there, the wind was blustery, the greens were bumpy and it was a little bumpy all round."  But he is still the one who impressed us most with his irons.

Woods had held a one-shot overnight lead over Harrington having shot an opening five-under-par 67 at the 7,674-yard Minnesota course, with Singh a further stroke behind at three under in a group tied for third.

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