Charlotte, May 09: Tiger Woods is back on form leading the Wachovia Championship after two rounds. Tiger Woods holds a two-stroke lead heading into the weekend after posting a 6-under 66 during the second round of the Wachovia Championship. Woods made every putt inside 20 feet and one from nearly 50 feet. It led to his best round since February, a 6-under 66 at sun-baked Quail Hollow that gave him a two-shot lead going into the weekend. Woods, who has not led on the PGA Tour since winning the WGC-American Express Championship last October, had eight birdies and two bogeys to finish nine-under on 135 at Quail Hollow Golf Club. First-round leader Kirk Triplett (73), Notah Begay III (70) and Arron Oberholser (68) were joint second on 137.
Australian Stuart Appleby (72), Brett Quigley (72), Joey Sindelar (69) and Fijian Vijay Singh (70) shared fifth place on six-under 138. Paraguay's Carlos Franco, Davis Love III, Kevin Sutherland, Canadian Mike Weir, Chris DiMarco, Joe Ogilvie and Cameron Beckman were all on 139.


U.S. Masters champion Phil Mickelson shot a second consecutive 70 and was among several players on four-under 140. Defending champion David Toms followed his opening 75 with a 71 and missed the cut which fell at even-par 144.


Leading scores after second round of the Wachovia Championship at Quail Hollow Golf Club (par 72, 7,396 yards) on Friday. (U.S. unless stated) 135 Tiger Woods 69 66 137 Kirk Triplett 64 73, Notah Begay III 67 70, Arron Oberholser 69 68 138 Stuart Appleby (Australia) 66 72, Brett Quigley 66 72, Joey Sindelar 69 69, Vijay Singh (Fiji) 68 70 139 Carlos Franco (Paraquay) 68 71, Davis Love III 73 66, Kevin Sutherland 71 68, Mike Weir (Canada) 67 72, Chris DiMarco 69 70, Joe Ogilvie 68 71, Cameron Beckman 67 72 140 Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 69 71, Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 66 74, Luke Donald (Britain) 67 73, Mathias Gronberg (Sweden) 69 71, Robert Allenby (Australia) 72 68, Phil Mickelson 70 70, Jeff Maggert 71 69


Other international scores 141 Richard Johnson (Sweden) 72 69, Peter Lonard (Australia) 73 68, Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 73 68 142 Tim Clark (South Africa) 73 69, John Senden (Australia) 69 73 143 Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 74 69, Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 72 71, Stephen Leaney (Australia) 71 72, Grant Waite (New Zealand) 72 71, Steve Allan (Australia) 69 74 144 KJ Choi (South Korea) 71 73, Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 69 75, Sergio Garcia (Spain) 73 71, Scott Hend (Australia) 73 71 145 Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 70 75 146 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 73 73, Esteban Toledo (Mexico) 71 75, David Morland IV (Canada) 73 73 147 David Frost (South Africa) 73 74 150 Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 71 79 151 Arjun Atwal (India) 74 77 152 Craig Perks (New Zealand) 77 75 154 Jose Coceres (Argentina) 78 76 157 Fulton Allem (South Africa) 77 80


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