Woods shoots 68 in second round at Frys

08 October 2011 - 01H19  

Tiger Woods makes a tee shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the Frys.com Open at the CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California. Woods rebounded from a disappointing opening round at the Frys.com Open to shoot a three-under 68 Friday and put himself in good position to make the halfway cut.

Tiger Woods aims for a putt on the 12th hole as Patrick Cantlay (R) looks on during the second round of the Frys.com Open at the CordeValle Golf Club on in San Martin, California. Woods rebounded from a disappointing opening round at the Frys.com Open to shoot a three-under 68 Friday and put himself in good position to make the halfway cut.

AFP - Tiger Woods rebounded from a disappointing opening round at the Frys.com Open to shoot a three-under 68 Friday and put himself in good position to make the halfway cut.
The former world number one Woods finally got to tee off Friday after heavy fog delayed the start of the second round for two hours and 20 minutes at the CordeValle course, southeast of San Jose.
Woods had a roller-coaster round that included three bogeys and six birdies -- including one run of three consecutive birdies and a birdie on his final hole to reach one-under 141.
He was seven shots adrift of clubhouse leader Paul Casey of England who fired a seven-under 64 for 134 on Friday in the late-season event that features just three of the top-50 players in the world.
Casey won the Korean Open last week.
Woods appeared likely to play beyond a 36-hole cut for the first time since the Masters in April.
Woods was injured at Augusta and has played sparingly since. He withdrew injured from the first round of the Players Championship in May and finished tied for 37th at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in August -- an event that doesn't have a 36-hole cut.
He missed the cut at the PGA Championship, his last prior US tour start.
His poor results left him out of the FedEx Cup playoffs, and Woods' 68 snapped a string of six consecutive rounds where he failed to break par.
Woods began the day needing a solid round after shooting a two-over 73 on Thursday.
Starting on No. 10, Woods birdied the par-three 11th. He had a par on the next hole before a bogey at 13.
His birdie on the par-four 14th launched a string of three-consecutive birdies. He then dropped two more shots with back-to-back bogeys on his ninth and tenth holes of the day.
Woods got back to even par after 12 holes with his fifth birdie of the round on the par-four, 435 yard No. 2 and capped his round with a birdie at the par-five ninth.
Woods has won 14 major championships but has not won a tournament since 2009.
He has battled left knee and tendon injuries suffered at the Masters in April, where his share of fourth place was his best showing so far this year.
After this tournament, Woods has a month off before the Australian Open and the Presidents Cup, where he will play as a captain's pick by Fred Couples in the matchplay showdown between the United States and an international team.