Woods shares early second round lead at Barclays

Published>Sat, Aug 28 10 12:21 AM

Tiger Woods picked up where he left off with a birdie on his second hole to retain a share of the lead early in the second round of the Barclays tournament on Friday.

Woods, whose six-under-par 65 earned him a share of the lead after the first round, drained a four-foot birdie at the 475-yard par-four 11th to move to seven under par.

Kevin Streelman, who also started from the 10th hole, had a blistering second nine to complete an eight-under-par 63 that put him in the clubhouse on seven-under 135.

Streelman, who just missed out of joining a playoff the last time the Barclays was held at Ridgewood Country Club, made four birdies in a row from his 12th hole and rolled in an 11-foot birdie at the last to cap off a brilliant round.

One stroke away was fellow-American Stewart Cink, who posted a 69 for a two-round total of 136.

In the clubhouse another shot back on five-under-par 137 were Australian Adam Scott (71), Ireland's Padraig Harrington (68) and Americans Ben Crane (70), Tim Petrovic (69) and Webb Simpson (65).

Simpson birdied five of his last six holes to surge into contention at the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs.

The 121-man field was playing the ball down after being allowed to lift, clean and place on Thursday due to soggy conditions after heavy rain earlier in the week.

World number two Phil Mickelson was unable to take advantage of the receptive greens and looked likely to miss the cut after shooting 74 for a four-over-par total of 146.

However, Mickelson was assured of qualifying for the next tournament in the four-event playoffs, the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston, based on being fourth in the standings entering the tournament.

The Barclays cut, to include the top 70 and ties, was projected to come at level par 142.

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