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| July 16, 2005 | Saturday | Jumadi-us-Sani 8, 1426 |
Tiger Woods bites back with another flawless round
ST ANDREWS (Scotland), July 15: Tiger Woods marched relentlessly towards his second Open title on Friday when he fired a flawless second round five-under 67. It took the world’s number one to 11-under par for the championship - five clear of his nearest rivals.
Woods gave a stunning performance as Jack Nicklaus temporarily stole the show as he played his final round of professional golf.
If the Nicklaus show was emotional as the Home of Golf paid tribute to the world’s greatest golfer, Woods gave an exhibition of golf that reinforced the belief that he will surpass Nicklaus’ milestone of 18 Major titles.
Victory on Sunday will give the 29-year-old 10 Majors to his name.
Woods’ 67 brought back memories of 2000 when he ran away from the field to win by eight shots.
After two rounds he was on 133. Now five years later he is again on 133 after two rounds.
Then there is the ‘Nicklaus factor’.
When Nicklaus said farewell to the US Open in 2000, Woods won, same at St Andrews in 2000. The same thing happened at the USPGA championship and this year at the Masters.
Then there is Wood’s tournament record. He has never lost when leading after 36 holes.
World number two Vijay Singh is leading the chasing pack. He had a chance to finish seven under but missed an eight foot putt on the 18th and had to settle for a three-under 69.
Lying alongside Singh, is qualifier Brad Faxon and two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal.
Faxon shot a brilliant six-under 66 to put himself into contention. Olazabal, who played the first two rounds with Woods, earned his spot in second place thanks to an eagle on the last.
Leading second round scores:
134 – Tiger Woods (USA) 66-66
138 - Trevor Immelman (RSA) 68-70, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 69-69, Brad Faxon (USA) 72-66, Peter Lonard (AUS) 68-70
139 - Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70-69, Fred Couples (USA) 71-68, Bo Van Pelt (USA) 72-67
140 - Richard Green (AUS) 72-68, Hiroyuki Fujita (JPN) 72-68, John Daly (USA) 71-69, Stuart Appelby (AUS) 72-68, Edoardo Molinari (ITA -a) 70-70, Tim Clark (RSA), Thomas Levet (FRA) 69-71
141 - Ernie Els (RSA) 74-67, Phil Mickelson (USA) 74-67, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 74-67, Fredrik Jacobsen (SWE) 71-70, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 69-72, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 69-72, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 73-68, Simon Dyson (ENG) 70-71, Sandy Lyle (SCO) 74-67, Retief Goosen (RSA) 68-73, Luke Donald (ENG) 68-73
142 - Duffy Waldorf (USA) 74-68, Nick O’Hern (AUS) 73-69, Ian Poulter (ENG) 70-72, David Frost (RSA) 77-65, Pat Perez (USA) 72-70, Kenny Perry (USA) 71-71
143 - Darren Clarke (NIR) 73-70, Nick Faldo (ENG) 74-69, Steve Webster (ENG) 71-72, Greg Norman (AUS) 72-71, KJ Choi (KOR) 75-68, Maarten Lafeber (NED) 73-70, Mark Calcavecchia (USA) 70-73
144 - Robert Rock (ENG) 73-71, Ted Purdy (USA) 72-72, Matthew Richardson (ENG-a) 75-69, Joe Ogilvie (USA) 74-70, Chris DiMarco (USA) 75-69, Tom Lehman (USA) 75-69, Justin Leonard (USA) 73-71, Mark Hensby (AUS) 67-77, Tadahiro Takayama (JPN) 72-72, Steve Flesch (USA) 70-74, Nicholas Flanagan (AUS) 73-71, Lloyd Saltman (SCO -a) 73-71, Peter Hanson (SWE) 72-72
145 - John Bickerton (ENG) 75-70, Rod Pampling (AUS) 74-71, Paul McGinley (IRL) 70-75, Graeme Storm (ENG) 75-70, Scott Gutschewski (USA) 76-69, Tom Watson (USA) 75-70
146 - Alex Cejka (GER) 74-72, Peter Fowler (AUS) 74-72, Daniel Chopra (SWE) 76-70, Joe Durant (USA) 79-67, Peter Baker (ENG) 70-76, Lee Westwood (ENG) 76-70
147 - Mardan Mamat (SIN) 75-72, Jerry Kelly (74-73), Jack Nicklaus (USA) 75-72
148 - Tom Byrum (USA) 79-69, Fred Funk (USA) 77-71, Nick Price (ZIM) 76-72, Jim Furyk (USA) 78-70, Ben Curtis (USA) 78-70, Ian Woosnam (WAL) 73-75, Joakim Haeggman (SWE) 75-73, Jason Allred (USA) 74-74, Todd Hamilton (USA) 74-74, Shaun Micheel (USA) 75-73, Andrew Oldcorn (SCO) 76-72, Brian Davis (ENG) 77-71
149 - Scott Hend (AUS) 73-76, Shigeki Maruyama (JPN) 77-72, Kenneth Ferrie (ENG) 74-75, Martin Doyle (AUS) 73-76, Stewart Cink (USA) 76-73
150 - Paul Casey (ENG) 75-75, Jean Van de Velde (FRA) 77-73, Robert Coles (ENG) 76-74
151 - Chad Campbell (USA) 78-73, Mike Weir (CAN) 76-75, Richard Barcelo (USA) 80-71, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 72-79
152 - Tim Petrovic (USA) 77-75, Peter Lawrie (IRL) 74-78, Craig Parry (AUS) 78-74
153 - Robert Steele (ENG -a) 78-75, Sean McDonagh (ENG) 77-76, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 78-75, Rich Beem (USA) 74-79, Brian McElhinney (IRL -a) 78-75
155 - Chris Campbell (AUS) 81-74, Tony Jacklin (ENG) 79-76
157 - David Duval (USA) 80-77, Tom Pernice (USA) 78-79
158 - John Wade (AUS) 76-82, Andrew Marshall (ENG) 84-74
161 - Thammanoon Srirot (THA) 84-77
- David Toms (USA) disqualified.—Agencies
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