NORTON (Massachusetts), Sept 3: Australian Robert Allenby drained a hole-in-one on his way to a share of the lead at the halfway point of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday.
Allenby shot a five-under-par 66 to tie Britain's Justin Rose on six under at the top of the leaderboard after the second round, two strokes ahead of Tiger Woods, defending champion Olin Browne and Australia's Aaron Baddeley.
Allenby holed out on the 211 yard par-three 16th, but said that was not the luckiest shot of the round.
That came on the par-four 464-yard sixth, where his second hit a rock in a water hazard but bounced out, allowing him to save par.
Woods, who shot a one-over-par 72, struggled from the tee throughout the day, missing seven fairways and at times needing to head into the gallery to rescue his ball.
After sending his drive on the 443-yard 13th into the left rough, he pounded his driver on a cart path in frustration, sending up a shower of sparks.
On the fourth hole, while rescuing his ball from a lie close to a tree, he accidentally whacked his club into the trunk.
The cut was set at 145.
Leading second round scores:
136 Justin Rose (Britain) 67, 69; Robert Allenby (Australia) 70, 66.
139 Len Mattiace (US) 70, 69; Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 68, 71; J.J. Henry (US) 68, 71; Shaun Micheel (US) 69, 70; Bob May (US) 67, 72.
140 Bill Glasson (US) 70, 70; Bubba Watson (US) 73, 67; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 72, 68; Kenny Perry (US) 69, 71; Brian Bateman (US) 69, 71; Billy Andrade (US) 70, 70.
141 Ryan Moore (US) 70, 71; Stephen Leaney (Australia) 70, 71; Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 72, 69; Michael Allen (US) 68, 73; Hunter Mahan (US) 70, 71; Jose Coceres (Argentina) 72, 69; Paul Stankowski (US) 70, 71; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70, 71; Todd Hamilton (US) 68, 73; Joe Ogilvie (US) 67, 74; Nathan Green (Australia) 67, 74.
142 Charles Howell III (US) 73, 69; Gabriel Hjertstedt (Sweden) 72, 70; David Branshaw (US) 71, 71; Jeff Sluman (US) 70, 72.
143 Harrison Frazar (US) 72, 71; John Huston (US) 72, 71; Bill Haas (US) 71, 72; Lucas Glover (US) 70, 73; John Rollins (US) 70, 73; Steve Lowery (US) 73, 70; John Riegger (US) 73, 70; Troy Matteson (US) 70, 73; Matt Hansen (US) 71, 72; Ryan Hietala (US) 73, 70; Eric Axley (US) 73, 70; Kevin Sutherland (US) 70, 73; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 71, 72; Peter Lonard (Australia) 68, 75; Adam Scott (Australia) 70, 73; Sean O'Hair (US) 72, 71; Ian Leggatt (Canada) 70, 73; Steve Stricker (US) 71, 72; Frank Lickliter II (US) 71, 72.
144 James Driscoll (US) 69, 75; Dan Forsman (US) 76, 68; Brent Geiberger (US) 72, 72; Jason Bohn (US) 72, 72; Danny Ellis (US) 74, 70; Jeff Overton (US) 71, 73; Robert Garrigus (US) 72, 72; Brian Gay (US) 70, 74; Jeff Brehaut (US) 73, 71; Jonathan Byrd (US) 72, 72; Heath Slocum (US) 74, 70; Jonathan Kaye (US) 70, 74; Bo Van Pelt (US) 70, 74; Briny Baird (US) 75, 69; Ryuji Imada (Japan) 72, 72; Henrik Bjornstad (Norway) 69, 75; Nicholas Thompson (US) 68, 76.
145 Steve Flesch (US) 72, 73; Steve Jones (US) 69, 76; Kent Jones (US) 69, 76; Lee Janzen (US) 71, 74; Jay Delsing (US) 72, 73; Ron Whittaker (US) 70, 75; Jason Schultz (US) 71, 74; Tjaart van der Walt (South Africa) 71, 74; Brandt Jobe (US) 70, 75; Jason Gore (US) 68, 77; Ryan Palmer (US) 69, 76; John Senden (Australia) 73, 72; D.A. Points (US) 71, 74.Reuters