TORONTO, Oct 22: Sweden’s Carl Pettersson fired a sizzling 11-under 61 to take the lead after two rounds at the Classic on Saturday, but Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh, world number one and two, failed to make the cut.

Pettersson has just one top 10 finish this season and is still chasing his first career PGA Tour win but he turned in a massive effort at the Palm Golf Club in Orlando, Florida.

It included five consecutive birdies from the 13th to leave him at 17-under 127, two shots clear of American Tom Pernice.

The Swede had been tied with Pernice at 15-under overnight after severe weather forced officials to halt second round play late on Friday.

Woods returned, needing birdies on his two remaining holes.

But a bogey-par finish for a 73 left him on three-under 141, sealing his fate with the cut set at six-under. Woods was joined by Fiji’s Singh whose 71 meant a two-round total of four-under 140 and an early exit.

Second round scores

127 Carl Pettersson 66 61

129 Tom Pernice Jr. 67 62

130 Geoff Ogilvy 64 66 Kent Jones 66 64

131 Brandt Jobe 69 62 Steve Lowery 64 67 Tim Clark 66 65

132 Stephen Leaney 68 64 Jason Gore 65 67

133 Brendan Jones 67 66 Dudley Hart 68 65 C Howell III 65 68 Harrison Frazar 67 66 Nick Price 65 68 M Calcavecchia 64 69

Mallorca Classic golf

MALLORCA (Spain): Leading third round scores from the European Tour Mallorca Classic here Saturday:

204 - Jose Maria Olazabal 69 65 70

205 - Soren Hansen (DEN) 70 69 66, Paul Broadhurst 67 66 72

206 - Bradley Dredge 72 67 67, Wade Ormsby 70 66 70, Mattias Eliasson 68 68 70

207 - Jean Van de Velde 70 71 66, Simon Wakefield 69 71 67, Jesus Maria Arruti 68 70 69, Jose Manuel Lara 68 69 70

208 - Sam Little 67 73 68, Stephen Scahill 70 69 69, John Bickerton 67 71 70, Simon Khan 67 69 72, Gregory Havret 69 66 73

209 - Alessandro Tadini 70 71 68, Klas Eriksson 68 72 69, Santiago Luna 69 69 71, Sergio Garcia 69 69 71, Robert-Jan Derksen 70 68 71—Agencies

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