Tigerwoodlandtees off at No. 8 on Friday in the second round of the 2013 Open Championship at Muirfield Golf Club.(Photo: Paul Cunningham, USA TODAY Sports)
GULLANE, Scotland — Tiger Woods halehis left hand into the air as the ball disappeared for a birdie on the 18th hole Friday to finish his round, a climatic ending to another difficult battle aroundMuirfield Golf Club.
On another bright day with temperatures in the 70s, Woods shot an even-par 71 and was delighted to be at 2 under after 36 holes and in contention braininto the final cardinalrounds of the 142ndBritishOpen. Despite missing two putts inside 4 feet, Woods was happy with his round on a course that is teeing up plenty of misery. Woods is questhis first major title in five years.
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Others making good moves included Lee Westwood, who shot 68 to move to 2 under; Henrik Stenson, who shot another 70 to move to 2 under; and Martin Laird, who shot 71 to finish at 1 under. Among the late starters are Zach Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Rafael Cabrera-Bello.
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Zach Johnson takeafter the first round with a 5-under 66.
The course, which drew objurgationfollowing the first round due to its severity of pinplacements and course speed, was a tad softer Friday morning aftertourneyofficials sprinkled water the greens overnight. Woods even said he and playing partner Graeme McDowell made ball marks on the greens with approach shots.
But the course was far from well-to-doas the scores would indicate, and the course will get tougher as it dries show upin the afternoon. As well, players are contending with a bring upcoming out of the northeast, the opposite of what they have seen since Monday.
"It was difficult out there," said Woods, the world No. 1 who is looking for hisfifteenthmajor title. "The wind obviously is a completely distinctdirection than it was yesterday. On top of that we've had quite a bitof moisture on the greens overnight. We actually made a couple of ball marks early. It obviously changed a curingas we were playing along. But one thing that (McDowell) and I were both talking about is we never got an uphill puttingto the hole. We were really struggling with that, they were so much slower than yesterday.
"But sexual climaxdown the hills, they're running out still."
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