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Tournament host Woods grabs Congressional lead

Sat Jul 4, 2009 6:15am IST
 
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By Steve Ginsburg

BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - Tiger Woods played the role of inhospitable host by soaring to the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the AT&T National on Friday.

The world number one, who is hosting the $6 million event at Congressional Country Club, fired a four-under-par 66 to finish on 10-under 130, one stroke ahead of Australian Rod Pampling (64).

"I didn't drive the ball as well as I did yesterday or hit my irons as crisp," said Woods, who returned a 64 in Thursday's opening round.

"Either I hit it pretty close to the hole, within 10 feet, or I was missing greens," he told reporters.

"It was nice to actually get a score out of it. I didn't shoot myself in the foot."

First-round leader and holder Anthony Kim followed his course-record 62 on Thursday with a topsy-turvy 70 to slide back into third place, two strokes off the pace.

"I hated the way I hit the ball today," the American said after carding three birdies and three bogeys.

"It was OK for about six or seven holes but the swing got loose and I couldn't find it out there."  Continued...

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