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Tiger moves into the lead at Congressional
July 04, 2009
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Tiger Woods finished signing for the lowest 36-hole score ever at Congressional Country Club and was met by a couple of AT&T National officials wanting to know his plans for the afternoon.
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July 04, 2009

Tiger moves into the lead at Congressional

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He couldn't get to the range fast enough.

Kim opened this tournament with a course-record 62, and with a couple of birdies early in the second round Friday afternoon, he caught Woods atop the leaderboard at 10 under.

But it wasn't long before Kim started missing fairways, missing greens, missing putts. He slowly fell back, needing a hard-earned birdie on the 16th and a 5-footer for par on his final hole to salvage a 70 that put him alone in third.

``I hate the way I hit the ball today,'' he said. ``Obviously, I didn't drive it the way I wanted to and like I did yesterday. So it was a rough day, but I'm glad I got through it, and now I have to go work on it and see what I can figure out.''

Jim Furyk had a 67 and was alone in fourth, while U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover ran off four straight birdies on his way to a 66 that helped him get back into the hunt at 5-under 135.

Woods couldn't figure out his swing for a short spell in the second round.

That's when he was at his best.

After tying for the lead with that two-putt birdie at the 16th, this is a snapshot of his next five holes, when he could have easily slipped back into the pack chasing Kim.

He twice hit into the rough and was unable to reach the green. Another tee shot rode the wind into a fairway bunker. He pulled his tee shot on the par-3 second hole on the side of a mound, the wrong side of the pin to miss. And from the middle of the fairway, he came down too steep and sailed his shot to the right, into a hollow of rough.

Woods played those holes in 1-under par.

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