Woods takes control at Torrey Pines

BY Bruce Young | US PGA Tour | 2008 Buick Invitational | Round Two | 26 Jan 2008

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods hits a tee shot on the sixth hole during the second round of the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines

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Tiger Woods took control of the event he has dominated since turning professional by adding a second round of 65 at the easier North Course at Torrey Pines and now leads the Buick Invitational by four shots over the “story of the week” – Kevin Streelman.

Woods has won this event on five occasions with four of those victories coming in the last five seasons. After his solid opening round on the more demanding South Course yesterday he was always going to prove a handful for his competitors today as he took to the North Course and, it would seem, has established a winning break.

If it was any other player it would be premature to suggest such but this is Tiger Woods and his record from this position is almost faultless.

Streelman is, however, the story of the week.

Gaining his PGA Tour card via the lengthy process of all three stages at the USPGA Tour School last year, Streelman had resigned himself to the fact that even as first alternate he was unlikely to get a start in this event despite the fact that he was at the course and waiting for good fortune to blow his way on Thursday. Then Mathew Goggin withdrew and with only a few minutes to get to his tee time, he made it and somehow managed to shoot 67 on the North Course.

Today, Streelman added a very impressive 69 at the South Course and tomorrow faces his most exciting yet perhaps most nervous day in golf. He will play with the game’s greatest in round three and will learn a lot about himself in that situation.

If he is able to come though that initiation with even a reasonable round then he will have done well especially given that three days ago this scenario would have been all but a wild dream.

Stewart Cink is alone in third, one shot behind Streelman and five behind Woods while at 6 under and in a share of 4th is the leading Australian, Aaron Baddeley, along with Boo Weekley and Brad Adamonis.

Several other Australians are also well placed. Stuart Appleby and John Senden are at five under, Nathan Green and Robert Allenby at four under, Rod Pampling, Steve Elkington and Matt Jones at two under and Jason Day is at even par.

Those players have made the cut and will play the weekend while Nick O’Hern and Nick Flanagan made the cut but under the new PGA Tour rule regarding weekend field sizes they have officially made the cut but will not get the chance to play the weekend.

They receive prizemoney but will not have a chance to advance their cause.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-19	Tiger Woods	67	65	66	71	269
2	-11	Ryuji Imada	69	72	69	67	277
T3	-9	Rory Sabbatini	67	75	70	67	279
T3	-9	Stewart Cink	68	69	69	73	279
5	-7	Justin Leonard	76	68	65	72	281
T6	-6	Joe Durant	70	70	67	75	282
T6	-6	Phil Mickelson	70	73	68	71	282
T8	-5	Fred Couples	71	69	71	72	283
T8	-5	John Senden	70	69	72	72	283
T8	-5	Stuart Appleby	67	72	71	73	283
T11	-4	Nathan Green	68	72	72	72	284
T11	-4	Troy Matteson	65	75	73	71	284
T13	-3	Aaron Baddeley	71	67	71	76	285
T13	-3	Camilo Villegas	69	72	70	74	285
T13	-3	Charles Howell Iii	68	72	71	74	285
T13	-3	Kenneth Ferrie	73	67	71	74	285
T13	-3	Kevin Sutherland	73	68	70	74	285
T13	-3	Steve Elkington	71	71	69	74	285
T19	-2	Boo Weekley	72	66	71	77	286
T19	-2	Carl Pettersson	70	72	70	74	286
T19	-2	Doug Labelle Ii	68	72	69	77	286
T19	-2	Frank Lickliter Ii	72	70	73	71	286
T23	-1	Carlos Franco	71	69	71	76	287
T23	-1	John Mallinger	74	66	72	75	287
T23	-1	Matt Jones	72	70	70	75	287
T23	-1	Matt Kuchar	71	72	71	73	287
T23	-1	Steve Marino	74	70	71	72	287
T23	-1	Vijay Singh	73	68	74	72	287
T29	Ev	Bill Haas	72	68	73	75	288
T29	Ev	Dean Wilson	69	71	73	75	288
T29	Ev	Hunter Mahan	71	69	73	75	288
T29	Ev	Jeff Quinney	69	71	70	78	288
T29	Ev	Kevin Streelman	67	69	75	77	288
T29	Ev	Parker Mclachlin	69	73	73	73	288
T35	+1	Robert Allenby	70	70	72	77	289
T35	+1	Roland Thatcher	73	71	73	72	289
T37	+2	Brett Wetterich	72	72	74	72	290
T37	+2	Dustin Johnson	72	70	75	73	290
T37	+2	Jim Furyk	73	68	73	76	290
T37	+2	Kevin Stadler	68	74	76	72	290
T37	+2	Marc Turnesa	73	70	76	71	290
T37	+2	Rod Pampling	70	72	74	74	290
T37	+2	Shigeki Maruyama	71	71	73	75	290
T44	+3	Briny Baird	71	71	71	78	291
T44	+3	J.b. Holmes	71	73	72	75	291
T44	+3	Jon Mills	73	70	73	75	291
T47	+4	Bubba Watson	73	71	75	73	292
T47	+4	Jin Park	71	73	72	76	292
T49	+5	Chris Stroud	73	70	73	77	293
T49	+5	Cliff Kresge	76	67	74	76	293
T49	+5	George Mcneill	72	72	75	74	293
T49	+5	Jason Day	72	72	75	74	293
T49	+5	Jeff Maggert	71	72	72	78	293
T49	+5	Justin Bolli	74	69	70	80	293
T49	+5	Sean O'hair	76	68	74	75	293
T49	+5	Tom Pernice Jr.	71	73	75	74	293
57	+6	Tim Herron	72	72	73	77	294
T58	+7	Brad Adamonis	66	72	80	77	295
T58	+7	Craig Barlow	71	73	75	76	295
T60	+8	Jamie Lovemark	73	71	73	79	296
T60	+8	Jason Gore	73	71	73	79	296
T60	+8	Travis Perkins	76	68	77	75	296
63	+9	Tag Ridings	73	71	70	83	297
64	+13	Cody Freeman	70	74	77	80	301
65	+14	John Rollins	71	71	78	82	302
66	+15	Mark O'meara	72	72	75	84	303
Cut Ev
CUT	+1	Alex Cejka	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Anthony Kim	68	77	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Ben Crane	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Bo Van Pelt	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Charley Hoffman	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Chris Dimarco	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Craig Kanada	69	76	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Fredrik Jacobson	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Jason Bohn	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Jay Williamson	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Kenny Perry	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Lucas Glover	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Martin Laird	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Nick Flanagan	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Nick O'hern	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Omar Uresti	76	69	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Scott Sterling	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Vaughn Taylor	77	68	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Yong-eun Yang	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+2	Brandt Snedeker	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Chris Riley	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	D.j. Trahan	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Michael Allen	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Paul Azinger	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Rich Beem	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Rocco Mediate	69	77	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Stephen Leaney	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Tommy Armour Iii	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+3	Brenden Pappas	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	David Duval	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Duffy Waldorf	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Eric Axley	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Jerry Kelly	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Jesper Parnevik	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Ken Duke	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Patrick Sheehan	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Peter Lonard	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Stephen Ames	70	77	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Tim Wilkinson	69	78	-	-	147
CUT	+4	Bart Bryant	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Ben Curtis	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Billy Mayfair	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Brad Elder	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Brandt Jobe	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Brian Bateman	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Kevin Na	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Mark Wilson	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Nicholas Thompson	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Nick Watney	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Ryan Moore	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Tim Clark	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Todd Hamilton	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Brett Rumford	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Charles Warren	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Chez Reavie	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Geoff Ogilvy	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	K.j. Choi	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Kyle Thompson	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Ron Whittaker	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Bob Estes	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	J.j. Henry	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	J.l. Lewis	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Kent Jones	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Mathias Gronberg	70	80	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Paul Claxton	72	78	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Richard Johnson	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Scott Mccarron	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Mathew Kodama	78	73	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Cameron Beckman	72	79	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Johnson Wagner	72	79	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Mark Calcavecchia	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Michael Letzig	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Robert Garrigus	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Ryan Armour	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Todd Demsey	73	78	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Tom Lehman	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Bob Tway	79	73	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Pat Perez	78	74	-	-	152
CUT	+9	J.p. Hayes	73	80	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Jeff Overton	74

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Woods takes control at Torrey Pines

BY Bruce Young | US PGA Tour | 2008 Buick Invitational | Round Two | 26 Jan 2008