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Updated Jan 24, 2013 11:03 PM ET

Tiger Woods------------------------Jack Mickelson---------------------Brandt Snedeker

Tiger Sits Three Back of Co-Leaders

SAN DIEGO (AP)

One week after he began his year by missing the cut, Tiger Woods didn't notice a big difference in his game.

It was everything else about the opening round at Torrey Pines that changed. Relatively calm conditions. Rough that didn't cover the top of his shoes. A course that has been good to him since he was a teenager. And despite his putter not cooperating at the end of his round, a 4-under-par 68 on his scorecard.

Woods was on the verge of joining defending champion Brandt Snedeker and K.J. Choi atop the leaderboard Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open until missing three straight putts inside 12 feet late in his round.

Snedeker was bogey-free on the North Course for a 65. Choi birdied three of his last four holes on the tougher South Course for his 65.

Woods, a seven-time champion at Torrey Pines, at least got off the South Course without further damage when he had to lay up on the par-5 18th hole, hit wedge over the green and into a bunker and made a 6-foot putt for par.

''Last week's conditions were a lot more difficult and the fairways were narrow and the wind was howling,'' Woods said. ''I felt like I was doing a lot of good things right last week — unfortunately, only for a few days, but I doing a lot of good things right. And I came out here today and basically did the same thing.''

Woods three-putted for double bogey on the fourth hole, though he knew he had a pair of par 5s to make up ground. He did that, and more. He made a 12-footer for birdie, an eagle by holing a bunker shot on the par-5 sixth, and birdie putts on the eighth and ninth holes to get back into the game.

''I made a few mistakes out there, but I made some nice plays as well,'' Woods said.

Phil Mickelson had quite the taxing day with a 72 on the North, which played about 1-1/2 strokes easier than the course that hosted the US Open in 2008.

Snedeker already is developing quite the love affair with this municipal course along the Pacific Bluffs. As a rookie, he was 10 under through 10 holes and had to settle for a 61 on the North Course. He finished third that year. Then, he rallied from seven shots behind in the final round, got into a playoff when Kyle Stanley made triple bogey on the 18th and won on the second playoff hole.

One year later, he was right back at it. ''It's funny, you look at all the golf courses I should play well on, this should not be one of them,'' Snedeker said. ''This is a long, difficult golf course with lots of rough and hitting a lot of iron shots. My strength is driving and putting, so it doesn't really add up well around year. But for some reason, it's been good to me.''
It was even more of a mystery for Choi.

He is not a regular at Torrey Pines and decided not to come last year until he heard from his host family in San Diego that the South Korean community wanted to see him play. Choi put on quite a show. He finally got some height and spin into shots while warming up on the range, and he converted that into the best round on the South.

He ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine he started on No. 10 — and no shot was more pleasing than a wedge into a light crosswind on the 15th hole that settled inches from the cup. ''Best shot ever on the South Course — ever,'' he said, grinning.

Of the eight players at 66, only Josh Teater posted his on the South Course. Of the PGA Tour events that use multiple courses, few of them are as different as the South and North at Torrey Pines, although the difference in scoring average has been greater in recent years.

Charles Howell III summed it up best after his 66 on the North. ''The real one is tomorrow,'' Howell said.

Howell lost in a playoff last week in the Humana Challenge, and he started his season with a tie for third at the Sony Open. Whatever disappointment he felt in the California desert, he was able to shake off quickly. And he wasn't alone.

Scott Stallings lost a five-shot lead in the Humana Challenge and bogeyed the par-5 closing hole to miss the playoff. He bounced back with a 66.
And there was Woods.

He started his season by missing the cut in Abu Dhabi when he was docked two shots at the end of his round for a rules violation on the fifth hole. He was on more comfortable territory at Torrey Pines, though he says he didn't hit the ball much differently.

He missed birdie putts of 8, 15 and 12 feet on the back nine, along with two par putts from inside 8 feet.

Woods now goes to the North Course to figure out where he is before anyone can get a true sense of how this tournament is shaping up. ''I think he's won here more times than I've won on tour, so I think he knows the place pretty well,'' Snedeker said. ''I think he's very similar to me. He loves putting on these greens. . . . We've got three more days to go. There's 155 guys I'm still worried about besides him, so we have a lot more guys to worry about.''

Woods played with Rickie Fowler, who had a 77 and was tied for last place.

Mike Weir was among those who had a 66 on the North Course. He appears to be in great shape to make his first cut since 2011.

Mickelson's 72 felt even higher considering he was playing with Snedeker, who was firing at flags and holing his putts. A three-time winner at Torrey Pines, his week began with comments about the amount of taxes he is paying in California, followed by two rounds of apologies for not keeping his opinions to himself.

That wasn't a problem for him Thursday. ''I've been playing better than this, and there's no excuses,'' Mickelson said. ''I've got to get my head a little bit more focused on the shots, and I haven't been as focused starting out. Hopefully, I'll be able to turn that around tomorrow and start a little bit more effectively in the future.''

FreaknDavid · 26-01-13, 13:09

Woods Ends Day Atop Torrey Pines Leaderboard.

Tiger Shoots A 65 On A Rainy Friday.

SAN DIEGO (AP)

Tiger Woods cared more about the number of rounds left at Torrey Pines than the number of PGA Tour wins belonging to the guys chasing him.

When the second round ended Friday in a steady rain at the Farmers Insurance Open, the odds looked to be stacked in Woods' favor. He had a 7-under 65 on the North Course for his first outright 36-hole lead on the PGA Tour in more than three years. He is a seven-time winner at Torrey Pines, six of those in this tournament. And his 74 career wins on tour were 74 more than the next seven guys behind him.

''We've got a long way to go,'' Woods said after finishing his two rounds at 11-under 133.

Woods knows this from experience. His three-shot win in the 2009 Buick Open was tougher than it looked on paper, only because Woods had everything to lose. He was expected to win. Of the 13 players within five shots of his slim lead going into the last round, only one of them - Ben Crane at No. 73 - was ranked inside the top 100 in the world.

Golf gets deeper every year, and it doesn't get any easier to win.
Then again, Woods is playing some pretty good golf.

He effectively missed only one fairway on the easier North Course in the second round. He is leading the field in driving distance at 318.5 yards, remarkable given the wet conditions from the rain and Torrey Pines being at sea level. He is 9 under on the par 5s, with five birdies and two eagles over the last two days.

Woods seized control Friday around the turn, when he played four holes in 5-under par - a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th, a 5-iron to 5 feet for eagle on No. 18, a two-putt birdie on the first, and a wedge that one-hopped against the pin and settled about 5 feet away for another birdie.

''Vintage (at)TigerWoods today,'' Dustin Johnson said on Twitter after finishing eight shots behind.

Woods had a two-shot lead over Billy Horschel, who only two months ago was in Q-school trying to get his PGA Tour card again. Horschel finished strong on the South Course for a 69 and was thrilled when he looked at the leaderboard. He was at 9-under 135, and Woods was the only name ahead of him. That meant he would be in the final group with Woods, joined by Web.com Tour grad Casey Wittenberg, who had a 67 on the North.

''It's a good day and I'm excited about tomorrow - I get to play with Tiger,'' Horschel said. ''I found out when I tapped in for par. I realized he was leading and I was in second place. So yeah, looking forward to that.''

Horschel wades into a big world Saturday, but he believes he has the experience from when he played the Walker Cup in 2007 at Royal County Down.

''There was a guy I competed against three times called Rory McIlroy,'' Horschel said. ''So there may have been 10, 12,000 people following us, and only a couple thousand following the rest of the groups. So I've dealt with crowds. I guess it's a little bit easier playing with Tiger because I guess the group ahead, they move a lot or something. Just hearing what media says. It's going to be exciting.''

Brad Fritsch, a rookie from Canada, had a 67 on the South Course to lead the group of six players at 8-under 136. The others were Wittenberg, Steve Marino, Jimmy Walker, Josh Teater and Erik Compton, whom Woods referred to as ''remarkable'' for being a two-time heart transplant recipient and playing on the PGA Tour.

Defending champion Brandt Snedeker didn't fare so well. After opening with a 65 on the North, he made only one birdie and twice took bogey on the par 5s on his way to a 75 that left him seven shots behind. K.J. Choi, who had a 65 on the South Course, couldn't break par on the easier North and had a 73 to fall five behind.

Phil Mickelson struggled to keep his hands dry in the wet weather and finished bogey-bogey on the South for a 71 to make the cut on the number, though his work isn't over. There were 87 players who made the cut at 1-under 143, meaning there will be another cut to top 70 and ties Saturday.

Mike Weir, meanwhile, made the cut for the first time since July 2011 despite a sloppy finish for a 75 on the South. He was tied for 41st at 3-under 141.

Woods is coming off a missed cut in Abu Dhabi last week to start his year. ''I've had beautiful practice sessions at home,'' he said. ''If I can do it there, I can do it out here. Even though last week I played only two days, I felt like I hit the ball well enough to shoot a better score than I did. I had a couple of days to work on it, and I came out here and felt pretty good about it.''

The final two rounds move to the South Course, which played about 1 1/2 shots harder Friday in the rain. The greens are more receptive, sure, but the course figures to play at full length in wet conditions and at sea level.
For Woods, it was his first outright lead going into the weekend against a full field since the Australian Open in 2011 (he finished third at The Lakes), and his first time atop the leaderboard at Torrey Pines since 2008. Then again, he has only played one time at this event since then when he was just starting to change his swing.

And while this looks ominous for everyone else, Woods with a 36-hole lead - even at Torrey Pines - doesn't mean this is over. He had a 34-10 record when he has at least a share of the 36-hole lead, though he has failed to win four of the last six times from that spot.

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FreaknDavid Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In The Hills of Tennessee Posts: 6,631 Thanks: 7,332 Thanked 7,261 Times in 4,751 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	Tiger Woods Takes Lead @ Torrey Pines Updated Jan 24, 2013 11:03 PM ET Tiger Woods------------------------Jack Mickelson---------------------Brandt Snedeker Tiger Sits Three Back of Co-Leaders SAN DIEGO (AP) One week after he began his year by missing the cut, Tiger Woods didn't notice a big difference in his game. It was everything else about the opening round at Torrey Pines that changed. Relatively calm conditions. Rough that didn't cover the top of his shoes. A course that has been good to him since he was a teenager. And despite his putter not cooperating at the end of his round, a 4-under-par 68 on his scorecard. Woods was on the verge of joining defending champion Brandt Snedeker and K.J. Choi atop the leaderboard Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open until missing three straight putts inside 12 feet late in his round. Snedeker was bogey-free on the North Course for a 65. Choi birdied three of his last four holes on the tougher South Course for his 65. Woods, a seven-time champion at Torrey Pines, at least got off the South Course without further damage when he had to lay up on the par-5 18th hole, hit wedge over the green and into a bunker and made a 6-foot putt for par. ''Last week's conditions were a lot more difficult and the fairways were narrow and the wind was howling,'' Woods said. ''I felt like I was doing a lot of good things right last week — unfortunately, only for a few days, but I doing a lot of good things right. And I came out here today and basically did the same thing.'' Woods three-putted for double bogey on the fourth hole, though he knew he had a pair of par 5s to make up ground. He did that, and more. He made a 12-footer for birdie, an eagle by holing a bunker shot on the par-5 sixth, and birdie putts on the eighth and ninth holes to get back into the game. ''I made a few mistakes out there, but I made some nice plays as well,'' Woods said. Phil Mickelson had quite the taxing day with a 72 on the North, which played about 1-1/2 strokes easier than the course that hosted the US Open in 2008. Snedeker already is developing quite the love affair with this municipal course along the Pacific Bluffs. As a rookie, he was 10 under through 10 holes and had to settle for a 61 on the North Course. He finished third that year. Then, he rallied from seven shots behind in the final round, got into a playoff when Kyle Stanley made triple bogey on the 18th and won on the second playoff hole. One year later, he was right back at it. ''It's funny, you look at all the golf courses I should play well on, this should not be one of them,'' Snedeker said. ''This is a long, difficult golf course with lots of rough and hitting a lot of iron shots. My strength is driving and putting, so it doesn't really add up well around year. But for some reason, it's been good to me.'' It was even more of a mystery for Choi. He is not a regular at Torrey Pines and decided not to come last year until he heard from his host family in San Diego that the South Korean community wanted to see him play. Choi put on quite a show. He finally got some height and spin into shots while warming up on the range, and he converted that into the best round on the South. He ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine he started on No. 10 — and no shot was more pleasing than a wedge into a light crosswind on the 15th hole that settled inches from the cup. ''Best shot ever on the South Course — ever,'' he said, grinning. Of the eight players at 66, only Josh Teater posted his on the South Course. Of the PGA Tour events that use multiple courses, few of them are as different as the South and North at Torrey Pines, although the difference in scoring average has been greater in recent years. Charles Howell III summed it up best after his 66 on the North. ''The real one is tomorrow,'' Howell said. Howell lost in a playoff last week in the Humana Challenge, and he started his season with a tie for third at the Sony Open. Whatever disappointment he felt in the California desert, he was able to shake off quickly. And he wasn't alone. Scott Stallings lost a five-shot lead in the Humana Challenge and bogeyed the par-5 closing hole to miss the playoff. He bounced back with a 66. And there was Woods. He started his season by missing the cut in Abu Dhabi when he was docked two shots at the end of his round for a rules violation on the fifth hole. He was on more comfortable territory at Torrey Pines, though he says he didn't hit the ball much differently. He missed birdie putts of 8, 15 and 12 feet on the back nine, along with two par putts from inside 8 feet. Woods now goes to the North Course to figure out where he is before anyone can get a true sense of how this tournament is shaping up. ''I think he's won here more times than I've won on tour, so I think he knows the place pretty well,'' Snedeker said. ''I think he's very similar to me. He loves putting on these greens. . . . We've got three more days to go. There's 155 guys I'm still worried about besides him, so we have a lot more guys to worry about.'' Woods played with Rickie Fowler, who had a 77 and was tied for last place. Mike Weir was among those who had a 66 on the North Course. He appears to be in great shape to make his first cut since 2011. Mickelson's 72 felt even higher considering he was playing with Snedeker, who was firing at flags and holing his putts. A three-time winner at Torrey Pines, his week began with comments about the amount of taxes he is paying in California, followed by two rounds of apologies for not keeping his opinions to himself. That wasn't a problem for him Thursday. ''I've been playing better than this, and there's no excuses,'' Mickelson said. ''I've got to get my head a little bit more focused on the shots, and I haven't been as focused starting out. Hopefully, I'll be able to turn that around tomorrow and start a little bit more effectively in the future.'' __________________ Rock Out With DreamTeamDownloads1-The Best Place To Be For Downloads. You Can Help the site If You Donate, Please Click Here: DONATE Thank You For Your Support & Membership To DTD1.

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FreaknDavid Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In The Hills of Tennessee Posts: 6,631 Thanks: 7,332 Thanked 7,261 Times in 4,751 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	re: Tiger Woods Takes Lead @ Torrey Pines Woods Ends Day Atop Torrey Pines Leaderboard. Tiger Shoots A 65 On A Rainy Friday. SAN DIEGO (AP) Tiger Woods cared more about the number of rounds left at Torrey Pines than the number of PGA Tour wins belonging to the guys chasing him. When the second round ended Friday in a steady rain at the Farmers Insurance Open, the odds looked to be stacked in Woods' favor. He had a 7-under 65 on the North Course for his first outright 36-hole lead on the PGA Tour in more than three years. He is a seven-time winner at Torrey Pines, six of those in this tournament. And his 74 career wins on tour were 74 more than the next seven guys behind him. ''We've got a long way to go,'' Woods said after finishing his two rounds at 11-under 133. Woods knows this from experience. His three-shot win in the 2009 Buick Open was tougher than it looked on paper, only because Woods had everything to lose. He was expected to win. Of the 13 players within five shots of his slim lead going into the last round, only one of them - Ben Crane at No. 73 - was ranked inside the top 100 in the world. Golf gets deeper every year, and it doesn't get any easier to win. Then again, Woods is playing some pretty good golf. He effectively missed only one fairway on the easier North Course in the second round. He is leading the field in driving distance at 318.5 yards, remarkable given the wet conditions from the rain and Torrey Pines being at sea level. He is 9 under on the par 5s, with five birdies and two eagles over the last two days. Woods seized control Friday around the turn, when he played four holes in 5-under par - a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th, a 5-iron to 5 feet for eagle on No. 18, a two-putt birdie on the first, and a wedge that one-hopped against the pin and settled about 5 feet away for another birdie. ''Vintage (at)TigerWoods today,'' Dustin Johnson said on Twitter after finishing eight shots behind. Woods had a two-shot lead over Billy Horschel, who only two months ago was in Q-school trying to get his PGA Tour card again. Horschel finished strong on the South Course for a 69 and was thrilled when he looked at the leaderboard. He was at 9-under 135, and Woods was the only name ahead of him. That meant he would be in the final group with Woods, joined by Web.com Tour grad Casey Wittenberg, who had a 67 on the North. ''It's a good day and I'm excited about tomorrow - I get to play with Tiger,'' Horschel said. ''I found out when I tapped in for par. I realized he was leading and I was in second place. So yeah, looking forward to that.'' Horschel wades into a big world Saturday, but he believes he has the experience from when he played the Walker Cup in 2007 at Royal County Down. ''There was a guy I competed against three times called Rory McIlroy,'' Horschel said. ''So there may have been 10, 12,000 people following us, and only a couple thousand following the rest of the groups. So I've dealt with crowds. I guess it's a little bit easier playing with Tiger because I guess the group ahead, they move a lot or something. Just hearing what media says. It's going to be exciting.'' Brad Fritsch, a rookie from Canada, had a 67 on the South Course to lead the group of six players at 8-under 136. The others were Wittenberg, Steve Marino, Jimmy Walker, Josh Teater and Erik Compton, whom Woods referred to as ''remarkable'' for being a two-time heart transplant recipient and playing on the PGA Tour. Defending champion Brandt Snedeker didn't fare so well. After opening with a 65 on the North, he made only one birdie and twice took bogey on the par 5s on his way to a 75 that left him seven shots behind. K.J. Choi, who had a 65 on the South Course, couldn't break par on the easier North and had a 73 to fall five behind. Phil Mickelson struggled to keep his hands dry in the wet weather and finished bogey-bogey on the South for a 71 to make the cut on the number, though his work isn't over. There were 87 players who made the cut at 1-under 143, meaning there will be another cut to top 70 and ties Saturday. Mike Weir, meanwhile, made the cut for the first time since July 2011 despite a sloppy finish for a 75 on the South. He was tied for 41st at 3-under 141. Woods is coming off a missed cut in Abu Dhabi last week to start his year. ''I've had beautiful practice sessions at home,'' he said. ''If I can do it there, I can do it out here. Even though last week I played only two days, I felt like I hit the ball well enough to shoot a better score than I did. I had a couple of days to work on it, and I came out here and felt pretty good about it.'' The final two rounds move to the South Course, which played about 1 1/2 shots harder Friday in the rain. The greens are more receptive, sure, but the course figures to play at full length in wet conditions and at sea level. For Woods, it was his first outright lead going into the weekend against a full field since the Australian Open in 2011 (he finished third at The Lakes), and his first time atop the leaderboard at Torrey Pines since 2008. Then again, he has only played one time at this event since then when he was just starting to change his swing. And while this looks ominous for everyone else, Woods with a 36-hole lead - even at Torrey Pines - doesn't mean this is over. He had a 34-10 record when he has at least a share of the 36-hole lead, though he has failed to win four of the last six times from that spot. __________________ Rock Out With DreamTeamDownloads1-The Best Place To Be For Downloads. You Can Help the site If You Donate, Please Click Here: DONATE Thank You For Your Support & Membership To DTD1.

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