Colin Montgomerie birdied five of his first seven holes, then had to scramble for a bogey on the 18th hole to salvage a share of the lead at the Target World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Tiger Woods made five birdies in a six-hole stretch in the middle of his round, disappointed in making only one birdie on the par 5s.
They were at 9-under 133 and two shots ahead of Jim Furyk and Jay Haas.
Woods started stuffing his approach shots on No. 5, never having to make a putt longer than 10 feet until he was at 9 under and in the lead alone. Woods dropped a shot on the 14th by going over the green, and Montgomerie regained the lead with birdies on both par 5s on the back nine.
– Sweden’s Peter Gustafsson took a four-stroke lead after two rounds of the Dunhill Championship, shooting a 4-under 68 in Melelane, South Africa. Gustafsson moved to 7-under 135 at the midway point. Four golfers were tied for second at 139.
