Tiger Woods takes the halfway lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational - Golf News
Tiger Woods fired a bogey-free seven-under par 65 in the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, proving that he is completely fit to play the game of golf.
With this stunning performance, Woods took the halfway lead with a one-stroke margin over Jason Dufner and Graeme McDowell at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Florida.
The highlight of the day included Woods’ four consecutive birdies, starting from the par-five fourth hole getting him close to the clubhouse leaders of the time.
Three more birdies on the back nine took him to the top to share the lead with Charlie Wi.
"A lot of positives today," Woods said. "I want to win. Yes, absolutely. We've got a long way to go. It's not like it's over right now. We've got 36 holes to go".
Despite his superb performance in the second round, Woods appeared to lose control over his driver at one stage.
Just after completing his streak of continues four birdies, he failed to decide how to play from his tee. He failed to find the fairways and even went close to going out of bounds on the 10th hole.
"I got over there and for some reason I'm thinking, 'you know, I probably really shouldn't hit this driver; I'll take something off of it, and just hit a little softy out there.' And bailed on it, because I didn't want to hit it right out-of-bounds," Woods
said.
He added, "And I chalked that up to just not listening to my instincts of hitting a 3-iron down there or just chipping a 5-wood — or not watching Ruby hit that shot".
Overall, it was a great comeback by a player who recently had to withdraw from the Cadillac Championship due to Achilles tendon injury.
Moreover, he has been playing on the course since the practice round of the Tavistock Cup exhibition on March 18, 2012.
Therefore, if Woods continues to perform well at Bay Hill and succeeds in registering his seventh win in the history of the event, it will be a threatening sign to his rivals in the upcoming Masters Tournament next month.
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