Sweden's Henrik Stenson produced another composed
display at Atlanta's East Lake Golf Club on Friday.
- Henrik Stenson increased his lead to four shots
at the Tour Championship on Friday as the race for the
$10 million FedEx Cup jackpot heats up.
The Swede was once again on song in the second round
firing an impressive four-under 66 to finish on 10-
under at the halfway stage.
Stenson and four other players (Tiger Woods, Adam
Scott, Zach Johnson and Matt Kucher) can all claim the
$10 million FedEx bonus if they win at Atlanta's East
Lake Golf Club on Sunday.
Australia's Adam Scott is still Stenson's nearest
challenger after following up his opening round of 65
with a composed 69 on Friday. But Tiger Woods'
chances faded dramatically in the closing stages of his
second round.
The world No.1 was five-under par for his round after
13 holes and looked to have repaired much of the
damage inflicted by an opening 73. But the wheels well
and truly fell off in the remaining five holes.
A hooked tee shot at 14 led to a double
bogey six which was followed by a bogey
two holes later. Worse was to come at the
par four 17th when Woods pulled his tee
shot into the water before holing out for
calamitous triple-bogey seven.
"I put everything I had into that start and
didn't have much at the end. Just ran out
of gas." Woods said, PGATour.com
reported.
"My legs were just tired. I didn't rotate
through the ball (at the 17th), and I
turned it over. Same thing I did over on
what was it, 14? Same shot," Woods
added.
"It's been just a long, long grind. We play
a lot of golf from the British Open on."
A five-time winner this season, Woods
didn't rule himself out of the running
immediately after finishing, saying "this is
not a sprint. It's a marathon."
Following Stenson's second round, Woods now requires
a minor miracle to make up a 14-shot deficit, but
further up the leaderboard others are ready to pounce
should the 37-year-old Swede falter.
America's Jordan Spieth is a shot behind Scott in third
after firing a three-under 67 while Justin Rose's second
successive 68 left him tied for fourth at four under with
America's Dustin Johnson (68) and Billy Horschel (70).
Keegan Bradley and Nick Watney both shot rounds of
65 to move up in to a five-way tie for seventh alongside
Steve Stricker (71) Zach Johnson (68) and Gary
Woodland (67).
The third round will get underway at 7.30 am local
time after thunderstorms were forecast for Saturday.
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