PGA Championship Leaderboard: Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Carl Pettersson on Top

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Published: August 11, 2012

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Blustery conditions shook up a leaderboard that started the day with Carl Petterson in the lead and ended with Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Carl Pettersson tied  at -4, one stroke ahead of Ian Poulter.  Rory McIlroy and Jamie Donaldson of Wales, who plays on the European Tour, are both at -2. 

While winds are usually calm along the southeast coast during the dog days of August, a tropical system that migrated up from Florida continued wreaked havoc on play at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island on Friday. Carnage was everywhere.

Only five golfers were under par for Round 2, and one of them Phil Mickelson, who finished tied for 12th at even par. The others under par for the day were Woods, Singh, Ian Poulter and Michael Hoey.  

“The tough part is you are getting blown all over the place,” Woods said after he finished. “You have to allow for wind on putts and chips.”

Woods had just 48 putts through the first two rounds. Had his putting stroke been a bit more consistent, he might have had a two-, three- or four-shot cushion on the field. He bogeyed the last with a three putt. 

On the 16th, his eagle putt from the fringe exploded in his hands and sailed all the way across the green to end up in a collection area. However, he had two putts during the round that went at least 360 degrees around the hole and then dropped in.



The wind was torturous. “Most every hole is a direct crosswind,” Mickelson said, “and you're not able to really play the ball on the ground here. You have to play it through the air, because the greens all repel off. You can't really roll a shot up.”  

At the end of the day, shots hit at the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th sometimes ended up in the water. Keegan Bradley was a victim there. Pettersson felt he held his own.  

“I was glad I...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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