Sleepy Montgomerie clings to lead at WGC event
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-10-08 09:26

SCRAMBLING DAY

The 42-year-old Scot moved to seven-under with a birdie at the par-three third.

Montgomerie then had two birdies and two bogeys on the inward half.

"I truly believe today's score was better than yesterday's," he said. "Yesterday's was adrenaline and it just flowed but today was tougher.

"I really had to scramble more today."

Woods's round included four bogeys, four birdies and an eagle on the 344-yard par-four seventh which was set up by a jaw-dropping drive that stopped seven feet from the cup.

Overall, though, the 29-year-old American felt he could have done better.

"I turned a really good round into an okay round," said Woods, who has won five times this season including the WGC Invitational in Akron in August.

"I had an opportunity to post a really low number and I didn't. Hopefully I'll do that tomorrow.

"I feel I'm hitting the ball well, it's just a matter of being patient on this golf course."

Joining the U.S. Masters and British Open champion on five-under were Americans Fred Funk (68), Sean O'Hair (67), Jim Furyk (67) and Mark Calcavecchia (68), and Argentina's Angel Cabrera (66).

Three shots off the pace on four-under 136 were Spain's Sergio Garcia, Americans Billy Mayfair and David Toms, Australia's Stuart Appleby and Canada's Stephen Ames.

Ames recorded the day's best round, a six-under 64.