UPDATE 1-Golf-Tournament host Woods grabs Congressional lead

Sat Jul 4, 2009 12:02am BST
 
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* Woods takes sole possession of lead

* First-round leader Kim slips to third

* U.S. Open champion Glover five off the pace

(Updates at end of round)

By Steve Ginsburg

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 3 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods played the role of inhospitable host by soaring to the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the AT&T National on Friday.

The world number one, who is hosting the $6 million event at Congressional Country Club, fired a four-under-par 66 to finish on 10-under 130, one stroke ahead of Australian Rod Pampling (64).

"I didn't drive the ball as well as I did yesterday or hit my irons as crisp," said Woods, who returned a 64 in Thursday's opening round.

"Either I hit it pretty close to the hole, within 10 feet, or I was missing greens," he told reporters.  Continued...

 

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