Houston Chronicle

Just like old times, Tiger Woods is back on top.

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tiger Woods signed up for his first Wyndham Championsh­ip knowing a win would definitive­ly keep his season from ending. He’s halfway there.

Woods shot a 5-under 65 on Friday to share the second-round lead with rookie Tom Hoge.

Woods and Hoge were at 11-under 129 at Sedgefield Country Club. Hoge shot a 67.

The sport’s biggest name put himself in prime position to contend for his first victory in more than two years, one that would send him into the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Woods followed his best round since 2013 — a first-day 64 — with one almost as good.

Davis Love III and Chad Campbell were a stroke back. Campbell shot a 65, and the 51-yearold Love had a 66. Brandt Snedeker matched the tournament record with a 61 that put him in a group of six players two strokes behind Woods and Hoge. In other golf news: • Candie Kung birdied four of her final six holes to match the course record with an 8-under 64 and take a two-shot lead after two rounds in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. The Taiwanese player had an 11-under 133 total at Vancouver Golf Club in Coquitlam, British Columbia.

Two-time champion Lydia Ko and first-round leader Karine Icher of France were tied for second.

• NCAA champion Bryson DeChambeau beat Ireland’s Paul Dunne 3 and 2 at Olympia Fields to advance to the U.S. Amateur semifinals in Olympia Fields, Ill.

DeChambeau, the SMU player from Clovis, Calif., will face Southern California sophomore Sean Crocker of Westlake Village, Calif. Crocker beat Charleston Southern junior Austin James of Canada 2 up.

In the other quarterfin­als, Virginia junior Derek Bard of New Hartford, N.Y., rallied to beat Arizona State senior Jon Rahm of Spain 1 up, and Japan’s Kenta Konishi edged Baylor’s Matthew Perrine of Austin.

 ?? Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images ?? Tiger Woods was all smiles Friday after shooting a 5-under 65 to move into a share of the second-round lead at the Wyndham Championsh­ip.
Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images Tiger Woods was all smiles Friday after shooting a 5-under 65 to move into a share of the second-round lead at the Wyndham Championsh­ip.

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