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Saturday, 10 August 2013

PGA: Woods slips again on major stage

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Tiger Woods finished another disappointing round with another bogey Friday, then headed straight to the practice range.


There was a lot of work to do.


Unfortunately for Woods, it's probably too late to do anything about another major championship slipping away.


Woods plodded through an even-par 70 at Oak Hill when there were 60s all over the place, leaving him a daunting 10 shots behind leader Jason Dufner heading to the weekend of the PGA Championship.


Making the task even more difficult, there were 37 players between Dufner, who was at 9-under 131, and Woods.


"Just the way it goes," Woods said. "Obviously, I need to hit it better than I have."


He has yet to break par through two days on a course that was ripe for the taking, the greens softened by plenty of rain and receptive to iron shots from the world's best players.

PGA: Dufner ties major scoring record with 63 at PGA

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Jason Dufner got on quite a roll after he holed out from the fairway for an eagle at the second hole.


Not that anyone could tell.


The laid-back player who gave us "Dufnering" hardly showed a lick of emotion during his relentless march toward the record book.


Then, finally, with a chance to do something that had never been done — shoot 62 in a major championship — the significance of the moment finally got to him.


Dufner left a 12-foot birdie putt a good 18 inches short, settling for a 7-under 63 that tied the major scoring record at the PGA Championship on Friday.


"I showed a little bit of nerves there," he conceded. "That's one where you'd like to gun it when you have a chance at history. But I was able to two-putt and share a little bit of history.