Charley Hoffman Sparks Bowden Against Par-five

Golf Betting Lines

Bowden was even par for his opening nine holes with two bogeys and two birdies. He started the second nine with a six-foot eagle putt on the par-five 10th.

 

The two-time Nationwide Tour winner parred his next four holes. Down the stretch, he turned it on. Bowden birdied the par-four 15th from 18 feet out and made it two straight as he drained an improbable 80-foot putt at 16.

 

"I've been playing good golf all year long, but I'm surprised to be in the picture. Realistically, I thought I had no shot after the first round," Bowden said of his opening 70.

 

"I came into this week without any expectations at all," admitted Bowden. "After the first day, I thought it would be an absolute moral victory to just make the cut. I have no expectations tomorrow. I'll just go out, have fun and think about my daughter."

 

Second-round leader Bradley Hughes faltered to a four-over 75 that dropped him all the way into a share of 35th.

 

Standing in Woods' way on Sunday will be Scott Verplank, Lucas Glover and Robert Allenby, all of whom shot 66s on Saturday and are knotted at 16-under- par 200.

 

As if trying to catch Woods on Sunday wasn't a difficult enough task, Verplank and Glover have other things on their mind. Both are outside the top-10 on the United States Ryder Cup points list with only three weeks remaining to automatically qualify.

 

Before they start figuring Ryder Cup points, there's the matter of trying to catch the No. 1 player in the world.

 

Woods bogeyed his second hole, but atoned for the dropped stroke with back-to- back birdies from the third. He parred three straight, but rolled in a 25- footer for birdie at the eighth. That got Woods to 14-under par, but he trailed Vaughn Taylor by two.

 

He parred that hole and 15, where he hit a nine-iron from 175 yards out. Woods pulled another outrageous club at the par-five 16th, when he roped a four- iron from 248 yards to 30 feet. His eagle putt came up well short, but Woods converted the five-footer for birdie and the outright lead.

comments

---

•    @freshdaylee be careful between Bowden and airdrie. It was white out conditions last night on my way home..

  ---

•    We had 1 birdie, 2 pars & 1 bog for even par. Drury was 1 over Jason chun made 12ft clinching birdie putt. Very proud of the team.

  ---

•    @Titleist Charley Hoffman

  ---

•    Proud cheer team. 2nd place. First time 4 many of them. Watchin dem pray at lunch was powerful. Then they hit the prayer circle b4 going in

  ---

•    @anajo haha thats funny she was just down here like 2 weeks ago at a place I usually go!

  ---

•    my momma taught me there was a time and place for things. this is neither.

  ---

---