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ORLANDO, Florida: Defending champion Vijay Singh fired a five-under
65 to take the lead after the second round of the USPGA Arnold
Palmer Invitational event at the Bay Hill course.
The Fijian-Indian reached nine-under 131 and has
a two-stroke lead over Sweden’s Carl Pettersson.
“I hit the ball really good off the tee, gave
myself a lot of birdie chances and also helped by chipping in twice
as well,” said the 45-year-old Singh. “I’m not doing anything
special, not doing too much wrong either, just cruising along.”
Singh, who is recovering from a bout of food
poisoning, is three shots in front of England’s Lee Westwood (68)
and Americans Jim Furyk (67) and Ken Duke (67).
World’s No. 1 Tiger Woods, seeking to win his
sixth consecutive official start, did not help his cause with a 70
that left him seven strokes behind.
“I’ll have to play better and make a lot
more putts,” Woods said. “I never got the speed of these things
today, kept leaving them short.
“I wasn’t swinging the club very well
[either] and when I did put myself in position to make a putt, I
didn’t make them.”
-- AFP
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