Tiger Woods Leading at Chevron

Kathy Bissell

You know who is on top of the leaderboard once again. 

Tiger Woods posted his second 65 this season in his final tournament of 2010 to take the lead by one stroke over Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell.

Woods is at -7 and the twosome from Northern Ireland are at -6.  Next are Dustin Johnson and Stewart Cink at -3.

During the round, Woods played very solid golf, had some Tiger-esque miracle shots, but said he got nothing from his putting.

“It's weird, I was telling Steve down there, it's not too often you can say, ‘I shot 65 and only made one putt,’ but that's kind of what I did today,” Woods said. 

"I only made one putt and it was on 9.  The rest were either two‑putts or kick‑ins.  It was a good ball‑striking day.”

Woods feels his swing changes are starting to take hold faster than he thought they would.

“It's taken a long time for my other three changes, two with Butch and then one with Hank,” Woods explained.

“But this is—like Sean said—this is something, I've been here before.  This impact position, I've been here as a junior. I just got there a different way. So that's the hard part is that I'm doing it a different way getting there, but I've been here before.”

Woods played with newly anointed partner, Steve Sticker who was not quite as fortunate in his play, finishing at even par with four birdies and four bogie's.

Tomorrow Woods plays with McIlroy, while McDowell is paired with Dustin Johnson. 

The elite sixteen player field also includes:  Bubba Watson, Anthony Kim, Matt Kuchar, Zach Johnson, Nick Watney, Paul Casey, Jim Furyk, Hunter Mahan, Sean O’Hair, Camilo Villegas, Ian Poulter and Luke Donald.