Woods barely makes cut NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania – Britain's Justin Rose fired six birdies and had the day's lowest score to earn a one-stroke lead following the second round at the AT&T National Friday while Tiger Woods barely made the cut. Rose, who squandered a three-shot lead in the final round of last week's Travelers Championship, took advantage of benign afternoon conditions for a bogey-free six-under-par 64. “I didn't really go out with the intention of going low. The round just evolved and happened,” Rose told reporters after signing for a seven-under 133 halfway total at Aronimink. Just one shot back are Australia's Jason Day (68) and South Korea's Charlie Wi (65), while another 10 players will head into the weekend within four strokes of the outright lead. Defending champion Tiger Woods, who made the cut with no shots to spare, offset four bogeys with four birdies for an even-par 70 that left him 10 shots off the pace. Woods drove the ball nicely but missed a couple of short putts, including one from two feet at his penultimate hole. While Rose, who won the Memorial tournament in Ohio last month, hopes to hang onto his lead this weekend, he is also hoping to secure a late exemption into the British Open this month at St. Andrews. He is almost certain to qualify this year, regardless of where he places this weekend, since he made the top two on a mini money list based on the last five tournaments on tour. Wi was much steadier in a bogey-free round that included three birdies and an eagle with an eight iron from 166 yards at the par-four 12th. Woods enters PGA event Woods has made it official by sending in his entry form to play in the PGA Championship. The PGA of America said Friday that Woods was among the first four players to enter. The others were Masters champion Phil Mickelson, US Open champion Graeme McDowell and two-time PGA champion Vijay Singh. The event will be played Aug. 12-15 at Whistling Straits, where Singh won in a three-man playoff in 2004. Choi up by 2 In Ohio, a confident Na Yeon Choi followed her opening 64 with a 4-under 67 to build a two-stroke lead through Friday's second round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. Second on the LPGA Tour in birdies, Choi had four of them without a bogey. The first-round leader by a stroke, she is motivated by missing a cut for the first time as a pro last week at the LPGA Championship. Fellow South Korean Inbee Park shot a 66, Christina Kim had a 67 and Alena Sharp a 68 to share second place at 9-under 133. Angry at herself after missing the cut last week, Choi discarded her putter and got a new one. As a result, she's needed just 53 putts in 36 holes while getting to 11-under 131. She doubled her first-round lead. Park three-putted for a bogey at the 16th hole, then turned around and holed a 20-yard bunker shot for eagle at the 17th. Kristy McPherson holed a 60-degree wedge from 75 yards on the 18th hole for an eagle and a 68 to lead a pack of six players at 136. Joining her at 136 were Song-Hee Kim (66), In-Kyung Kim (66), Beatriz Recari (67), Stacy Prammanasudh (67) and Stacy Lewis (69). Defending champ Eunjung Yi had a 68 and was eight shots back.
