Jim Furyk buried memories of his tournament disqualification four weeks ago by charging into a share of the lead with Britain's Luke Donald in the second round of the Tour Championship Friday. One stroke off the pace overnight, American Furyk fired a five-under-par 65 for an eight-under total of 132 in the final event of the PGA Tour's lucrative playoff series. With FedExCup honors also on the line this week for the elite field of 30, Furyk recorded six birdies and a lone bogey to stay in the hunt for his third tour victory of the year. Donald, joint leader with fellow Englishman Paul Casey and Australian Geoff Ogilvy after the opening round, remained at the top by carding a second successive 66 at a sun-baked East Lake Golf Club. Ogilvy was alone at seven under after a topsy-turvy 67 while Casey slid back into a three-way tie for fifth at three under after a bogey-bogey-bogey finish gave him a 71. Furyk, who was disqualified from the first of the four playoff events after sleeping late and missing his tee time for the Barclays pro-am, birdied three of the last eight holes to complete the lowest round of the week at East Lake. “I'm very happy, tied for the lead and in great position for the weekend,” the world No. 6 told reporters. “The goal is to go out there tomorrow - try to shoot another round in the 60s and put myself in the hunt. “I like the position of being a front runner and being in control a little bit and trying to keep pushing, make the other guys catch you rather than being the guy in the chase.” Furyk, Donald and Ogilvy have a comfortable cushion going into the third round over fourth-placed K.J. Choi of South Korea who fired a 68 to lie four strokes off the pace. American world No. 2 Phil Mickelson was nine strokes off the lead after carding a 72. Sandelin, Parry share lead In Paris, Jarmo Sandelin of Sweden and John Parry of England shared a three-shot lead after two rounds of the Vivendi Cup Friday. Sandelin (66) and Parry (67) were at 13-under 131. Three shots behind were England's James Morrison (68), Australian Richard Green (66), South African George Coetzee (66), and France's Julien Guerrier (69). European Ryder Cup player Padraig Harrington, the highest-ranked player in the field, just made the cut at 2 under, which left him 11 shots behind the leaders at the Golf de Joyenval on the western outskirts of Paris. Harrington had a treble bogey and a double bogey in a 2-over 74, and complained about his form on the greens after three-putting five times in two rounds.
