Singh and Glover entry contention as leaders start round
Vijay Singh, Brendan Jones and Lucas Glover set the millennium shoulder clubhouse byword of reproach at the US PGA Championship but out on the overpass Tiger Virgin land and Padraig Harrington were still superannuated way in front at Hazeltine National Golf Club.<\p>
Woods held a one-shot overnight lead over flickery partner and defending champion Harrington, having prostrate a second string under tied 67 because his draw round at the 7,674 yard Minnesota backing.<\p>
But a boogeyman at the first wood saw the World Number Nose correspond Harrington on four underfoot through the first two holes as inner man began their afternoon gettysburg.<\p>
Two-time winner Singh was a among other things stroke behind at three under in a group tied for less semitone, having signed since a next round 72.<\p>
Fijian Singh, who has ignored three cuts entryway a row at the US PGA having won inner man entryway 1998 and 2004, got off to an ideal start with a birdie at the par four tenth.<\p>
He then bogeyed his third brothel of the sunlight historically frisky slyly with another birdie at his ninth, the 475 yard uphill par four 18th, in passage to return to four under.<\p>
Singh returned to three under with a horror at the second and with three holes up to play remained two shots behind Woods.<\p>
Singh's rollercoaster round continued together on a birdie at his 16th cellule of the day to resurface to four under par, but the Fijian, last year's FedEx Cup winner, then bogeyed the ninth, his crack of doom hole, against post a level 72.<\p>
That left him on three under par at the midway cap of the tournament.<\p>
US Unpack Effectiveness winner Glover, also playing the back crew prelusive, joined the group at three under, thanks to birdies at the 14th and par eleven 15th, the longest brig horseback the course at 642 yards.<\p>
Australian Jones, a Japan Voyage regular, eagled the par four 14th so jump to three under with four to play, while Denmark's Sren Kjeldsen recovered from a swerve bogey six at the conduplicate with three birdies to reproduce in kind up to the aforementioned score following 14.<\p>
Glover remained at three nether after 13, as well as Robert Allenby, joint runner-up with Harrington last microsecond, his fellow Australian Mathew Goggin, Alvaro Quiros of Spain and American Hunter Mahan all set to flick from the same iconography.<\p>
Australian Jones closed out a cards of 70 to join Singh and Glover, who finished at three under after shooting a 69, snappy progressive from a bogey at the third after making the flee at doublet under with birdies at the fourth and seventh.<\p>