Tiger stands at 4-under after two rounds at BMW

Tiger Woods overcame a tough start to shoot a 1-over 72 Friday at Conway Farms Golf Club in the second round of the BMW Championship in cool and breezy Lake Forest, Ill. He made a quadruple-bogey 8 on the 360-yard, par-4 first hole, which included a two-shot penalty when his ball was deemed to move prior to his third shot and he didn’t replace it.

That was news to Woods, who was informed of the violation by PGA TOUR rules official Slugger White before he signed his scorecard. Tiger hit his second shot over the green into wood chips and attempted to move a loose impediment near his ball. According to White, a freelance videographer saw the ball move and called in the infraction.

Woods thought the ball oscillated in the windy conditions and did not replace his ball to its original position. Had he done so, he would have been assessed a one-stroke penalty instead of two.

“There was a little stick of some sort … next to his ball, and when he rolled that, the ball in fact moved,” White said.

A frustrated Woods disagreed.

“He looked at it and clearly felt the ball just oscillated,” White said. “It’s pretty clear the ball did move.”

As a result, Woods has a 36-hole score of 4-under 138 and is tied for 13th, seven strokes behind co-leaders Jim Furyk and Brandt Snedeker. Furyk shot a 59, becoming only the sixth player in PGA TOUR history to post the score and equaling the all-time record.

The BMW Championship is the third of four FedExCup Playoffs events. The 70-player field will be cut to 30 following Sunday’s final round, with survivors advancing to the TOUR Championship next week at East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta. The overall points winner — Tiger currently ranks second — receives a $10 million bonus.

After posting a 5-under 66 Thursday, Woods was in good shape starting the second round. Paired with Henrik Stenson and Adam Scott, he hit a good drive on the first hole, but his second shot flew the green and wound up in wood chips. Tiger chunked his third shot short of the putting surface, hit his fourth shot 15 feet and two-putted for an apparent double-bogey.

Following a par at the second hole, Tiger rolled in a 29-foot birdie putt at the 402-yard, par-4 third hole. He parred the fourth hole, then bogeyed the 469-yard, par-4 fifth. After a par at No. 6, Tiger birdied the 352-yard, par-4 seventh, hitting his short second shot one foot from the cup.

At the 600-yard, par-5 eighth hole, Woods reached the green in two from 248 yards and two-putted for a birdie from 44 feet. He made it three straight at the 386-yard, par-4 ninth, hitting his approach shot from 118 yards 17 feet below the pin and making the putt to make the turn in 1-over 36.

Unfortunately, Tiger lost his momentum at the 458-yard, par-4 10th, where he three-putted from 12 feet. He also bogeyed the 162-yard, par-3 11th, where his tee shot finished short-left and he missed an eight-foot putt.

Woods steadied with pars at Nos. 12 and 13, then birdied the 585-yard, par-5 14th hole. Tiger hit his second shot just over the back of the green, then hit a delicate downhill chip three feet past the cup and made the putt.

He almost birdied the 327-yard, par-4 15th, burning the left edge of the hole from 17 feet. Woods kept grinding and poured in a 24-foot birdie putt at the 465-yard, par-4 16th.

Tiger parred the last two holes, two-putting from 50 feet at the 207-yard, par-3 17th, and two-putting the 559-yard, par-5 18th from 23 feet.

After failing to birdie any of the three par-5s on Thursday, Woods made two birdies Friday.

Tiger begins third-round play Saturday at 11:50 a.m. local time (12:50 p.m. ET) with Sergio Garcia.