San Diego, Jan 25: Anirban Lahiri will spend the weekend away from action as he missed his second cut in three weeks despite an under par round of one-under 71 on the second day of the Farmers Insurance Open.
Lahiri, who needed a birdie on his closing hole, the ninth instead double bogeyed it and crashed out. He had a double bogey in the first round, had another double in the second, and missed the cut by three shots.
Once again, Lahiri had a good start, better than even in the first round. Teeing off from tenth, he had four birdies in his first eight holes. However, the remaining 10 holes saw two bogeys, a birdie and a closing double bogey on Par-5 ninth.
It has been a rough ride for Lahiri after getting his card back through the Korn Ferry Finals. In nine starts starting with Greenbrier, he has made only three cuts and has a best of T45 at Sanderson Farms. A strain forced him to withdraw after two rounds in Bermuda.
Tiger Woods (69-71) had a stressful start with a four-putt double bogey from 27 feet but he recovered with four birdies between sixth and tenth. He bogeyed twice more on 12 and 17 but closed with a birdie for 71. He is T17 and has Rory McIlroy (67-73), Jordan Spieth (70-70) and Jason Day (73-67) for company.
Woods is going for his record 83rd victory on the PGA TOUR at a course where he has won more times than anyone. Woods was nine behind after 36 holes when he shot 62-65 to win in 1999.
Many big names exited at the halfway stage, including defending champion, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele, Rickie Fowler, U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland and Phil Mickelson.
Ryan Palmer, playing on the North Course, had a quiet time as Woods was on the South track, shot 62 after first round 72 to move to the top at 10-under. His 62 included 11 birdies and a bogey on closing 18th.
Brandt Snedeker (69-67) was second at 8-under, while three players, including first round co-leader, Sebastian Cappelen (66-71), Jhonattan Vegas (69-68), JB Holmes (68-69) and Matthew NeSmith were T3.
Patrick Reed (69-69) and Keegan Bradley (66-72), who shared the first round lead with Cappelen, were among tied seventh.
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