{"id":15917,"date":"2012-10-26T20:08:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T18:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/golf-woods-struggles-on-malaysia-greens-as-garrigus-moves-ahead\/"},"modified":"2012-10-26T20:08:22","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T18:08:22","slug":"golf-woods-struggles-on-malaysia-greens-as-garrigus-moves-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-woods-struggles-on-malaysia-greens-as-garrigus-moves-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Woods struggles on Malaysia greens as Garrigus moves ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Patrick Johnston<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">KUALA LUMPUR<\/span> Oct 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Tiger Woods had another day of near misses on the greens as the 14-times major winner fired a second round four-under-par 67 on a stifling day at the CIMB Classic on Friday to trail leader Robert Garrigus by five shots.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After another thunderstorm struck the Malaysian capital on Thursday night, the PGA Tour brought in preferred lies for the second round of the 48-man field event which led to low scoring on the relatively short and wet Mines Golf Course.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Woods, though, was left with the feeling of what might have been as for the second consecutive round, he watched good putts trickle by the hole as temperatures at the $6.1 million event reached 33 degrees Celsius with 50 percent humidity.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was just one of those days where I didn&#8217;t make enough birdies,&#8221; Woods, who had six birdies and two bogeys in his round, told reporters after finishing the day tied for fifth on nine-under 133.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The American&#8217;s playing partner Jbe Kruger suffered no such problems reading the greens on the Robert Trent Jones Jr designed course as he fired a brilliant 64 to end the day alone in second on 12-under 130, two behind Garrigus.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The diminutive South African, who credits his long hitting to a quirky fitness regime of running up and down hills at home dragging a tyre, rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-three second to kickstart his round.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kruger, who played most of his opening first round one club light after he bent his eight-iron on the fourth hole on Thursday, continued to roll in the putts with further birdies on the third, sixth and eighth.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Johnston KUALA LUMPUR Oct 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Tiger Woods had another day of near misses on the greens as the 14-times major winner fired a second round four-under-par 67 on a stifling day at the CIMB Classic on Friday to trail leader Robert Garrigus by five shots. 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