Golf highlights: Tiger Woods seven off Memorial lead after late double bogey as three tie for lead
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Tiger Woods' challenge at the Memorial tournament in Ohio suffered a blow in the second round on Friday with a late double bogey that left him seven strokes off the lead while Justin Rose shot a best of the day 63 to haul himself back into contention.
Jordan Spieth remained a stroke off the lead with a 70, with Troy Merritt (66), South Korea's Lee Kyoung-hoon (67) and German Martin Kaymer (68) tied at the top on eight-under 135. Woods overcame a shaky start to make three birdies before putting up a seven at the par five 15th en route to an even par 72.
"I didn't really get anything going today," Woods told reporters. "I was just kind of plugging along.
"All of us were watching Rosie get things going on the front nine."
After opening with a 75, Rose, who played with Woods, turned his day around by going 10-under in a 12-hole stretch that included two eagles and six birdies. He finished the day three shots off the lead on six-under 138.
"I guess the two eagles on the front kind of kick started everything," world number three Rose said. "I kept just pushing myself to keep trying to go as low as I could.