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2B – Daily News – Saturday, April 9, 2011 Tiger gives the kids a run at the Masters Masters 2nd Round AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Everyone could hear Tiger Woods charging on the back nine of Augusta National, with tree-rattling cheers after each of his five birdies as he made a familiar run up the leader- board. The question is whether the two youngsters ahead of him really cared. Rory McIlroy, the 21- year-old from Northern Ireland, had already fin- ished off his solid round of 3-under 69 Friday at the Masters. That gave him a two-shot lead over Jason Day, a 23-year-old from Australia, who showed off some of his fearless play with a 64. It’s the first time McIl- roy has held the lead in a major going into the week- end. And now he’s got Woods only three shots behind. The kid didn’t seem too concerned. ‘‘If you start thinking about anyone else here, if you let your mind wander at all, it can cost you a cou- ple of shots,’’ McIlroy said. ‘‘I’ll be focusing on my targets and focusing on where I want my ball to go on the greens, and that’s all I can do. I don’t really care what anyone else does. I don’t need to know. ‘‘It will be great for the tournament if he’s up there,’’ he said. ‘‘But I’m two shots ahead and I’m in a better position.’’ Besides, the greater mystery might be Woods. He has teased before in the 17 months since his last win. Even a year ago at Augusta, he was two shots back going into the weekend and never got any closer. The 14-time major champion has not been able to string togeth- er two great rounds since he made his return from a sex scandal last year at the Masters. ‘‘I’m just trying to put myself in the mix come Sunday,’’ Woods said. ‘‘It’s irrelevant who’s there. My whole job is to get myself there with a chance with nine holes to go. That’s what we’ve always done. And I’ve been successful at it in the past by doing it that way.’’ If his name on the leaderboard means any- thing, Saturday might be a time to find out. And if the next genera- tion of players is serious about becoming a star, the Masters would be a great place to prove it. ‘‘I’ve played two good rounds to get myself here in this position,’’ said Day, who is making his Masters debut. ‘‘Obviously, I’m not going to back down because I’ve got lack of experience.’’ McIlroy, Day and 22- year-old Rickie Fowler, who shot 69 and was five shots behind, played in the same group the first two rounds and made it look like child’s play at the Masters. All of them were inspired by Woods win- MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Colorado 3 1 0 9 8 5 Galaxy 2 1 1 7 4 5 Salt Lake 2 0 0 6 5 1 Vancouver 1 1 2 5 8 7 QUAKES 11 1 4 4 3 FC Dallas 1 2 1 4 4 5 Seattle 0 2 2 2 3 5 Chivas USA 0 2 1 1 3 5 Portland 0 2 1 1 2 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA N. England 1 0 3 6 5 4 Philadelphia 2 1 0 6 2 1 New York 1 0 2 5 2 1 Chicago 1 0 1 4 4 3 Kansas City 1 1 1 4 8 8 Toronto FC 1 1 1 4 5 5 Columbus 1 1 1 4 3 3 D.C. 1 2 0 3 5 7 Houston 0 1 2 2 2 3 ————————————————— Friday’s result FC Dallas 3, Colorado 0 Saturday’s games Toronto FC at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Seattle FC, 1 p.m. New York at Philadelphia, 4 p.m., ESPN2 Los Angeles at D.C. United, 4:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at New England, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s game Vancouver at Houston, 4 p.m. ning the ’97 Masters by a record 12 shots at age 21. Told they were 7, 8 and 9 years old at the time, Woods bowed his head and shook his head in dis- belief. ‘‘A little older now, I guess,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s the next generation. It’s good to see these guys out here playing with that much enthusiasm and that much zest for the game. And that’s good.’’ But it also could pre- sent quite a challenge. McIlroy was at 10- under 134, the lowest 36- hole score at the Masters since 2005. He has tied for third in the last two majors, although this will be his first time in the final group on the weekend at one of golf’s biggest event. It looked as though he might build a big lead going into the weekend until he stalled on the back nine, and now 10 players are within five shots of the lead on an Augusta National course where positions can change quickly. K.J. Choi three-putted for bogey on the 18th for a 70 and put him tied with Woods at 7-under 137. Another shot back was former U.S. Open champi- on Geoff Ogilvy, who overcame a four-putt dou- ble bogey and a three-putt bogey on par 5s for anoth- er 69. He was tied with big-hitting Alvaro Quiros, who had a 73. Fred Couples, the 51- year-old wonder at Augus- ta, somehow got into the mix, bad back and all. Couples shot a 68 and was in the group at 139 that included former PGA champion Y.E. Yang (72), Fowler and Lee West- wood, the runner-up at Augusta last year who got back into the mix with a 67. Experience never hurts at the Masters. ‘‘I’m playing my 12th one. I don’t know how many they are playing, but I don’t think it’s that many,’’ Westwood said. ‘‘I’ve been in the situation before, probably more recently than anybody around this golf course. I think it’s a big advantage.’’ Then again, Colin Montgomerie said the same thing when he was paired with a 21-year-old Woods in 1997 going into the weekend. Woods blew him away with a 65 and was on his way to a 12- shot victory. It doesn’t figure to be that easy for McIlroy, even as easy as he has made it look over two days. His swing looked MLB West Division Texas East Division American League WL Pct GB 6 0 1.000— Angels 3 3 .500 3 Seattle 2 4 .333 4 A’s 25 .286 4.5 WL Pct GB Baltimore 5 1 .833 — Toronto 4 2 .667 1 New York 4 3 .571 1.5 Boston 1 6 .143 4.5 Tampa Bay 1 6 .143 4.5 Central Division WL Pct GB Cleveland 4 2 .667 — Chicago 4 3 .571 .5 Kansas City 4 3 .571 .5 Detroit 3 4 .429 1.5 Minnesota 3 4 .429 1.5 ————————————————— Friday’s results Minnesota 2, Oakland 1 Boston 9, New York 6 Detroit 5, Kansas City 2 Tampa Bay 9, Chicago 7 Cleveland at Seattle, late Toronto at Los Angeles, late Texas at Baltimore, ppd., rain Saturday’s games Oakland (G.Gonzalez 1-0) at Minn.(Blackburn 1-0),4:10 p.m.,CSNC New York (Nova 1-0) at Boston (C.Buchholz 0-1), 10:10 a.m., FOX Kansas City (Chen 0-0) at Detroit (Coke 0-1), 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 0-1) at Chicago (Humber 0-0), 1:10 p.m., WGN Texas (Harrison 1-0) at Baltimore (Arrieta 1-0), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Cecil 0-1) at Los Angeles (Kazmir 0-0), 6:05 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 1-0) at Seattle (Fister 0-1), 6:10 p.m. Sunday’s games Oakland (McCarthy 0-0) at Minn.(S.Baker 0-1),11:10 a.m.,CSNC Kansas City (Hochevar 0-1) at Detroit (Porcello 0-1), 10:05 a.m. Texas (Holland 1-0) at Baltimore (Guthrie 1-0), 10:35 a.m. Tampa Bay (Niemann 0-1) at Chicago (Floyd 0-0), 11:10 a.m. Toronto (Jo-.Reyes 0-0) at Los Angeles (Weaver 2-0), 12:35 p.m. Cleveland (Tomlin 1-0) at Seattle (Bedard 0-1), 1:10 p.m. New York (Sabathia 0-0) at Boston (Beckett 0-1), 5:05 p.m., ESPN strong as ever when he pounded a driver on the fifth hole, leaving him a wedge that he hit to 6 feet for birdie, and another big tee shot set up a sand wedge to the back pin on No. 9 to 4 feet. He bounced back from his lone bogey with a 6-iron into about 10 feet for eagle on the 13th, though he missed the putt. McIlroy never put him- self under much pressure. He was having so much fun that he wasn’t even paying attention to Day, one of his playing part- ners, who was slashing out of the pine straw and firing at flags, piling up one birdie after another. ‘‘We had a lot of fun out there,’’ McIlroy said. ‘‘I didn’t even realize Jason was going so good. I saw he was 6 under on the 15th and thought, ’This is going to be a decent round.’ We just fed off each other. The crowd got behind us.’’ McIlroy, Day and Fowler were quite the group — ages 21, 22 and 23. The more important number was 18 birdies they made. McIlroy’s only regret was not making as many putts as he would have liked. ‘‘I can’t really com- plain,’’ he said. ‘‘I’m in the lead going into the week- end at the Masters.’’ He’s just not in the clear. Woods made sure of that with three straight birdies around the turn — all of them inside 4 feet — a clutch par save on the 11th and three consecutive birdies starting on the 13th, again all of them from close range. ‘‘I played myself back in the tournament,’’ Woods said. ‘‘I’m three back, and we’ve got a long way to go. It’s going to be fun.’’ Phil Mickelson has far more work to do. The defending champi- on played more aggres- sively, but failed to save par too often when he missed the green. Mickel- son also failed to birdie the par 5s on the back nine and had to settle for a 72 that put him eight shots behind. ‘‘There’s a lot of golf left in this tournament, and I’m going to be making a run at him and the other guys ahead of me,’’ Mick- elson said. Asked what gives him confidence he can make a move, Mickelson replied, ‘‘Three green jackets.’’ The cut was at 1-over 145, matching the lowest MLB West Division National League WL Pct GB Colorado 4 2 .667 — Padres 3 2 .600 .5 Arizona 3 3 .500 1 Dodgers 3 3 .500 1 GIANTS 34 .429 1.5 East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia 5 2 .714 — Florida 4 3 .571 1 Atlanta 4 4 .500 1.5 New York 3 4 .429 2 Washington 3 4 .429 2 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 5 2 .714 — Pittsburgh 5 3 .625 .5 Chicago 4 3 .571 1 Milwaukee 3 5 .375 2.5 St. Louis 2 5 .286 3 Houston 1 6 .143 4 ————————————————— Friday’s results San Francisco 5, St. Louis 4, 12 innings Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 3 Arizona 13, Cincinnati 2 Chicago 7, Milwaukee 4 Florida 4, Houston 3 Pittsburgh 4, Colorado 3, 14 innings Washington 6, New York 2 Los Angeles at San Diego, late Saturday’s games St. Louis (Garcia 1-0) at San Fran.(Cain 1-0),7:05 p.m.,CSNB Philadelphia (Oswalt 1-0) at Atlanta (Beachy 0-0), 10:10 a.m. Colorado (G.Reynolds 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Morton 1-0), 4:05 p.m. Florida (Vazquez 0-1) at Houston (Norris 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Chicago (Garza 0-0) at Milw. (Narveson 0-0), 4:10 p.m., MLBN Washington (Gorzelanny 0-0) at New York (Capuano 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 1-0) at Arizona (D.Hudson 0-1), 5:10 p.m. Los Angeles (Kuroda 1-0) at San Diego (Moseley 0-1), 5:35 p.m. Sunday’s games St. Louis (Lohse 0-1) at San Fran.(Zito 0-0),1:05 p.m.,CSNB Washington (Marquis 0-0) at New York (C.Young 1-0), 10:10 a.m. Colorado (Chacin 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 0-0), 10:35 a.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 0-1) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 1-1), 10:35 a.m., TBS Florida (Ani.Sanchez 0-0) at Houston (Happ 0-1), 11:05 a.m. Chicago (Coleman 0-0) at Milw.(Gallardo 1-0), 11:10 a.m., WGN Los Angeles (Kershaw 1-1) at San Diego (Harang 1-0), 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 1-0) at Arizona (J.Saunders 0-1), 1:10 p.m. MCT photo Tiger Woods stares at the scoreboard, during Friday’s round. ever at Augusta. Among those going home are the last three major champions — Martin Kaymer, now in danger of losing his No. 1 ranking; Louis Oosthuizen and Graeme McDowell. Woods’ 66 was his best round at Augusta since he shot 65 in the third round of 2005, which also is the last time he won the Mas- ters. The two players in NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL Pct GB y-Lakers 55 24 .696 — Phoenix 38 41 .481 17 WARRIORS 35 44 .443 20 Clippers 31 49 .388 24.5 KINGS 23 56 .291 32 Southwest Division WL Pct GB z-San Antonio60 19 .759 — x-Dallas 54 25 .684 6 x-N. Orleans 46 33 .582 14 x-Memphis 45 34 .570 15 Houston 41 38 .519 19 Northwest Division WL Pct GB y-Okla. City 53 26 .671 — x-Denver 48 31 .608 5 x-Portland 47 33 .588 6.5 Utah 37 42 .468 16 Minnesota 17 62 .215 36 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL Pct GB y-Boston 55 24 .696 — x-New York 41 38 .519 14 x-Philadelphia 41 39 .513 14.5 New Jersey 24 55 .304 31 Toronto 21 58 .266 34 Southeast Division WL Pct GB y-Miami 55 24 .696 — x-Orlando 50 29 .633 5 x-Atlanta 44 35 .557 11 Charlotte 32 47 .405 23 Washington 21 58 .266 34 Central Division WL Pct GB z-Chicago 59 20 .747 — x-Indiana 37 43 .463 22.5 Milwaukee 32 47 .405 27 Detroit 28 51 .354 31 Cleveland 17 62 .215 42 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ————————————————— Friday’s results Memphis 101, Sacramento 96 Boston 104, Washington 88 Chicago 93, Cleveland 82 Dallas 107, L.A. Clippers 96 Detroit 110, Milwaukee 100 Indiana 114, Atlanta 102 Miami 112, Charlotte 103 New York 116, New Jersey 93 Philadelphia 98, Toronto 93 New Orleans 109, Phoenix 97 Oklahoma City 104, Denver 89 Portland 93, L.A. Lakers 86 Saturday’s games Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m., NBATV Minnesota at Denver, 6 p.m. Sunday’s games Sacramento at Golden State,6 p.m.,CSN Chicago at Orlando, 10 a.m., ABC Boston at Miami, 12:30 p.m., ABC Detroit at Charlotte, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 3 p.m. New Orleans at Memphis, 3 p.m. New York at Indiana, 4 p.m., NBATV Phoenix at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Okla.City at L.A.Lakers, 6:30 p.m., NBATV Thursday’s late result Portland 98, Utah 87 front of him have only three wins between them, none in a major. But that’s the thing with so many kids. They don’t seem to care. ‘‘I’m in the field. I’m in position. I have a chance to win,’’ Fowler said. ‘‘I think any place is a good place for a first win, and I would love it to be here.’’ NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL OT Pts GF GA y-SHARKS 47 24 9 103 242 208 x-Kings 46 28 6 98 217 193 Phoenix 42 25 13 97 226 220 Ducks 45 30 5 95 234 233 Dallas 42 28 11 95 224 228 Central Division WL OT Pts GF GA y-Detroit 46 25 10 102 257 238 x-Nashville 44 26 11 99 219 192 Chicago 44 28 9 97 255 221 St. Louis 37 33 11 85 238 234 Columbus 34 34 13 81 211 253 Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA z-Vancouver 53 19 9 115 259 183 Calgary 41 29 11 93 248 234 Minnesota 38 35 8 84 201 230 Colorado 29 44 8 66 223 285 Edmonton 25 45 11 61 190 265 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA x-Philadelphia 46 23 12 104 252 219 x-Pittsburgh 48 25 8 104 233 197 N.Y.Rangers 43 33 5 91 228 196 New Jersey 37 38 5 79 169 202 N.Y.Islanders 30 38 13 73 225 257 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA y-Boston 45 24 11 101 241 191 x-Montreal 43 30 8 94 212 208 x-Buffalo 42 29 10 94 240 225 Toronto 37 33 11 85 217 247 Ottawa 32 39 10 74 191 247 Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA y-Washington 48 22 11 107 224 196 x-Tampa Bay 45 25 11 101 241 238 Carolina 40 30 11 91 234 233 Atlanta 34 35 12 80 221 264 Florida 29 40 12 70 194 229 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ————————————————— Friday’s results San Jose at Phoenix, late Buffalo 4, Philadelphia 3, OT Carolina 6, Atlanta 1 Chicago 4, Detroit 2 Dallas 3, Colorado 2 Minnesota 3, Edmonton 1 Nashville 4, Columbus 1 Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, SO Tampa Bay 4, Florida 2 Los Angeles at Anaheim, late Saturday’s games Phoenix at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.,CSNC New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 9:30 a.m. Ottawa at Boston, 10 a.m. Buffalo at Columbus, 4 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 4 p.m., NHLN Washington at Florida, 4 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s games Detroit at Chicago, 9:30 a.m., NBC Boston at New Jersey, Noon Edmonton at Colorado, Noon Pittsburgh at Atlanta, Noon Dallas at Minnesota, 3 p.m., NHLN Thursday’s late result Vancouver 5, Minnesota 0 MASTERS At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Purse: TBA Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 (36-36) Second Round Leaders (a-amateur) Rory McIlroy 65-69— 134 -10 Jason Day K.J. Choi 72-64— 136 -8 67-70— 137 -7 Tiger Woods 71-66— 137 -7 Geoff Ogilvy 69-69— 138 -6 Alvaro Quiros 65-73— 138 -6 Yong-Eun Yang 67-72— 139 -5 Ricky Barnes 68-71— 139 -5 Fred Couples 71-68— 139 -5 Rickie Fowler 70-69— 139 -5 Lee Westwood 72-67— 139 -5 Charl Schwartzel 69-71— 140 -4 Luke Donald 72-68— 140 -4 Jim Furyk Ross Fisher 72-68— 140 -4 69-71— 140 -4 Brandt Snedeker 69-71— 140 -4 Sergio Garcia 69-71— 140 -4 Angel Cabrera 71-70— 141 -3 David Toms 72-69— 141 -3 Trevor Immelman 69-73— 142 -2 Steve Stricker 72-70— 142 -2 Paul Casey 70-72— 142 -2 Phil Mickelson 70-72— 142 -2 Gary Woodland 69-73— 142 -2 Dustin Johnson 74-68— 142 -2 Adam Scott Bo Van Pelt Ryo Ishikawa 71-71— 142 -2 Robert Karlsson 72-70— 142 -2 Charley Hoffman 74-69— 143 -1 Ryan Moore 70-73— 143 -1 Ian Poulter 74-69— 143 -1 Alexander Cejka 72-71— 143 -1 Ryan Palmer 71-72— 143 -1 Martin Laird Matt Kuchar 74-69— 143 -1 68-75— 143 -1 Miguel Angel Jimenez 71-73— 144 E Bubba Watson 73-71— 144 E Edoardo Molinari 74-70— 144 E Justin Rose Nick Watney Bill Haas 73-71— 144 E 72-72— 144 E 74-70— 144 E Kyung-Tae Kim 70-75— 145 +1 a-Hideki Matsuyama 72-73— 145 +1 Steve Marino 74-71— 145 +1 Camilo Villegas 70-75— 145 +1 Jeff Overton Aaron Baddeley 75-70— 145 +1 Ernie Els 73-72— 145 +1 75-70— 145 +1 Did not qualify Anthony Kim 73-73— 146 +2 Hunter Mahan 75-71— 146 +2 Lucas Glover 75-71— 146 +2 Francesco Molinari 75-71— 146 +2 Robert Allenby 75-71— 146 +2 Sean O’Hair 70-76— 146 +2 Stewart Cink 71-75— 146 +2 Tim Clark 73-73— 146 +2 Zach Johnson 73-73— 146 +2 Graeme McDowell74-73 — 147 +3 Jerry Kelly Kevin Na 74-73— 147 +3 73-74— 147 +3 Mark Wilson 76-71— 147 +3 Stuart Appleby 75-72— 147 +3 D.A. Points Ben Crane 72-76— 148 +4 73-75— 148 +4 Peter Hanson 72-76— 148 +4 a-David Chung 72-76— 148 +4 Heath Slocum 72-76— 148 +4 Jason Bohn 73-75— 148 +4 Jhonattan Vegas 72-76— 148 +4 Retief Goosen 70-78— 148 +4 Yuta Ikeda Carl Pettersson 75-73— 148 +4 a-Lion Kim 74-74— 148 +4 76-72— 148 +4 Gregory Havret 70-79— 149 +5 Hiroyuki Fujita 70-79— 149 +5 Kevin Streelman 75-74— 149 +5 Louis Oosthuizen 75-74— 149 +5 a-Peter Uihlein 72-77— 149 +5 Padraig Harrington 77-72— 149 +5 Anders Hansen 72-77— 149 +5 Jose Maria Olazabal 73-77— 150 +6 a-Jin Jeong Larry Mize Mark O’Meara 77-73— 150 +6 Martin Kaymer 78-72— 150 +6 Rory Sabbatini 74-76— 150 +6 Arjun Atwal 80-71— 151 +7 Craig Stadler 80-71— 151 +7 Jonathan Byrd 73-78— 151 +7 Tom Watson 79-72— 151 +7 Davis Love III 75-77— 152 +8 a-Nathan Smith 75-77— 152 +8 Sandy Lyle Vijay Singh 73-80— 153 +9 76-78— 154 +10 Ben Crenshaw 78-77— 155 +11 Ian Woosnam 78-77— 155 +11 Mike Weir 76-79— 155 +11 Henrik Stenson 83-74— 157 +13 72-70— 142 -2 73-69— 142 -2 73-77— 150 +6 73-77— 150 +6