Tiger Woods got his US PGA Tour playoff bid back on track Saturday with a six-under 65 in the second round of the Deutsche Bank Championship. Woods, three shots below the projected cut line going into the second round, birdied four of the first seven holes at the TPC Boston. He picked up two more shots coming in, capping his bogey-free round with a birdie at 18 that put him in the middle of the field on five-under 137. Australian Jason Day and Zach Johnson were the overnight leaders, but it was American Brandt Snedeker who had seized the second-round clubhouse lead with a seven-under 64 for a 12-under total of 130. He had a two-shot lead over England's Luke Donald, who was selected last week by captain Colin Montgomerie for Europe's Ryder Cup team. Donald carded a 67 for 132. Phil Mickelson carded a 65 and was in a group on 134 that included Stewart Cink. Jimenez on top Miguel Angel Jimenez kept his three-shot overnight advantage after the third round of the European Masters Saturday despite a momentary lapse of concentration which cost him a stroke.The leaderboard briefly recorded a four-under 67 and an 18-under 195 total for a four-shot advantage over Ryder Cup teammate Edoardo Molinari of Italy. However, before he signed his card Jimenez called an extra shot on himself at the 10th, changing his total to 17-under and his score to 68, three ahead of Molinari and four better than Italian teenager Matteo Manassero and Britain's Steve Webster. Molinari settled for a 68 on Saturday. Manassero (69) is on track for the top-five finish that will earn the 17-year-old full tour playing rights next season. Calcavecchia leads Mark Calcavecchia shot an 8-under 64 Friday at Del Monte to take a two-stroke lead over Tom Pernice Jr. in the Champions Tour's dual-course First Tee Open. Calcavecchia, in his first season on the 50-and-over tour after winning 13 times on the PGA Tour, capped his bogey-free first round with a birdie on the par-5 ninth hole to equal his career low on the senior circuit. Pernice birdied five of the first six holes at Pebble Beach, then had 10 straight pars and birdied the 17th en route to a 66. Fred Couples, Bob Tway, Tom Kite, Wayne Levi and 2006 winner Scott Simpson opened with 67s at Del Monte, and Chip Beck and Olin Browne had 67s at Pebble Beach – the site of the final round Sunday.
