Tiger Woods’ impressive day two comeback at the golf course

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Tiger Woods vastly improved his performance in the second round of the Hero World Challenge on Friday, carding a two-under-par 70 as he continued his golfing comeback.

Woods, making his much-anticipated return to golf after a lengthy layoff, made a strong start on day two and appeared to be climbing up the leaderboard.

The 47-year-old began the front nine holes with four birdies to reach four-under-par for the tournament.

However, similar to the first round, Woods stumbled towards the latter part of his 18 with three bogeys before finishing it off with a birdie on the final hole.

The 15-time major winner concluded the day at one-over par after his second round and in 15th place on the leaderboard.

“Better than yesterday for sure,” Woods remarked after his improved showing on day two. “Overall, the round was better for sure. The start was better, the middle part of the round was better.”

“I missed a couple putts towards the end that I thought would’ve kept the round going, and unfortunately, it kind of stalled out a little bit, but it was certainly better than yesterday.”

However, Woods admitted that his golf game isn’t exactly where he’d like it to be after spending so much time away from the course since undergoing ankle surgery in April.

“I haven’t played in six months, so things are not as sharp as they normally would be,” Woods added. “There’s some good in there, and I just need to ensure that the good is more consistent than it has been.”

Woods tees off at 11:43 a.m. ET on day three and will be playing alongside the talented Norwegian Viktor Hovland.

Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth currently lead the leaderboard at nine-under-par.