LEMONT, Ill. -- Tiger Woods and Mark Wilson were in a tie for the lead Friday at the BMW Championship.
Woods made two solid par saves from deep bunkers early in his round, ran off three straight birdies at the turn and cashed in on enough good shots for a 4-under 67 to put him atop the leaderboard for the first time since the PGA Championship.
Wilson birdied his final hole for a 5-under 66.
They were at 7-under 135, and will play as a twosome for the first time since their championship match in the 1992 U.S. Junior Amateur in Massachusetts, where a 16-year-old Woods rallied from 2 down to win on the 18th hole.
Padraig Harrington was poised to join them until his tee shot on the 18th hole sailed wide ride and into a tree, sending the Irishman back to the tee. He did well to escape with bogey after making a 20-foot putt that gave him a 68.
Harrington was one shot behind, along with Rory Sabbatini (70), Bo Van Pelt (69) and Marc Leishman of Australia, who overcame a rugged start with four straight birdies and ended up with a 69.
LPGA Tour
ROGERS, Ark. -- Sandra Gal's eagle on the 18th hole gave her a one-shot lead after the first round of the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship.
Gal shot a 7-under 64 and her uphill putt from about 15 feet on the final hole moved her past Song-Hee Kim and into the lead. Kim is alone in second place.
Brittany Lang, Pat Hurst and Angela Stanford are tied for third, another stroke back.
Gal, of Germany, played for the University of Florida. She is trying for her first win on tour. The 24-year-old led the Women's British Open this year after the first round, but shot an 80 in the second and finished tied for 33rd.
Kim, of South Korea, finished with back-to-back birdies Friday to put herself momentarily in front of the field. Her first-round 65 came a week after a wildly inconsistent performance in Canada that landed her in a tie for 10th at a tournament there.
European Tour
COLOGNE, Germany -- Scott Strange shot a 4-under 68 and Chris Wood had a 69 to share a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Mercedes-Benz Championship.
Soren Hansen (71) had a one-shot lead until a double-bogey on the final 18th hole. Ross Fisher and James Kingston each shot 69 to also trail the leaders by one stroke.
Wood missed a birdie putt at the final hole that would have left him in sole possession of the lead.
Europe's Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie, without a top-10 finish since June of last year, had a 69 to finish six shots behind the leaders.
Bernhard Langer, seeking to become the oldest winner on the European tour at 52, watched his chances fade with a 75.