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Tiger shoots 65, leads by 2 strokes

SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods cared more about the number of rounds left at Torrey Pines than the number of PGA Tour wins belonging to the guys chasing him.

When the second round ended Friday in a steady rain at the Farmers Insurance Open, the odds looked to be stacked in Woods’ favor. He had a 7-under 65 on the North Course for his first outright 36-hole lead on the PGA Tour in more than three years. He is a seven-time winner at Torrey Pines, six of those in this tournament. And his 74 career wins on tour were 74 more than the next seven guys behind him.

“We’ve got a long way to go,” Woods said after finishing his two rounds at 11-under 133.

Woods knows this from experience.

Golf gets deeper every year, and it doesn’t get any easier to win.

Then again, Woods is playing some pretty good golf.

Woods had a two-shot lead over Billy Horschel, who only two months ago was in Q-school trying to get his PGA Tour card again.

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