Tiger Woods hits his tee shot on the 14th hole during the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Friday. Woods shot another 70 and just made the cut. As Woods was struggling, Justin Rose was setting a 36-hole record on the course.

SAN DIEGO (— Justin Rose was looking forward to his first big test of the year Friday on the South Course at Torrey Pines. He made it look like a breeze.

Rose putted for birdie on all but two holes on his way to a 6-under 66, giving him a share of the 36-hole tournament record and a three-shot lead over Hideki Matsuyama going into the weekend at the Farmers Insurance Open.

In more ideal conditions, Rose made his only bogey of the week by coming up short of the green on the seventh hole and missing a 12-foot putt. He also had to chop out of heavy grass on the toughest hole at Torrey, the 514-yard 12th hole, and hit a 45-yard pitch to 2 feet to save par.

Throw in seven birdies and he was at 15-under 129, a tournament record last matched by Tom Lehman in 2005.

Only four other players were within five shots, none of them named Tiger Woods.

In his 2019 debut, on a course where Woods has won eight times, he again failed to convert on the greens and made double bogey from the fairway at the turn. He shot another 70 on the North, which was about two shots easier than the South, and was 11 shots behind.

“I’m going to have to play a very special weekend to have a chance,” Woods said. “I’m pretty far back, and the South course, it’s tough.”

This is the 20-year anniversary of Woods coming from nine shots behind after 36 holes with a 62-65 weekend to win. But the South course was 600 yards shorter back then, and the 36-hole leader in 1999 was Ted Tryba. Now it’s Rose, the No. 1 player in the world looking as though he might stay there for a while.

“He’s absolutely flagging it and swinging it really well,” said Billy Horschel, who played with Rose and Jordan Spieth the last two days. “He’s taken it to a different level with his ball striking. The way he’s rolling the putts now, he’s become like a complete player.”

Rose began his year in the California desert, some of the easiest courses on the PGA Tour. He opened this tournament on the North course, the easiest of the two, and was happy to get a good score (63) so he could test himself on the South, which hosted a U.S. Open with another one on the way.

Horschel was in range until missing a 30-inch par putt on the 15th hole and making another bogey from a bunker on the par-3 16th. He was at 10-under 134, along with Jon Rahm (72) and Ryan Palmer, who had his second straight 67.

Spieth also was in range, three shots behind Rose, until his tee shot found the gnarly rough left of the fairway at No. 12 and he was sloppy around the green in making a double bogey. That was a two-shot swing against Rose, who saved par.