Rory McIlroy back on course, but 2-over at PGA

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – With tape coiling halfway up his right forearm open championmade the turn at 2-over par this morning after one bad swing put a dent in his second round of the championship The 22-year-old pro dunked his tee shot at No.17 into the water at Atlanta Athletic Club, leading to a triple bogey that more than negated a 50-foot birdie putt he drained one hole earlier.
That dropped McIlroy nine shots behind leaderwhose 7-under-par 63 on Thursday matched the major-championship scoring record. The Wisconsin native was set to begin his second round at 2:15 p.m. EDT.remained in second at 5-under, awaiting his ownafternoon tee time.winner at Pebble Beachearlier this year, and Denmark's Anders Hansen were another shot back as the morning's most prominent challengers.Points birdied three of his first eight holes in moving to 4-under for the week; Hansen stood alongside after 13 holes.A major salvage job awaitsthis afternoon,fighting to make the cut after a mid-round collapse that endedwith a 7-over-par 77. The winner of 14 majors stood 3-under after five holes, then littered his card with five bogeys and three double bogeys over the final 13.

It was Woods' worst opening round ever at a major, requiring him to climb 59 spots on the leaderboard to avoid an early exit. He has missed just two cuts in majors – the 2006 U.S. Open after his father's death, and the British Open two years ago at Turnberry.
A missed cut also could signal the end of Woods
season. He entered the week 129th in cup  points, with two events left to break into the top 125 that advances to the tour's four-event "postseason" series.Woods, though, has said family obligations will keep him from entering next week's event in Greensboro. He also has shown no inclination in recent years to play the tour's Fall Series events.McIlroy strained tendons in the wrist and forearm three holes into Thursday's opening round, making contact with a tree root on a daring play from left of the fairway. Despite several shots in that brought his hand off the club, he soldiered through to fashion an even-par 70..
"It's the last major of the year," the young Ulsterman said before being hustled off for an MRI exam. "I've got, what, six or seven months to I might as well try and play through the pain."McIlroy showed no pain when finishing his swings this morning, but the restricted movement appeared to affect his touch when trying to get his ball close to the hole.
His first approach shot at the par-4 10th landed short of its target and spun even farther away, leading to a three-putt bogey. McIlroy was well short again at No.11, two-putting for par, then saw the safe play pay dividends with a birdie at the par-5 12th.
After seeing his drive take a late kick into the left rough, McIlroy's right hand came off the club as he wedged his ball down the fairway. Another wedge came down 12 feet left of the flag, which he converted to get back to even-par for the week.That's where he remained until his long-distance birdie at No.16, but the good vibes lasted only until his next shot ended up at the bottom of an