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Woods held a one-shot overnight lead over playing partner and defending champion Harrington, having shot a five-under-par 67 for his opening round at the 7,674-yard Minnesota course.

Two-time winner Singh was a further stroke behind at three under in a group tied for third, at the start of play.

With the players in front of him due out in the late wave of starters, when winds of 25 miles per hour and higher were forecast to hit the longest course in major championship history, the Fijian had a chance to at least close the gap with conditions favouring the early players.

The 1998 and 2004 champion had missed the last three US PGA cuts and he failed to take advantage at the other end of the field at Hazeltine with a level-par second round of 72 featuring three birdies and three bogeys to stay at three under.

"I'm really disappointed with my round," Singh said. "Even par is a good round...but I had a lot of chances and two small missed putts here and there.

"I could have scored one or two more better than I did and every time I made a birdie I followed up with a bogey or vice versa."

Singh got a taste of the conditions facing the later starters as he bogeyed the last hole.

"I was up on top of the hill and then the wind blew. The ball almost went sideways," he said. "But that's the way, you have to take the good with the bad. That was a few of the bad ones."

Australian Brendan Jones closed out a round of 70 to join Singh and US Open champion Lucas Glover, who shot a 69, on three under par.