Tiger prowling at Southern Hills

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Hartlepool golfer Storm struggled to a six-over par 76 at steamy Southern Hills, while Woods got off to another strong start and made an early charge at the lead.

Storm did not get much sleep last night, which turned out to be an omen as after a dream start his second round turned out to be a nightmare. Having entering the second round with a two-shot lead, Storm dropped to one over par and four off the top.

Storm was in the first group off the first today and he spent much of the previous night worrying about missing his tee time.

"I didn't get much sleep," Storm said. "I went to sleep at 10pm and woke up about 2am and was on and off after that. I was worried about missing my alarm call, which I normally don't think about, but, when you're leading a major, it's slightly different."

Woods kept his mistakes to a minimum early today, carding a birdie at the first and another at the fourth to get to one under for the championship.

The world number one was not done there. He added a birdie at the fifth and, after a bogey at seven, he closed his front nine with a birdie to go out in 32. Woods showed he was ready from the start as he split the fairway on his opening hole and converted from five feet for his first birdie.

A three iron down the right side of the fairway at four and an approach to 15 feet led to another birdie and had Tiger on the prowl once again.

Woods birdied the 10th and to move to three under, tied for second with Canadian Stephen Ames for second behind Scott Verplank. Verplank carded a bogey-free 66 that included four birdies. The Oklahoma resident and local favourite posted the clubhouse lead at four under.

Open champion Padraig Harrington dropped down after a three-over 73. He started his round with a birdie at 10 but followed it up with consecutive bogeys to drop to level par.