Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington Make Their Move

Padraig Harrington and Tiger Woods both made moves up the leaderboard at Bay Hill in the second-round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando.

Bidding to discover his best form before an attempt at winning a third consecutive major title at The Masters in two weeks time, Harrington improved on his level-par first round with a two-under-par 68. His round included just one bogie and left him four off the lead, held by Sean O'Hair on six under par.

His playing partner Woods, the defending champion, will start the third round at three-under following his round of 69.

In another round of contrasts, Woods missed nine greens in regulation after a second wayward day off the tee, but again he compensated with a red-hot putter.

Having needed just 24 putts yesterday, Woods closed out his second round with his 25th putt of the day for a par, and despite his disappointing ball striking he remained in touch with the leaders.

There were mixed fortunes for Harrington and Woods at the final hole of their round, the ninth, with the Irishman missing a nine-footer and three-putting for a five, his only bogey of the day.

Sean O'Hair, who opened with a 67 yesterday, moved into the lead at six under with three birdies in a row from the 10th tee.

Gore lost a share of the lead with a bogey at the 17th on another breezy day in central Florida but bounced back with a birdie to take the clubhouse lead at five under.

Tim Herron, the 1999 champion, was four under after the first round and still on the leaderboard without having begun his second round, while Woods was already in the clubhouse on three under.

Vaughan Taylor had an ace at the par-three seven to help him to a 68, two under for the week and in the clubhouse alongside Harrington and his fellow Americans Lee Janzen, Hunter Mahan, Nick Watney and Mark Wilson.

India's Jeev Milkha Singh shot a 68 to move to one under at the halfway point while Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell improved two shots on his opening 71 to reach level par after 36 holes.

England's Oliver Wilson fired an even-par 70 to remain at two over heading into the weekend with the projected cut mark at four over par.

That left fellow Englishmen Justin Rose - who will start at five over - Greg Owen, at eight over after 17, and Ian Poulter, who was eight over after four, with plenty of work to do to reach the third round.

In Seville, Colin Montgomerie struggled to stay in touch today as German Marcel Siem and England's Graeme Storm turned on the style at the Andalucian Open in Seville.

Playing his 500th European Tour event as a professional, Montgomerie was only one behind fellow Scot Chris Doak after an opening 67.

But Europe's new Ryder Cup captain, whose last top-10 finish was nearly nine months ago, managed only a level-par 72 on his return - and, with Doak taking 73, it was all change at the top.

Siem scored 67 to reach nine under and Storm a 66 to be only one behind, along with France's Jean-Francois Lucquin - while in the last match of the day, Scot David Drysdale was seven under and still had three to play.

Montgomerie was four adrift with Doak and, despite his gloomy mood, still very much in it.

After mixing five birdies with five bogeys, the last of them on the 18th when he failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker, the eight-time European number one displayed his disappointment by declining a request for a television interview.

Within minutes, he was heading back to his hotel - commenting on his way: "I was just completely out of sync today.

"I played very badly, and 72 is what you get when you play that way."