Tiger shares 36-hole lead in Shanghai

by Shane BaconFiled under: European TourTiger Woods plays golf all over the world, all the time, and tends not to discriminate when trophies come his way in different languages. Unfortunately, none of those trophies Woods holds are covered in Mandarin, but that could change if Tiger keeps it up at the HSBC Champions. After two rounds in Shanghai, Tiger can't stop shooting 67s, and...

Everybody loves Tiger Woods, but not everyone's quite sure how to react when they see him. Right now, Tiger's over in Shanghai, playing in the HSBC Champions tournament. It's his first visit to China in many years, and as expected, he's drawing rock star-level crowds with every stroke he takes.Problem is, many in those crowds don't quite know how to behave on the golf course. Eight...

Tiger Woods headlines the strongest field ever in Asia at the HSBC Champions, including world No. 2 Phil Mickelson, three-time major champion Padraig Harrington, defending champion Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood, who leads the Race to Dubai.

It's no secret that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson haven't exactly been best buds. You can psychoanalyze that any way you like, but on its surface, the coldblooded, relentless Tiger couldn't be more different from the smiling, surfer-dude Phil. Still, the two are inextricably linked; we've written more than 180 posts mentioning both Tiger and Phil just since August 2008. (Hey, we...

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson sit at a Chinese chess table for a photo shoot in Shanghai prior to the HSBC Champions. What that phallic symbol in the background is, I have no idea.

Tiger Woods has shot another 5-under 67 in the HSBC Champions, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

HSBC Champions

The best players in the world are in China for the World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions at the Sheshan International Golf Club.  Nick Watney lead after the first round with Tiger Woods, fresh off his FedEx Cup win, in the hunt. Watney shot a course-record eight-under par, 64, to open the final World Golf Championship event of [...]

Phil Mickelson has taken the 54-hole lead in the HSBC Champions with a 5-under 67, setting up a Sunday matchup with Tiger Woods in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

The HSBC Champions begins this week in Shanghai. It's a pleasant little late-season tourney that attracts its share of journeymen and ... what's that? It's got both those guys in the photo above? Wow. Um ... nice!Yes, the HSBC Champions has ascended to true World Golf Championship status by running out a field that would be the envy of any tournament this side of Augusta. Tiger Woods...

Phil Mickelson has taken the 54-hole lead in the HSBC Champions with a 5-under 67, setting up a Sunday matchup with Tiger Woods in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

Phil Mickelson is clinging to a one-shot lead at the turn of the HSBC Champions, but not over Tiger Woods. In a shocking meltdown Sunday, Woods fell as many as six shots behind his chief rival and did not make a birdie until the ninth hole, giving him a 39 on the front nine of Sheshan International.