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"It was a little bit more interesting, the last five holes, than the stretch of pars there in the middle of the round," he cracked. "I think that gentleman (at 17) learned the hazards of following me and walking down the landing area. I think that he might want to stay more by the tee next time."
Leonard, whose 66 was built around five birdies and a bogey, hasn't finished better than 14th in 18 starts this year on tour, but said he felt as if his swing has been coming around recently.
"I'm very pleased but not overly surprised," he said. "I've felt like the last couple months I put in a lot of work, and the last couple of weeks it started to pay off."
Peter Hanson (66), Bo Van Pelt (68) and first-round leader Bubba Watson (71) were at 135, with Adam Scott (70), Nick Watney (68), Lucas Glover (66), Miguel Angel Jimenez (67), Paul Casey (68) and Kuchar (67) another shot back.
Woods was nowhere near the leaders.
He struggled mightily with his accuracy off the tee, hitting just three of 14 fairways. Playing partner Lee Westwood, battling a calf injury, shot a 76 before withdrawing from both the Bridgestone and the PGA.
Before he left, he was asked about playing with Woods.
"Neither of us played very well, did we?" Westwood said. "We're all human. We all have bad days."
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