Golf: Scott shoots 66 to seize two-shot WGC lead at Doral
Adam Scott seized a two-stroke lead after the second round of the World Golf Championships.
MIAMI (AFP) - Australian Adam Scott, the 2013 Masters winner, fired a six-under par 66 Friday to seize a two-stroke lead after the second round of the World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship at Doral.
Scott fired eight birdies, the last three of them in a row starting at the par-3 15th, to leap into the lead on 10-under 134 after 36 holes at Doral.
Northern Ireland s Rory McIlroy, dreaming of the completion of a career Grand Slam with a victory in next month s Masters, shot 65 to share second on 136 with American Dustin Johnson, who carded a bogey-free 64.
England s Danny Willett was on 137 with two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson and fellow American Charley Hoffman on 138 and England s Paul Casey was joined by Phil Mickelson on 139.
Scott opened with back-to-back birdies, took a bogey at three and had back-to-back birdies again at six and seven. He birdied the par-5 12th before another bogey at 14 only to finish with a flourish to grab the lead.
McIlroy opened with a birdie but took his lone bogey at the second hole. He ran off four birdies in a row from the fifth through the par-5 eighth hole, then birdied the 12th, 15th and 18th to nab a share of second.
Johnson birdied the second, sixth and eighth holes on the front nine, began the back side with two more birdies and birdied the par-3 13th plus 16 and 17 to secure his share of second place.
