| 1 | GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Tiger Woods has the most recognizable name in golf. |
| 2 | Far fewer people know about rookie Tom Hoge. |
| 3 | Including Woods himself. |
| 4 | They'll spend the third round together Saturday in a most unlikely final pairing at the Wyndham Championship. |
| 5 | Woods shot a 5-under 65 on Friday and shared the second-round lead with Hoge at 11-under 129. |
| 6 | Hoge shot a 67. |
| 7 | They make quite the intriguing pair. |
| 8 | Woods is chasing his first victory in more than two years, one that would undoubtedly send him into the FedEx Cup playoffs. |
| 9 | The 26-year-old Hoge spent the past three years on the Web.com Tour. |
| 10 | This is his 27th career PGA Tour event - and all but one of those have come this year. |
| 11 | When asked if he would recognize Hoge if he saw him, Woods responded: ''No, I wouldn't. |
| 12 | ''I look on the Champions Tour leaderboard and I know every one of those guys because I played against them and I played with them,'' Woods said. |
| 13 | Woods followed his best round since 2013 - a first-day 64 - with one almost as good. |
| 14 | He made his big move up the leaderboard on the back nine, with birdies on Nos. |
| 15 | 12 and 13 and an eagle on the par-5 15th that gave him a share of the lead. |
| 16 | ''I just couldn't get anything out of my rounds (before this tournament) and a couple lucky bounces here, take advantage of those opportunities - it's just the flow,'' Woods said. |
| 17 | Davis Love III and Chad Campbell were one stroke back. |
| 18 | Campbell shot 65 and Love had 66. |
| 19 | Brandt Snedeker matched the tournament record with a 61 that put him in a group of (six) players two strokes behind Woods and Hoge. |
| 20 | But for the second straight day, the big story at Sedgefield Country Club was Woods. |
| 21 | He had missed the cut in three straight majors and this year hasn't finished better than a tie for 17th at the Masters. |
| 22 | At No. |
| 23 | 187 on the FedEx Cup points list, he would definitely crack the top 125 with a win and qualify for the Barclays next week in New Jersey. |
| 24 | Depending on how the math works out, a solo second-place finish also might be enough. |
| 25 | He took advantage of some prime scoring conditions during the first round, shooting that 64 on a course softened by showers that morning. |
| 26 | That left him two strokes off the lead. |
| 27 | And then, playing under a hot afternoon sun that sped up those undulating greens, Woods almost matched it. |
| 28 | ''I wasn't quite as sharp as I was yesterday,'' he said. |
| 29 | He capped that run of consecutive birdies with a 25-foot putt on the 13th that drew a mighty roar from the huge gallery. |
| 30 | Then came his eagle. |
| 31 | He placed his second shot about 10 feet behind the hole, and after his downhill putt fell into the hole, he followed with his trademark fist pump. |
| 32 | And as strong as his round was, it easily could have been even better. |
| 33 | He settled for birdie on the par-5 fifth when his 10-foot eagle putt lipped out, then missed a 15-foot birdie putt on the next hole. |
| 34 | He left a 10-foot birdie putt an inch from the hole on the ninth. |
| 35 | ''I've shot 59 and I left a couple shots out there,'' Woods said. |
| 36 | Love, a former North Carolina player whose two wins in this tournament came across town at Forest Oaks Country Club, played a practice round with Woods on Tuesday. |
| 37 | Several times this week, Woods has referred to pointers Love gave him. |
| 38 | Love reeled off three straight birdies early in his round before closing with 10 straight pars. |
| 39 | ''It will look boring on the card ... but I made some nice putts for par, and some good up and downs, and kept the round together,'' Love said. |
| 40 | Hoge, who was born about 70 miles away in Statesville but grew up in North Dakota, shared the first-round lead with William McGirt and two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton. |
| 41 | Hoge followed his opening-round 62 with another low number with birdies on three of his final five holes. |
| 42 | ''Obviously, a new position for me,'' Hoge said. |
| 43 | Snedeker - who won the Wyndham in 2007, its last year at Forest Oaks - shot just the fifth 61 in the history of the event and the first since Tim Herron's three years ago. |
| 44 | He finished his round with back-to-back birdies on the eighth and ninth holes, closing by sinking a 50-foot putt. |