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Tiger Woods clenched his jaw when the pain hit.<\/p>\n

He limped, occasionally used a driver like a cane, and pushed his rebuilt right leg over and through the hills and swales of Southern Hills on Friday with a singular mission: to get to the weekend at the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

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And he did it. Woods shot a second-round 1-under 69 that put him at 3-over par for the tournament, one shot inside the cut line. He was in danger of missing the weekend before rallying with two birdies over the final six holes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can\u2019t win the tournament if you miss the cut. I\u2019ve won tournaments \u2014 not major championships, but I\u2019ve won tournaments on the cut number,\u201d Woods said after he gingerly walked the few steps up to the stage for his post-round interview. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a reason why you fight hard and you\u2019re able to give yourself a chance on the weekend.\u201d Few consider that a realistic scenario the way Woods has to fight his body to get through a round. A car crash 15 months left his right leg so badly damaged that doctors considered amputation.<\/p>\n

Woods returned to competition last month at the Masters. He made the cut there and gutted through the weekend at Augusta National in a glorious return in front of adoring galleries. He didn\u2019t play again until returning to the PGA, a championship he has won four times, most recently in 2007 at Southern Hills.<\/p>\n

The fans at the PGA Championship have pushed him along again, even when he looked miserable. He opened with a 4-over 74. He said just about everything made his leg hurt that day before he left the course for a night of physical therapy and ice baths.<\/p>\n

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He recovered well enough to tee it up again Friday, which by itself impressed playing partner Rory McIlroy.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust incredibly resilient and mentally tough,\u201d said McIlroy, who chatted with Woods often during Friday\u2019s round. \u201cHe\u2019s feeling it, and he\u2019s feeling it on every swing. \u2026 Yeah, look, he\u2019s the ultimate pro. Looking at him yesterday, if that would have been me, I would have been considering pulling out and just going home. But Tiger is different and he\u2019s proved he\u2019s different. It was just a monumental effort.\u201d Woods never considered leaving.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust the fact that I\u2019m able to play golf again and play in our biggest championships,\u201d the 15-time major champion said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to be playing a lot of tournaments going forward. They\u2019re going to be the biggest tournaments. I want to be able to play the major championships. I\u2019ve always loved playing them.\u201d Even if it takes a full-team effort to get him back on the course four days in a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately enough, I\u2019m able to somehow do it,\u201d Woods said. \u201cI\u2019ve had a great (physical therapy) staff that have put Humpty-Dumpty back together, and we\u2019ll go out there tomorrow.\u201d Woods shut down a question about whether his leg felt better or worse than Thursday. By then, he was done talking about it.<\/p>\n

There will be challenges over the next two days.<\/p>\n

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On the steep slope off the No. 1 tee on Friday, Woods has used his driver like a cane to ease his way down the hill. The stairs off the No. 10 tee were also slow going. A ball in a bunker can mean an awkward stance and unsteady feet.<\/p>\n

But there are times when he can clear his mind of the aches and pains.<\/p>\n

A birdie at No. 5 seemed to straighten his gait on the next few holes until a bogey three holes later had him flirting with the cut line again. On the ninth, he was clenching his jaw before hitting out of the rough into an uphill green.<\/p>\n

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Real trouble came the par-3 11th when he missed the green well to the left, then bashed his club against a cart path in anger. A double bogey followed and he was in danger of ending the week early.<\/p>\n

Then came the late rally down stretch. Woods finally got the cushion he needed with a birdie at No. 16.<\/p>\n

Woods finished the Masters with consecutive rounds of 78. He left Southern Hills on Friday hoping for a better finish in Tulsa if his leg will allow it.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing back here to a place that I\u2019ve had success on, to play against the best players in the world, that\u2019s what we all want to be able to do,\u201d Woods said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n