Kohler, WI (My Sportsbook) - A pair of birdies at 16 and 17 in Friday's second round of the PGA Championship allowed Tiger Woods to run his PGA Tour record streak of consecutive cuts made to 129.

Woods posted a three-under 69 and finished 36 holes at even-par 144. Now he's nine back of the lead shared by Vijay Singh and Justin Leonard.

"The leaders didn't go too far away. They only added two shots to it," said Woods. "Hopefully I can shoot one of those scores they shot and put myself right back in the ball game."

The last time Woods failed to make a cut was the 1998 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The tournament was reduced to 54 holes and due to weather problems, the final round was pushed from early February to mid-August. He did not return for the final round, so he failed to make the cut.

The Canadian Open in September of 1997 was the last time Woods missed the 36- hole cut in a traditional sense.

At last year's Tour Championship, Woods eclipsed Byron Nelson's 55-year-old record of 113 consecutive cuts. He made the first 14 cuts this season, but a terrible round of driving nearly cost Woods his first missed cut in a major since turning professional in 1996.

Woods started the second round at three-over par and the projected cut line looked like plus-one. He opened Friday's second round with a three-foot birdie putt that came from a beautiful approach out of the first cut of rough. Woods added a two-putt birdie at the par-five second to get to one-over, but trouble loomed for the two-time PGA Champion.

Woods found the water off the tee at the par-five fifth and took his drop, then a questionable path to the green. He hit a three-wood from the thick rough into more thick rough near the putting surface. Woods pitched 40 yards right of the green, then hit his fifth to five feet. He holed that putt for bogey, then missed an eight-footer to save par at the sixth.

Now back at three-over par, Woods continued to miss fairways, but scramble for pars. He made a clutch nine-footer to save par at the 11th and hit an eight- iron 15 feet right of the hole at the par-three 12th. Woods missed that birdie try, but hit a spectacular approach to five feet to set up birdie at No. 13.

Woods was one shot from the projected mark and went for the 370-yard, par-four 14th with his driver. He missed in a greenside bunker, but hit an indifferent blast that ran 25 feet past the hole. Woods missed the birdie putt and headed to No. 15.

He sank a four-footer there for par and split the fairway at the par-five 16th. Woods' six-iron from 207 yards landed 45 feet right of the hole and his eagle putt skimmed the hole on the left side. He ran home the three-footer for birdie to get to the number.

Woods tacked on another birdie at the 17th when he got a great read from playing partner Singh's birdie putt. Woods rolled in the 20-footer to reach even-par for the championship.

The No. 1 player in the world for 331 weeks ripped his drive down the fairway at the last. Woods hit his second in the right rough, pin-high but gave himself very little green to work with. He pitched four feet short of the hole and converted the par putt to keep his hopes alive of breaking a major drought that dates back to the 2002 U.S. Open.

"I got off to the greatest start you could possibly have," said Woods. "I threw those shots away real quick. I wasn't playing very well. I had to keep trying to make pars."