NORTON, Mass. — Tiger Woods couldn't make enough putts to catch up with the players who couldn't miss.

Sean O'Hair and Jim Furyk set the pace yesterday at the Deutsche Bank Championship and brought Retief Goosen along for the ride. That threesome combined to make 17 birdies and one eagle, finishing two rounds at a combined 34-under par.

All that counted was the individual scoring, which wasn't bad, either.

O'Hair ran off six birdies and an eagle during an eight-hole stretch in the middle of his round for a 7-under 64, giving him a share of the lead with Furyk, who had six birdies to offset a few mistakes for a 67.

They were at 12-under 130 and two shots ahead.

"We saw a lot of good golf and a lot of good golf shots," Furyk said. "And obviously, I saw some putts go in."

Woods arrived later in the day, and instead of making a charge, he flirted with missing the cut. He was on the verge of going below the cut line when he faced a 12-foot par on No. 9, a tricky 5-foot putt on the 10th and a 20-foot par putt on the 11th after gouging a shot out of a plugged lie in the bunker. He made them all, then ran off four birdies over his final seven holes for a 67 and a 137 total.

"They haven't been lipping in, they've been lipping out," Woods said. "That's about par for the course right now."

Nearly half of the 99-man field shot in the 60s, with Marc Leishman improving his hopes of advancing in the FedEx Cup playoffs with a tournament-low 62 that left him two shots out of the lead, along with Goosen (67) at 132.

ELSEWHERE

Pettersen leads Canadian Women's: Suzann Pettersen moved into position to end her 43-tournament winless streak, shooting a 5-under 66 yesterday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the Canadian Women's Open at Priddis, Alberta. The tall Norwegian is at 14-under 199. She won all five of her LPGA Tour titles in 2007, and has six runner-up finishes since. Angela Stanford was second after a 69.

Roberts going for two: Loren Roberts closed on his second straight Champions Tour title, shooting a 6-under 66 yesterday at Pebble Beach to take a two-stroke lead over Mark O'Meara in the Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, Calif. Roberts, coming off a one-stroke victory over O'Meara last week in the Boeing Classic in Washington, is at 12-under 132. O'Meara shot a second straight 67 for a 134.

Noren in European Masters lead: Alexander Noren of Sweden shot an 8-under 63 yesterday to take a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland. Noren was at 15-under 198 in his bid for his first European tour victory. Charl Schwartzel of South Africa was at 200 after a 65.