Perry, Campbell share lead at windy Masters golf

Kenny Perry, trying to make history and win his first major title, fired a bogey-free five-under par 67 Friday to share the lead with Chad Campbell late in a windy second round of the Masters.

US Ryder Cup teammates Perry, who could become the oldest Masters champion at age 48, and Campbell, the 2003 PGA Championship runner-up seeking his first major crown, each birdied the 18th to stand on nine-under 135 after 36 holes.

"It feels great but we're only halfway there," Campbell said. "There's a lot of golf to be played. I like my position. I'm looking forward to the weekend. Hopefully I can keep doing what I'm doing."

could erase the 1986 triumph of Jack Nicklaus at age 46 as the eldest Masters championship run thanks to solid tee shots that scored better in gusty conditions Friday that on day one when winds were still and scoring went low.

"I feel like I can win," Perry said. "I'm driving it great. The wind is really swirling. You've got to be really carefully out there. If I keep hitting the fairways like I've been doing it's going to be great."

Tiger Woods, seeking his 15th major title to pull three shy of matching Nicklaus' all-time record, finished with a bogey for the second day in a row, settling for a par-72 to stand seven off the lead after once being nine adrift.

"A lot of wasted opportunities. I didn't get a whole lot out of my round again," Woods said. "I need to play better than I have, make a few more putts and get it going."

Woods made birdies at the par-3 sixth and par-5 eighth but followed each with a bogey. He birdied the par-5 15th and made several clutch par putts but lipped out from seven feet at the 18th after finding a bunker on his approach.

"I hit some good putts, putted better," Woods said. "You have got to be patient and execute your shots."

Anthony Kim, another US Ryder Cup player, set a Masters record with 11 birdies in his seven-under par 65 round. The old 18-hole birdie mark of 10 had been set by Zimbabwe's Nick Price in the third round of the 1986 Masters.

"I really don't know what what happened," Kim said. "The putter got hot and my confidence got a little bigger every hole. I made some big putts. When the putter is hot, nothing really gets in your way."

Kim, who shared 75th place Thursday after a 75, was just hoping to book a weekend stay in his Masters debut and wound up jumping into contention for a green jacket on four-under 140.

"I just tried to play smart," Kim said. "I'm getting the speed of the greens better. At the same time the greens are going to be different on the weekend so it's stil going to be tough."

Perry opened with back-to-back birdies, added more at the par-3 12th and par-5 15th and hit his approach three feet from the pin on 18 for another.

"He's playing well," Campbell said. "He's going to be tough to beat."

Campbell rolled in a tense 25-foot downhill birdie putt on the 18th that likely would have rolled well beyond the hole had it not dropped in the cup.

"It was moving pretty good. I'm glad it hit the hole. That's what it's there for," Campbell said. "A good way to end, good vibes going into the weekend."

Campbell birdied two of his first four holes and added two more at eight and 10 before swirling winds at Amen Corner led to bogeys at 11 and 12. He made a bogey at 17 but saved the day at 18.

"It was definitely a little tougher," Campbell said. "When you get wind like that it makes it tons different. You have got to be so much more precise and it makes it so much more difficult."

Three strokes back in third was American Todd Hamilton, the 2004 British Open winner who fired a 70 to stand on 138. Hamilton missed the cut in seven of nine prior starts this year.

"On paper I haven't played very well but inside of me I haven't felt like I've played awful," Hamilton said.

Still on the course with hopes of overtaking the leaders were Argentina's Angel Cabrera, the 2007 US Open winner who was six-under through 12 holes, and American Jim Furyk, the 2003 US Open champion, one-over for the day and five-under overall at the turn.

Japan's Shingo Katayama took a bogey at the third and 12 pars to stand four-under with five to play.

Northern Ireland teen Rory McIlroy eagled the par-5 13th but a double bogey at the par-3 16th and a triple bogey at 18 left him near the cut line.

Irishman Padraig Harrington, trying to become only the third man to win a third major in a row, was one-under overall at the turn after going two-over on the front nine.

Two-time British Open winner Greg Norman, the 54-year-old Australian with a history of Masters heartache, was one-over on the day and one-under overall through 12.

South African legend Gary Player, 73, played his last competitive Masters round in a record 52nd appearance.