Tiger Woods felt he played well enough to score in the mid-60s yesterday and take a comfortable lead into the weekend at the World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational. One hole changed everything but his outlook.

His 8-iron caromed off a tree and 20 yards to the right. From there, a 7-iron bounded through the green and into deep rough. When he had finished chopping up the 18th hole, Woods shot an even-par 70 that dropped him into a share of the lead with Luke Donald and invited a host of others into the tournament.

Donald made three consecutive birdies early in his round and shot 67, joining Woods at 4-under 136.

"I didn't shoot myself out of the tournament by making double, and that's a good thing," Woods said. "We've got a long way to go and I'm playing well, so I just need to keep doing what I'm doing."

Woods wasn't alone in his late-round misery.

Vijay Singh was tied for the lead at 5 under until he dumped his third shot into the water on the 667-yard 16th hole and had to chip in with a fairway metal for a bogey. He spun his approach off the 17th green and failed to save par from 10 feet, and he nearly made it three bogeys in a row until he escaped with a pitch to 4 feet on the final hole.

He shot 71 and was at 137.

Henrik Stenson of Sweden was at 5 under until he found the left rough on the 18th hole, took two shots to advance the ball to the front of the green and also took double bogey for a 71 that put him one shot behind the leaders.

Also at 137 were PGA runner-up Thomas Bjorn, Paul McGinley and Chris DiMarco, who avoided such calamity. Bjorn played bogey-free for a 67, while McGinley had a 66 to match the low score in a round of blustery, deceptive conditions.

Other tournaments

Reno-Tahoe Open: Bill Glasson had two eagles and six birdies in an 11-hole stretch to shoot a course-record 10-under 62 and take the early lead in the second round in Nevada. The 22-year veteran of the PGA Tour who hasn't won since the Las Vegas Invitational in 1997 started the round with three pars. Then Glasson chipped in from 45 feet for eagle on the 518-yard, par-5 fourth hole to spark the best round of his career. He holed out with a 9-iron from 152 yards on the 494-yard, par-4 10th for another eagle and ran off four consecutive birdies before closing with four pars for a two-round total of 10-under 134. He's a stroke ahead of Jesper Parnevik and Jonathan Kaye.

Boeing Greater Seattle Classic: Tom Kite, Jim Thorpe, Brad Bryant and Morris Hatalsky shot 6-under 66s to share the first-round lead in Snoqualmie, Wash. Andy Bean, John Harris, Hale Irwin, Bruce Lietzke, James Mason, Peter Jacobsen and Craig Stadler were one stroke behind. Bryant and Hatalsky each collected six birdies on the back nine, with Bryant surging into a share of the lead with birdies on the final two holes.

Safeway Classic: Rookie Sung Ah Yim and Soo-Yun Kang shot 8-under 64s for a one-stroke lead over veteran Rosie Jones and defending champion Hee-Won Han after the first round in Portland, Ore. Yim had six birdies on the front nine, leading to the best round of her first LPGA season. The 21-year-old from South Korea, who has two top-10 finishes this year, made a 35-foot chip shot to birdie the par-4 fourth hole. Jones, who plans to retire from playing full-time next year, shot a 7-under 65, as did Han, who last year beat Lorie Kane on the first playoff hole at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. Australian Wendy Doolan, Laura Diaz, Aree Song were two shots back at 66 after the first round.