Day banks Barclays lead

Day: Second round of 67

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-8 J Day (Aus)
-7 K Streelman
-7 V Taylor
-6 S Cink
-6 M Laird (Sco)
-6 J Senden (Aus)

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Jason Day moved into the outright lead of The Barclays after a second round of 67 in New Jersey on Friday.

The Australian was four under par for the second day in a row to sit one shot ahead of Kevin Streelman and Vaughn Taylor at the halfway point of the tournament - the first of the FedExCup playoffs - in New Jersey.

Tiger Woods had carded his best round of the year to share the lead after the opening day but could not carry on that momentum into Friday, shooting a two-over par 73 to slip back into a tie for 14th.

The world number one endured four bogeys on his final eight holes as the poor putting that has blighted his play throughout the season made a return.

Problems

"I didn't have the speed at all on the greens. I was leaving it way short or blowing it by the hole. And it caught up with me," the 14-time major winner said.

He added: "I didn't hit it bad at all. I hit it really good. As I said, I didn't putt really well. I hit it as good as I did yesterday. If I don't make putts, I don't score."

Taylor shared the lead with Woods after the first day and followed up that performance up with a solid round of 70 to remain in touch, one back of Day.

The major mover on Friday was Streelman, who shot nine birdies en route to the lowest round of tournament so far - an eight-under par 63.

Meanwhile, Padraig Harrington is currently the best placed of the European Ryder Cup wildcard hopefuls after moving to five under with a round of 68.

Wildcard race

Paul Casey is one back on four under, Justin Rose is one under and Luke Donald is on even par for the tournament. All four made the cut.

The quartet are fighting for one of three available wildcards to captain Colin Montgomerie, who will name his selections on Sunday evening.

Harrington said: "After missing the cut in the (USPGA) the last thing I wanted was to come here and miss the cut-off or play poorly here and then say, well, maybe I'm out of form.

"I believe that Monty should make a decision based on the full year and who is going to play consistently and who we can rely on to play well.

But in the last tournament of the year, a couple of days before the team is going to be picked, it's nice to be showing a bit of form. It won't do me any harm. It's no burden to carry it, let's say."