Golf | Ryan Moore pursues EDS Byron Nelson leader Adam Scott

IRVING, Texas — Ryan Moore of Puyallup had five birdies and five bogeys for an even-par 70 in the second round of the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, a PGA Tour event.

Moore, who was tied for the first-round lead with Mathew Goggin and Eric Axley, is tied for fifth place at 3-under 137 after 36 holes.

Adam Scott (67) was at 5-under 135 to lead Goggin (69), Scott McCarron (66) and Mark Hensby (67) by one stroke.

Moore is tied with Justin Leonard (66), Parker McLachlin (69), Charley Hoffman (68) and Roland Thatcher (68).

Scott returned to Australia after the Masters, but it was a short visit.

"I felt like I was still playing good and I shouldn't waste that at home," he said.

Instead of staying home for a second week, Scott was a deadline entrant into the tournament.

Scott, at No. 10 in the world, is the highest-ranked player in the field. He began the second round with four consecutive birdies and added one more — to go with two bogeys — in the last 14 holes.

McCarron, who for seven months before his surgery in August 2006 played with a muscle that was torn away from the bone in his elbow, had a bogey-free round with two birdies on each side. He is happy to be healthy on the course.

"There was a long time there where I did not know if that was going to happen," McCarron said. "I'm just happy to be playing without pain. I'm taking baby steps to get where I can play and compete again. This is a big step, obviously."

Woods says he has

no timetable

IRVINE, Calif. — Top-ranked Tiger Woods is no longer on crutches since surgery last week on his left knee, but he said in his monthly newsletter he does not know when he will return to competition.

"I knew a couple of months ago I was going to have the surgery," Woods said. "The knee has been bugging me for a while. The only decision was, do you miss the Masters or play in the Masters? I decided to play. Even if I had won, I still would have had the surgery."

Woods had arthroscopic surgery April 15, two days after he finished three shots behind winner Trevor Immelman in the Masters. It was the second time in five years Woods had surgery on his left knee, this time to clean out cartilage.

He used crutches last week in Las Vegas at "Tiger Jam XI," a charity concert that raised more than $1.5 million for his foundation, and is in a knee brace. He said he hopes to start rehabilitation soon.

"Needless to say, I'm a little stir-crazy," Woods said.

Other tournaments

• Young Kim (67) of South Korea leads Annika Sorenstam (67) by one stroke halfway through the Stanford International Pro-Am in Aventura, Fla. Kim was at 7-under 134 for 36 holes in the LPGA Tour event.

Jimin Kang (74), a graduate of King's High School in Shoreline, was tied for 37th place at 4 over. Ex-Washington Huskies standout Louise Friberg (71) was tied for 48th at 5 over. Wendy Ward (73), who lives near Edwall, outside Spokane, was tied for 61st at 6 over.

• Tom Watson and Andy North teamed to birdie the first seven holes en route to a better-ball 13-under 59 and a three-stroke lead after the first round of the 50-and-older Champions Tour's Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in Savannah, Ga.

• Zhang Lian-Wei of China and Robert-Jan Derksen of the Netherlands shot 3-under 69s to share the second-round lead in the BMW Asian Open in Shanghai, China.

Zhang and Derksen had 5-under 139 totals. Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke (69) was a stroke behind.