South African Tim Clarked blitzed out to an early lead at the Tour Championship on Thursday, despite rain that figured to affect scores. Play was suspended during parts of the first round yesterday due to rain. Clark matched the course record at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta with a 8-under par 62. Clark has never won a PGA event but continues to play near the top of the pack. This is evidenced by the fact that he’s in contention in the final tournament of the Fedex Cup Playoff. Only the Top 30 golfers from the Fedex Cup standings are playing in this weekend’s culminating event. However, Tim Clark didn’t follow up his blistering round today during round 2, as he finished with a 1-under 69. Clark is four shots off the lead.

None other than Tiger Woods has taken over the lead. Tiger shot a great 6-under par 64 in the first round, but shot even greater during the second round with a 7-under par 63, putting him at 13-under and 3 strokes ahead of Woody Austin. Tiger’s impressive first two rounds clearly put him in the driver’s seat to win the Fedex Cup. Usually it’s Tiger making a run for the leader during the third and fourth round, but unfortunately for the hopes of other golfers, it was round 2 that Tiger took over the lead. Other contenders for the Fedex Cup title include Mickelson, Stricker, Choi, and Sabbatini. Choi is the closest to Tiger at -8, followed by Mickelson at -6, and Stricker and Sabbatini at -4.

Tiger had a chance to easily beat the course record today after shooting 7-under on the front nine but had two bogeys on the back nine.