Immelman Leads Masters After Two Rounds

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Immelman Leads Masters After Two Rounds

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) _ Trevor Immelman gave Tiger Woods an
impressive number to shoot at. Showing that 4-under 68 in the opening round was no fluke, Immelman put up the same score today with birdies on the final two holes to break a logjam atop the leaderboard at Augusta National.

The South African was at 8-under 136 heading to the weekend and
one stroke ahead of unheralded Brandt Snedeker, though Woods and
Justin Rose had just teed off in the second round and several other
top contenders were still on the course.

Immelman bounced back from his only mistake, a bogey at the
par-3 sixth, and finished strong with birdies at Nos. 17 and 18. He
rolled in a 15-footer on the final hole, appearing fully recovered
from some scary health issues over the past year.

Immelman lost 20 pounds because of a stomach parasite after last
year's Masters, and late in the year a benign tumor was removed
from his diaphragm. Still on the mend, he missed the cut in half
his events this season, and his best showing in a stroke-play event
is a tie for 40th.

Immelman said, ``I realized that it can be taken away from you
real fast. I feel like I've been loaned a talent. I'm trying to do
as well as I can.''

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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