Woods Shares the Lead Going Into Bay Hill Weekend He looked like the Tiger Woods of old, making his way around Bay Hill with such ease that he putted for birdie on every hole and never came seriously close to anything worse than par. And after a 7-under 65 for a share of the lead, he sounded like the Woods of old. Even when he was winning with regularity, Woods never looked beyond the next round to the trophy presentation. But he could sense the feeling of inevitability from those seated in front of him Friday afternoon, so Woods on more than one occasion mentioned what was left. "I want to win - yes, absolutely," Woods said. We've got a long way to go. It's not like it's over right now. We've got 36 holes to go. Woods ran off four straight birdies on the front nine, then put his name atop the leaderboard with a two-putt birdie on the 16th, followed by a 6-iron to 15 feet for birdie on the 17th. Not long after Woods signed his card, Charlie Wi made four birdies on his last six holes for a 68 and joined him in the lead at 10-under 134. Wi has known Woods since their junior golf days in southern California - Wi is four years old and went to the same high school as Jerry Chang, who is Woods' best friend. Wi doesn't recall ever being paired with Woods on the PGA Tour, although he recalls beating him once when Wi was 13. Tiger Woods acknowledges the crowd after putting for par on the 18th green during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla., Friday, March 23, 2012. "He was 9," Wi said. I was outdriving him then. Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell had a tournament-best 63, which featured an eagle-par-birdie finish, and was one shot behind along with Jason Dufner, who had a 69. So much of the focus is on Woods, and that much hasn't changed. His recent record alone - and not his six wins at Bay Hill - would be reason to believe that this tournament is not quite over. It's the first time in 30 months that Woods has been atop the leaderboard at a PGA Tour event, going back to the 2009 Tour Championship, won by Phil Mickelson. More recently, Woods had the 36-hole lead at the Australian Open, only to struggle in the third round and rally on the last day to finish third. He did win the Chevron World Challenge in December, which was meaningful to Woods, especially that birdie-birdie finish at Sherwood. Then again, it was only an 18-man field of players from the top 50 in the world. "So it really has not been as long as people might think it has been," Woods said. I'm comfortable up there, and I feel like I'm playing well. We've still got a long way to go. We still have 36 holes to go. Still need to continue doing what I'm doing out there, just kind of plodding my way along. Woods at least is in better shape than he was two weeks ago. His future looked as muddled as ever when Woods was taken off the golf course in a cart at Doral because of soreness and swelling in his left Achilles tendon, the same injury that forced him to miss three months and two majors a year ago. One week later, he was practicing at Augusta National. Now, he's the player everyone is chasing on the weekend. "I saw him on television at Doral and didn't look good there," said Ernie Els, who played with Woods at Bay Hill, and played with him when Woods shot 62 on the last day of the Honda Classic. Today he was on, and today was the same as I saw at the Honda - very on. Woods only had a couple of nervous moments.