Once again, it's Tiger Woods' world.

Or, more precisely, it's looking like it will be Tiger's Target World Challenge, where he blistered the Sherwood Country Club course in Friday's second round with a tournament-record 10-under-par 62 that lifted him to 13 under after 36 holes.

The world's No. 1 player piled up eight birdies, one eagle, no bogeys and one clutch par save in finishing at 131 after two rounds, or four strokes better than second-place Jim Furyk.

Woods, vying for his fourth championship and second in a row in the event he hosts each year in Thousand Oaks, continues to open up a gap between him and everybody else as long as the 580-yard No. 13 on the Sherwood course. Or, maybe, two or three No. 13s.

Imagine the dilemma for Furyk, who held a one-shot lead after Thursday's first round, shot 5 under on Friday only to be blitzed by Woods.

"I shot a good number, and now I'm pretty far behind," Furyk said.

Woods attributed much of the credit to his short game. On Friday he only needed 27 putts.

"I made a lot more putts, with a couple of bombs in there," he said with a broad smile. "I was playing well, and I got a little lucky at times."

On a low-scoring day for a quality field, only a handful of players appear to be in position to challenge Woods over the next two days.

Furyk, the first-round leader, Padraig Harrington, the reigning British Open championship, and Zach Johnson, who won the Masters in April, were among six players who shot rounds of 5-under-par 67. Furyk trails by four, Johnson is five strokes back and Harrington is seven off the lead.

"It doesn't surprise me," Johnson said of Woods' round. "He never surprises me. He's just that impressive all the time, and you just have to control what you're doing and not worry about him."

Even Woods said the round of 10 under — with only one round on the PGA Tour in 2007 going lower — makes for a tough encore.

"It's really difficult," he said. "You want to stay the same, but you never really do. It's just a matter of going shot by shot and seeing what happens."

Woods said he remained aware of his record number on the back nine.

"Today, I knew," Woods said. "When you don't know what you're number is that usually happens on a Sunday when you're in a battle with someone and the number you're shooting really doesn't matter."

Woods' hot start included birdies at No. 6 and No. 9, where the 16-player field totaled just one at each hole in the opening round. He also birdied the second and fifth holes.

His third-shot approach on the par-4 ninth landed just 10 feet from the hole. He rolled in the birdie putt to finish the front nine at 7 under.

On the back nine, Woods continued his assault.

On the 522-yard, par-5 11th Woods' second shot landed directly below the hole and left him with a 15-footer for an eagle. He nailed the putt, pushing his two-round total to 9 under.

Just one hole later, on the par-3 12th, Woods' tee shot positioned him around 3 feet to the right of the hole. Woods turned it into a one-putt to notch his fifth birdie of the afternoon. A fourth consecutive birdie on No. 13 pushed him to 11 under.

His seventh birdie, on the par-3 17th, was sealed by a 50-foot putt that skidded directly into the hole. Woods' lone miscue came on the par-5 16th, where his tee shot peeled left and found the plants inside a concrete pathway.

Even then, he included a remarkable shot to save par. After taking a drop, and laying up underneath the hole, his impeccable approach landed him inside 5 feet from the cup.

"That was significant," he said. "When you're playing well, you don't want to give it all away with a silly mistake on one hole, kind of like happened to me (Thursday). By saving par, I was able to keep all the momentum."

Today's pairings: 9:50 a.m.—Colin Montgomerie, Rory Sabbatini.

10 a.m.— Niclas Fasth, Brett Wetterich.

10:10 a.m. — Fred Couples, Lee Westwood.

10:20 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Mark Calcavecchia.

10:30 a.m. — Luke Donald, Steve Stricker.

10:40 a.m. — Paul Casey, Vijay Singh.

10:50 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Padraig Harrington 11 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk.