TULSA, Oklahoma, Aug 10 - Tiger Woods tied a major championship record with a spectacular 63 in charging to a two-stroke lead over fellow American Scott Verplank in the second round of the U.S. PGA Championship on Friday.

Woods came agonisingly close to setting the all-time low round in a major as his putt for birdie at the 18th hole spun out of the cup leaving him to tap in for par.

"I knew if I made that putt on the last hole, it would have been a nice little record to have," world number one Woods said about missing the birdie putt for 62. "But I guess 62 and a half is all right."

The remarkable round lifted Woods to six-under-par 134, two strokes better than Verplank, who shot a bogey-free round of 66.

Australian Geoff Ogilvy (68) and Canadian Stephen Ames (69) were tied at 137.

The 31-year-old American became the 21st player to shoot a 63 in one of the four major championships and the 10th to do so in a PGA Championship.

Greg Norman and Vijay Singh have both twice shot 63s in majors, and Thomas Bjorn of Denmark was the last to achieve it, posting the score in the third round of the 2005 PGA at Baltusrol.

SWELTERING DAY

World number one Woods, who stood six strokes off the pace after posting a one-over-par 71 in the opening round, scorched the Southern Hills layout late on another sweltering day with eight birdies against a lone bogey.

Woods made three birdies in his first five holes before taking a bogey-five at the seventh where he had an awkward lie in a greenside bunker.

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