Tiger Woods unhappy despite 66 - Dubai Desert Classic 2006

Woods found the water twice Friday during the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic to trail Retief Goosen and Danish journeyman Anders Hansen. Two bogeys and a double bogey -- plus two balls in the water -- left Woods in a tie for second.

Hansen shot a 63 and Goosen, of South Africa, had a 67 to tie for the lead with a 13-under 131 total.

"Frustrating," Woods said. "You know me, I hate dropping shots. Especially when you have a good round going like that."

Woods is tied with Nick Dougherty (66) and Richard Green (69) at 11 under. Six players failed to complete the round because of darkness, and will finish early Saturday before the third round.

Defending champion Ernie Els was three shots off the lead after a 66. By making his 70th straight cut on the European tour, he broke Bernhard Langer's record of 69.

This is Woods' third attempt to win the European tour's flagship event. He stumbled on the 72nd hole five years ago, knocking his approach into the water to lose by two shots to Thomas Bjorn. Two years ago, he finished five shots behind Florida neighbor Mark O'Meara.

Woods was 6-under after eight holes, taking advantage of lush greens, still winds and temperatures in the low 80s.

Woods' round collapsed Friday on his ninth hole -- the 547-yard 18th -- with a water ball and a bogey.

His drive found a hazard down the right side. The ball rested against TV cables, near a stoney bank surrounding a pond. He was allowed to move the cables, but then sliced a low iron into the water protecting the front of the green. Taking a penalty, he hit his fourth shot to 7 feet -- but missed the putt to save par.

"I didn't have a very good lie, and I was marginal whether I should go for it or not," Woods said. "I was just trying to hit the ball somewhere to the left of the hole and it just squirted off to the right and fell in a little nosedive."

The second nine was up and down -- four birdies to go with a double bogey. He found water again on the par-3 No. 4, dropping his tee shot into a pond to the right of the green. This time, he made a double bogey, failing to drop a 2-foot putt. He added a bogey on No. 6.

Hansen, a one-time winner on the European Tour in 11 years, had nine birdies and couldn't stop smiling.

"I was grinning and laughing on 14 and my caddie asked me why, and I wouldn't tell him," Hansen said. "I just felt I couldn't go wrong and that feeling is such a good feeling. I wish I could have that every day. All of a sudden today, everything seemed to go in."

Goosen, who is playing his first tournament in six weeks, had other things on his mind.

His 3-year-old son, Leo, escaped injury Thursday in a car accident in London. No one in either car was injured.

"Luckily, everybody is still breathing," said Goosen, who turned 37 on Friday.

The two-time U.S. Open champion tied for the lead on the final hole, dropping a twisting 20-foot birdie putt after his 3-iron to the green barely cleared water at the front.