im Furyk & Chad Campbell lead at halfway

While Michelle Wie missed the cut by four strokes despite a valiant 68, 1996 champion Furyk finished on six-under 134, level with fellow American Chad Campbell.

David Toms, the 2001 U.S. PGA champion, returned a 69 to lie third at five under with Australia's Stuart Appleby (66) a further shot back in a share of fourth with Jerry Smith (67), J.B. Holmes (66) and Camilo Villegas, who fired a best-of-the-week 64.

Jerry Kelly, the 2002 winner, was among a group of players at three under after returning a 69.

World number two and defending champion Vijay Singh improved on his first-round 71, a three-birdie 69 lifting him into a share of 29th place at level par.

The halfway cut fell at three-over 143 with 82 players qualifying for the weekend.

Furyk produced an error-free display on a blustery day of drizzle and sunshine at Waialae Country Club, featuring three birdies in his outward nine and nine consecutive pars after the turn.

"I'm happy with that," the 35-year-old told reporters. "Two tough days in the wind, it started to let up a little bit out there while we were finishing.

"But I'm tired. It tests you as much mentally as it does physically. I'm looking for a little rest and I'll be ready to go tomorrow."

The 2003 U.S. Open champion has always felt at home on the par-70 layout.

"I've played well here in the past, so that has a lot to do with it," he said. "It helps. You can think back to good memories when you step on the property, which is always nice."

Texas-born Campbell, who matched Furyk with successive 67s, conceded he liked playing in the wind.

"I played a lot in it growing up," he said. "It makes it interesting. You've got to play a lot of different shots, hitting three-quarter shots and keeping it down under the wind.

"The hardest part is putting in the wind because that's a real guessing game in how it's going to take the ball.

"I love coming here and I've had a couple of good rounds. I think the course suits me really well."

Local favourite Wie, whose chances of making the cut for the first time in a men's event effectively disappeared with an opening 79, rallied with a gutsy display featuring seven birdies and five bogeys.

Playing in the event for the third time, the 16-year-old Honolulu schoolgirl thrilled the huge galleries with a superb run of four birdies in five holes around the turn.

Although she dropped two shots over the closing stretch, she finished her round in style with a birdie at the par-five last.

"I just tried to relax out there, have fun and make lots of birdies," Wie said after equalling her best round in a PGA Tour event.

"Although I made a couple of stupid mistakes, I felt a lot better today."

The game's most celebrated teenager since Tiger Woods, Wie has now failed to make the cut in seven men's events, four of them on the PGA Tour.

She has also missed the cut in two of her first three tournaments since turning professional last October, both of them playing alongside the men. She was disqualified in the other.

Australia's Steven Bowditch, who carded an opening 75, was disqualified from the tournament for playing the wrong ball on the 11th hole during Friday's round.