LA JOLLA, Calif. Another good day of weather at the Buick Invitational meant another good score for Ted Tryba.

Tryba shot a second straight 7-under-par 65 today and held a one-shot lead over Dennis Paulson at the midway point of the tournament.

And for a change, he got to play under sunny conditions, far different from some of his previous rounds at Torrey Pines.

Tryba still gets heated when talk turns to the 1992 tournament in San Diego, an event that included one round played in a heavy fog and another canceled because of the weather.

"We're finally getting some good weather here. I hit better when it's hot,'' said Tryba, who has missed the cut in five of six previous appearances at Torrey Pines. "That fog was unbearable. They should have called play.''

More sun is in the forecast for Tryba, who was at 14-under-par 130 after two rounds.

"I don't want to shake a stick at a 65,'' said Tryba, who played the second round on the tougher South Course. "But realistically, I have to put myself in the mind frame that I can shoot better.''

Tryba may need to improve to keep ahead of Paulson, who opened his round with a tournament record-tying 7-under 29 on the back nine of the South Course and finished with an 8-under 64 for a 131 total.

"That back nine was about as fun as it can get,'' said Paulson, who played on the Nike Tour the last two years. "After No. 15, I told my caddie, `This is a joke. I'm hitting everything today.'''

Paulson had two eagles and three birdies in tying the mark set by Brian Henninger in last year's tourney for the low score on the South's back nine.

Through his first eight holes, Paulson hit the fairway on each tee shot. The, after his next tee shot went into trees, he still recovered for an eagle.

"On No. 18, I had my first bad swing of the day,'' Paulson said. "Then I had a 125-yard shot after coming out of the trees, and although it was hard to tell, I think it caught the flag.''

Paulson, who lives in nearby Vista, contributes to a largely no-name cast comprising the leaderboard.

Past tourney champions Davis Love III (142) and Phil Mickelson (142) failed to make the cut, which came at 141.

Frank Lickliter, who trailed by two shots after the first round, shot a 66 on the South Course and was three shots off the pace. Next at four back was Billy Ray Brown, who had a 65 on the North Course. Tiger Woods had a rough day with double bogeys on the 10th and 14th holes of South Course, both par-4s, and finished with a 71 for a total 139, tied for 36th place.

Woods's tee shot landed amid shrubs on the 14th hole. He took a drop in the bushes and placed his next shot behind a pine tree before finally reaching the green in four and two-putting for double bogey.

On the 10th hole, Woods's second shot flew over the gallery in a flower bed, where he received a free drop because of ground under repair. However, he left his third shot just short of the green, then took three more stroke to hole out.

Paulson encountered trouble on his second nine. He started with a bogey on the first hole and only hit two fairways off the tee on those nine holes.

"I hit it pretty loose on my last nine. It's weird,'' Paulson said. "On my first nine, I called a couple of shots and made them. I had all that momentum going to No. 1.''

Brown, who had a first-round 69, closed with an eagle on the par-5 18th hole, just as he did on the South Course in the opening round Thursday.

After a bogey on the fourth hole of the second round, Brown stood was 1-over for the day but he rebounded on the next hole for the first of six birdies.