Day, Snedeker tied for lead at Deutsche Bank

Golf: About the only thing fun for Jason Day was being atop the leaderboard in the Deutsche Bank Championship.

One day after he opened with a 63 in conditions so calm he might as well have been playing indoors, Day found out quickly what he was up against Saturday in tree-shaking wind on the TPC at Boston in Norton, Mass.

He hit a tee shot down the middle and found it in the right rough.

He aimed his 9-iron 10 yards left of his target and saw it fly over the green.

Day got away with it by chipping in for birdie on his way to a 4-under-par 67 to share the lead with Brandt Snedeker, the second straight week the 22-year-old Australian has been a 36-hole leader in the FedEx Cup playoffs.

“It was a little tougher out there today,” Day said. “It wasn’t as fun as yesterday, I’ll tell you that much.”

Snedeker went from the rain showers of Hurricane Earl to breezy conditions in his second round and had a 7-under 64.

Tiger Woods turned his game around at the right time.

In jeopardy of missing the cut and missing out on the rest of the FedEx Cup playoffs, Woods played bogey-free for the first time in more than a year for a 6-under 65 that left him in the middle of the pack.

Woods, who started in a tie for 87th, moved up to a tie for 29th and was seven shots behind with 36 holes to play.

Day, in the 36-hole lead for the second straight week in these playoffs, and Snedeker were at 12-under 130. They were one shot ahead of FedEx Cup leader Matt Kuchar (65) and Charley Hoffman (67).

Alex Prugh (Ferris HS) shot a 76 and missed the cut.

• Schulz leads First Tee: Ted Schulz shot an 8-under 64 – his best competitive round in nearly 20 years – at Pebble Beach to take a three-stroke lead over first-lead leader Mark Calcavecchia and Tom Kite in the First Tee Open in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Schulz, 50, a two-time PGA Tour winner who has only conditional status on the Champions Tour, had nine birdies and one bogey in the second round to reach 12-under 132.

Calcavecchia shot a 71 at Pebble Beach after an opening-round 64 at Del Monte. Kite shot a 68, also at Pebble Beach.

Quality Road cruises at Woodward Stakes

Horse racing: Heavily favored Quality Road drew away in the stretch and cruised to a 43/4-length victory in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The Todd Pletcher-trained Quality Road, a 3-10 favorite ridden by John Velazquez, ran 11/8 miles in 1:50 and earned $450,000 for owner Edward P. Evans.

Quality Road paid $2.60, $2.10 and $2.10. Runner-up Mythical Power returned $5.90 and $4.40 and Tranquil Manner earned $4.60 to show.

• Tell a Kelly rallies: Tell a Kelly rallied from last in the early going to win the $250,000 Darley Debutante for 2-year-old fillies by 41/2 lengths at Del Mar, Calif.

Ridden by Alonso Quinonez, Tell a Kelly covered seven furlongs in 1:23.05 and paid $11.20, $5.60 and $3.60.

Wickedly Perfect returned $4.40 and $3.20 as the 5-2 favorite, while 30-1 long shot Rigoletta was another 21/4 lengths back in third and paid $9.20 to show.

Scientists develop gene doping tests

Doping: Two groups of scientists have developed tests for gene doping in what the World Anti-Doping Agency hailed as a major breakthrough in fighting the next frontier in cheating in sports.

Scientists in Germany said they have come up with a blood test that can provide “conclusive proof” of gene doping, even going back as far as 56 days from when the doping took place.

And a U.S.-French research team has devised its own method for detecting genetic doping in muscles.

The discoveries raise the possibility that a valid gene-doping test can be implemented by the 2012 London Olympics.

Gene doping is the practice of using genetic engineering to artificially enhance athletic performance.

Plans under way to recover Arum’s body

Miscellany: Hampered by extremely difficult terrain and deteriorating weather, rescuers carefully planned how to recover the body of John Arum, the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum who died while mountain climbing in Washington’s North Cascades National Park.

“This is going to be a fairly technical and high-risk recovery,” park spokeswoman Kerry Olson said.

The body of the 49-year-old Arum, a highly respected Seattle environmental attorney and outdoor enthusiast, was spotted Friday afternoon from a National Park Service helicopter at about the 7,700-foot level on the north face of 8,500-foot Storm King Mountain.

National Park Service workers were trying to develop a plan to recover the body, which is in an area so rugged “that people can’t rappel down or climb up to it,” Olson said.

• Burns wins boxing belt: Scotland’s Ricky Burns recovered from a first-round knockdown to win the WBO super-featherweight belt from the previously unbeaten Roman Martinez of Puerto Rico in Glasgow, Scotland.

The judges scored the bout 115-113 and 115-112 twice in favor of Burns.

Burns improved to 29-2 while Martinez dropped to 24-1.