Tiger Woods’ controversial double hit will overshadow everything that occurred in the second round of the Hero World Challenge, as it should. The most low-key event of the season will take any jolt of life it can get, but that’s a shame, because there was some spectacular golf played on Friday in The Bahamas, including from Woods.

Leading the way was Jon Rahm, who carded a bogey-free nine-under 63 that saw him never go longer than two holes without a birdie. He’s made more birdies than any player in the field, and had it not been for a costly double bogey at the 18th on Thursday he’d be your solo leader. Through 36 holes, Rahm is tied with Henrik Stenson, who fired a six-under 66 to go with his first-round 68.

Despite this being his first appearance at Albany, Rahm has already acclimated nicely, something he credits to his time at Arizona State.

Tiger Woods of the United States sets up to play his second shot from the edge of a bush on the 18th hole during the second round of the 2018 Hero World Challenge at Albany Bahamas on November 30, 2018 in Nassau, Bahamas. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

“After four years of college I got really used to learning a course quickly, because we didn’t have much time,” said Rahm. “I’m really comfortable, I think the biggest challenge out here is the wind changes, yesterday having one wind, today having a completely different wind. It’s just being able to manage that.”

While this wouldn’t count as an official victory, it’d still be nice to get back in the win column for the young Spaniard. He hasn’t notched a worldwide victory since April’s Spanish Open, and his last PGA Tour win came in January of 2017 at the CareerBuilder Challenge. Just because this is a silly season event doesn’t mean he doesn’t want it badly.

“It’s a really, really relaxed vibe, but at the same time we’re all extremely competitive, we’re all in the top 25 in the world, so we want to beat each other. I don’t think it takes much for any of us to get in competitive mode, at least me, it doesn’t take much to get me really motivated.”

One back of Stenson and Rahm are Patrick Cantlay and Dustin Johnson. Johnson posted a five-under 67 that included a back-nine 31, while Cantlay shot a two-under 70.