Tiger Woods of the USA putts on the 1st hole during round two of the 2009 Australian Masters at Kingston Heath Golf Club on November 13, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)
As she sat in the front row among the massive 24,007 crowd at Kingston Heath, Kultida Woods' only child again did everything his hosts could have asked of him.
He drew another huge gallery, he leads the tournament, he filled the newspapers, he charmed the media.
All in a day's work..
"I didn't really do anything great," Woods said after shooting a four-under par 68 to move to 10-under and a three-shot lead at the halfway point of the Australian Masters.
It's the least he could do, with his hosts paying him $3 million just for turning up for his four days' work.
Mrs Woods moved with the gallery, ushered into a front row folding seat at most tees and greens, and she wore a giant straw hat to shield herself from the blazing sun that was baking the fairways and greens into a nice hard road for the weekend.
From under her hat, she saw her boy put on another methodical performance which at times required some of his best scrambling golf.
He found a couple of bunkers and missed the fairway a couple of times, but repeatedly sank pressure putts to save par and did not drop a shot for the day, while carding four birdies.
"To shoot 68 today, I thought that was a pretty good number," Woods said.
"Not to drop a shot, you feel good about those days."
Going in to Saturday's third round, he'd also be feeling pretty good about the three shot buffer he has over fellow American Jason Dufner and Australian pair Greg Chalmers and James Nitties.
Dufner shared the best round of the day, shooting five-under-par, including seven birdies, to move to seven-under.
At one stage the world No.67 was at nine-under, but two late bogeys spoiled what would have been a perfect day.
Chalmers also moved through the leaderboard with a round of 69, while Nitties backed up his opening round of six-under with a one-under 71.
