Tiger holds two-shot lead at Congressional

BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - Tiger Woods held a two-stroke lead over Anthony Kim and Hunter Mahan midway through the final round of the $6 million AT&T National at Congressional Country Club Sunday.

Through nine holes, world number one and tournament host Woods was two-under par on the pristine 7,255-yard course in suburban Washington, D.C., and 12-under overall.

Kim, the defending champion who began the day atop the leaderboard with Woods, took the lead briefly with a birdie on the opening hole but stumbled with bogeys on five and eight.

He stayed within striking distance of Woods with a birdie on nine.

Mahan was six-under on the day after 16 holes, managing seven birdies and just one bogey on the par four 14th.

American Cameron Beckman was in fourth place, one stroke adrift of Kim and Mahan.

(Writing by Steve Ginsburg; Editing by Justin Palmer)