LEMONT, Ill. — Tiger Woods and Mark Wilson were in a tie for the lead yesterday at the BMW Championship, two players who have every reason to feel right at home at Cog Hill.

One practices here all the time. The other seems to win here all the time.

Woods made two solid par saves from deep bunkers early in his round, ran off three straight birdies at the turn and cashed in on enough good shots for a 4-under 67 to put him atop the leaderboard for the first time since the PGA Championship.

Woods is a four-time winner at Cog Hill, including his most recent appearance two years ago in the BMW Championship.

Wilson, who birdied his final hole for a 5-under 66, moved to Chicago about five years ago and now spends most of his time on this public golf course in the Chicago suburbs.

"This summer when I've been home, I've been primarily coming out here because I thought it made sense to get ready to see the new golf course," said Wilson, alluding to the Rees Jones renovation.

They were at 7-under 135, with Padraig Harrington (68), Rory Sabbatini (70), Bo Van Pelt (69) and Marc Leishman (69) at 136.

LPGA TOUR

WIE FIVE BACK IN ARKANSAS

Sandra Gal's eagle-3 on the 18th hole capped a 7-under 64 for a one-shot lead after the first round of the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship at Rogers, Ark. Hawai'i's Michelle Wie, a Punahou alum and Stanford student, opened with a 69.

NATIONWIDE TOUR

FUJIKAWA MISSES CUT

Hawai'i's Tadd Fujikawa shot a second consecutive 1-under 70 yesterday and missed the cut by one stroke in the Utah Championships at Sandy, Utah. Craig Bowden, with back-to-back 65s, holds a one-stroke lead over John Kimbell (65—131).

EUROPEAN TOUR

TWO TIED IN MERCEDES

Scott Strange shot a 4-under 68 and Chris Wood had a 69 to share a one-stroke lead with 135 totals after the second round of the Mercedes-Benz Championship at Cologne, Germany.