Tiger Woods closed with a typical flourish to move within one shot of the lead after a stellar second round at the World Golf Championships today.

Australian Geoff Ogilvy was the signed for a second round 67 to lead on 12 under, one ahead of Woods and three ahead of compatriot Adam Scott who shot 68.

Woods, who has won his past seven tournament starts, carded two eagles in a six-under-par 66 in a testing easterly breeze at Doral Resort's Blue Monster.

He finished in style with birdies at his final two holes, sinking a sharply-breaking 20-footer at the last to punctuate another excellent day at the office.

Woods, who played the par-five holes in a total of four under, said that was the key to his round.

"The par fives are where you've got to score," he said. "With today's wind, you could hit two (of them) with irons, so you've got to make sure you take care of those.

"Play those in three or four under and the rest of the round in one or two under and you're looking pretty good.

"On (number 12) I had a simple little bunker shot and kept telling myself to make sure I hit it hard enough. When it landed, I thought 'that looks pretty good' and about two feet out it was centre cut."

Graeme McDowell added a 71 to his opening 72 and is well off the pace on one-under.

This World Golf Championships event has become Woods' own personal property. He has won it six times in eight attempts, on six different courses no less.

He started the day two strokes behind overnight leaders Ogilvy and Miguel Angel Jimenez, but it did not take long for that to change as he eagled his third hole, the par-five 12th, with the aforementioned 40-foot bunker shot.

He added a birdie at the par-four 16th, before picking up another eagle at the par-five first, where he busted a 330-yard drive before hitting a well-judged seven-iron that nestled up little more than six feet from the pin.

Not that he was perfect, dropping a shot at the dangerous par-four third where, in making sure he avoided the water lurking right of the fairway, he pulled his drive behind a tree and had little choice but to lay up with his second shot.

But that was the first and only blemish on his card as he stamped his authority on the tournament.

Woods has not lost in more than six months, winning five times on the US PGA Tour, the European Tour's Dubai Desert Classic and his own unofficial Target Challenge.

Ogilvy, meanwhile, played in relative peace and quiet, far from the crowds tracking Woods.

The 2006 US Open champion gathered two birdies on his outward half, before picking up three more birdies to go 12-under.