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Golf-Tiger, pushing 40, has never heard of Wyndham co-leader

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods shared the halfway lead at the Wyndham Championship on Friday with a guy he has never heard of, let alone one he would recognise in a police lineup.

PGA Tour rookie Tom Hoge, born in North Carolina but raised in sparsely-populated North Dakota, earned a third-round pairing with the 14-times major champion at Sedgefield.

Asked by a reporter if he would recognise Hoge (pronounced Ho-Gee), Woods elicited roars of laughter when he responded: "No, I wouldn't. What is it, or him. I don't know."

Told that Hoge was the co-leader, Woods admitted he knew nothing about his fellow competitor, nor many of the other young players on tour.