The wind was swirling. The greens were crusty and hard.

Tiger Woods wears a concerned look as he watches his tee shot at the par-3 16th hole in the second round. Woods parred the hole on his way to a 1-under-par 71 on Friday that left him five shots behind leader Chad Campbell. (Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff)

But these are just the sort of conditions that make major championship golf fun, Tiger Woods said after shooting 1-under-par 71 on Friday at the Masters Tournament.

"I've never been a proponent of golf tournaments where you've got to shoot 20- to 30-under par just to win the golf tournament," Woods said. "I enjoy tournaments where if you shoot a round in the 60s, you've earned it and you're going to move up the board. I think that's what major championships are all about."

Woods, who shot even-par 72 on Thursday, is still waiting for that round in the 60s. But he keeps moving up the leaderboard.

The four-time Masters champion is in a 10th-place tie with six others at 1 under. He is five shots behind second round leader Chad Campbell, who shot 67 on Friday and is at 6 under heading into today's third round.

The theme for Friday's play can be summed up in one word: windy.

"There's a lot more wind today, and it was really swirling," said first-round leader Vijay Singh, who had a roller-coaster of a second round before ending the day with 74. "It was coming from all directions. It's pretty hard to figure out.

Woods reacts to a poor approach shot into the No. 9 green. He said he is in a good spot going into today's round. (Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff)

''You know the general idea where it's going, where it's coming from, but it just swirls around."

Campbell had a similar assessment.

"It's very tough out there," he said. "Especially this afternoon ... the winds were swirling quite a bit. It's getting pretty tough."

As far as Woods is concerned, the tougher the better, and he is closer to the lead heading into the third round of this Masters Tournament than the previous one - he trailed Chris DiMarco by six at the midway point in 2005.

"Well, I'm in contention, so it is a good spot, I guess," Woods said. "I'm only five back and with the forecast (thunderstorms are expected today), it's unpredictable as it's been all week. We'll see how it is (today)."

Reach Mike Wynn at (706) 823-3218 or mike.wynn@augustachronicle.com.

Woods reacts to a poor approach shot into the No. 9 green. He said he is in a good spot going into today's round. (Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff)