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Villegas aiming to snap 2011 slump

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Camilo Villegas hasn’t had a top-10 since the 2010 THE TOUR Championship.

CAMILO VILLEGAS: Scorecard | Shot Tracker

It only took a trip to his beloved Harbour Town to get Camilo Villegas’ season back on track.

It was that bad.

Villegas began the year in the Hyundai Tournament of Champions but was DQed after signing an incorrect scorecard after a rules violation. The rest of the year has been a total wash — he was bounced in the first round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, and he’s been shut out of the top 25 in all nine events he’s entered.

All from a player that was once ranked as high as seventh in the Official World Golf Ranking. The culprit? Wild driving and bad putting. He entered the week ranked near last in greens hit, putting average and driving accuracy.

But the tight fairways and small greens seen at Harbour Town have gotten him back on track. Midway through the second round, Villegas is leading at 9 under, one shot ahead of defending champion Jim Furyk. He’s hit two-thirds of his fairways and greens — a large number vs. the field this week — and he’s close to securing one of the last tee times for the third round. A lot of that momentum stems from his chip-in for eagle on the par-5 fifth on Thursday (watch it here). He shook off the weather delay to shoot 66, and he’s added five more birdies on Friday.

“I I rolled some nice putts, a couple nice par saves, and that’s what it takes around what is almost the best golf course we play on TOUR,” Villegas said Thursday.

Here’s a look at Villegas’ season to date: