Woods was poised to make a run at his first win in more than two years, which would earn him enough points to clinch a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener next week in New Jersey.
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Having missed the cut at three consecutive majors – an unthinkable low for the greatest golfer of the past two decades – the 39-year-old was just two shots off the lead going into the final round of the Wyndham Championship.
I can go out there tomorrow and make a run and get myself up there and make some birdies. “I had all the opportunity in the world to do it and I didn’t get it done”.
Woods is expected to return in October at the Frys.com Open for the first event of the 2015-16 season.
“What is it they say – your phone is blowing up?” he said, “Mine is in a meltdown”.
Meanwhile, Tiger Woods, who started the day in the second-to-last grouping, fell back to 11th place after shooting 70, meaning that he won’t be participating in the FedEx Cup playoff. He also becomes the third-oldest victor of a PGA Tour event. “This tournament has been good to guys in my age group“.
“This is incredible”, Love said on CBS.
Love finished at 17-under 263. Gore, the third-round leader, shot a 69. Gore shot 69 Sunday to finish alone in second at 16-under, just ahead of a trio at 15-under (Charl Schwartzel, Paul Casey and Scott Brown).
Davis said his eagle at 15 was his first on that hole. Blixt shot a career-best 62, and Brown a 66.
“You don’t really know what to do, ” Love said. He said he applied for the coaching job at Pepperdine University, his alma mater, but did not get it. Live streaming online feeds can be seen via NBC Sports Golf Live Extra mobile apps or website.
Woods showed up at the Wyndham Championship to give this season one final chance, and a “W” on Sunday would certainly stand as an unqualified success, but his play this week will be measured in much more subtle terms.
Andrade closed with a one-over 73 to finish at nine-under 207 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge in Washington.
Webb Simpson and Bill Haas are each keeping themselves in contention and are two strokes off the pace at 13-under. It was his first 54-hole lead since the 2005 84 Lumber Classic, which he converted for his lone PGA TOUR title in a now 246 career starts. Andrade won four times on the PGA Tour.
Bernhard Langer and Jeff Freeman are tied for second.
U.S. AMATEUR: In Olympia Fields, Ill., NCAA champion Bryson DeChambeau and Derek Bard will meet today in the U.S. Amateur final.
While the birdies aren’t rolling in with the same frequency for Tiger or anyone else on Saturday at the Wyndham Championship, the main attraction is still in a share of the lead.
Erik Compton, a two-time heart transplant recipient who shared the first-round lead, withdrew before his third round with an injured left ankle.
He finished his round with back-to-back birdies on the eighth and ninth holes, closing by sinking a 50-foot putt.
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He settled for birdie on the par-5 fifth when his 10-foot eagle putt lipped out, then missed a 15-foot birdie putt on the next hole.
