Tiger Woods, seeking his first PGA Tour win in two years, was locked in a three-way tie for the lead halfway through his third round at the Wyndham Championship on Saturday.
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Golf: Tiger Woods fed off an “electric” atmosphere to card his lowest score in two years on the PGA Tour, a six-under 64 that left him two shots behind the first round leaders at the Wyndham Championship.
Woods – whose streak of 28 holes without a bogey ended on the 18th when his six-foot par putt lipped out – reeled off 10 consecutive pars before briefly moving within one stroke of Gore with a birdie on the par-three 16th.
The 14-times major champion Tiger Woods, who has slumped to 286 in the rankings, is eyeing to win his first title since the 2013 WGC Bridgestone.
“I’m just happy to be playing the weekend right now, okay?” said Woods.
He ran into trouble on No. 17, as his second shot fell victim to the false front of the green and dropped downhill back onto the fairway.
After Friday’s round, Woods mentioned that he needed to leave more of his approach shots below the hole.
“Going in to this week I’d have been very pleased to secure my job and a win would take care of that”. But vintage Tiger was on the prowl, as he sank his putt with the flawless touch.
Eight others were within two strokes, including Hoge who was even after 10 holes.
Woods is now tied on 13 under along with Sweden’s Jonas Blixt and American Scott Brown after firing three birdies in a 68, the BBC reported. “I had to putt too defensively because of it”.
“I went for the shot, and instead of playing something more conservative, the greens were hard and fast, and I wanted to play something long”, Woods said. “If I can shoot another 62, that should give me a good chance”. “Some I made, some I didn’t”.
The round leaves Woods perfectly poised to achieve what had seemed an improbable goal before the tournament – a victory which would guarantee him a berth in the lucrative four-leg post-season.
A victory is projected to move him into the top 75 on the FedEx Cup points list and effectively assure him a spot at not only next week’s Barclays but also the second playoff stop at TPC Boston, where he won in 2006.
The 41-year-old from Van Nuys, California, who last won a title with victory at the 84 Lumber Classic 10 years ago, recorded an impressive nine birdies – with a bogey on the second blotting his day.
“I’ve said this before I guess I wasn’t the guy that was going to further the Christian mission at Pepperdine”, he said.
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Two-time champion Lydia Ko bogeyed the final hole for a 3-under 69 to fall into a tie with Candie Kung for the third-round lead in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at Coquitlam, British Columbia. “It helps to play better and the atmosphere is incredible”.
