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With a single revolution of a golf ball around the 18th hole, Tiger Woods fell out of the final pairing and was left with a third round, 2-under par 68.
Especially on that first hole.
That score was matched by Sweden’s Jonas Blixt, who was tied for second on 13 under with Woods and another American, Scott Brown. “I couldn’t get on the run Jason and Jonas did”.
It is the first time the former world No. 1 has held an end-of-round lead since he won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone in August 2013.
“I felt good“, Woods said. “I respect him”.
In barely 10 years, Tiger Woods will be too, if he is interested. “It’s awesome to see him playing well again”.
Had he pulled out a day earlier, the cut line would have moved to 2 under and 19 more players – including bubble players Michael Putnam (No. 134) and Tom Gillis (No. 138) would still be around this weekend.
Each golfers score was a a career low round on the PGA Tour.
The way he was grinning from ear to ear after topping the leaderboard at 11-under par at the Wyndham Championship proved as to how satisfied he was looking.
Simpson, a Raleigh native who lives in Charlotte, had a 6-under 64 and was in a five-way tie with a 12-under 198.
USA’s Jason Gore shot an eight-under 62 for a two-shot lead on 15 under par, with England’s Paul Casey on 12 under. “I kind of kickstarted my way back into the tournament”.
For the third straight day, Woods got the rock star treatment at Sedgefield, where it seemed everyone on the course was with his group. In the first round at Chamber Bay, and the US Open, he bogeyed the sixth hole to go one over for the tournament. Unfortunately, they were all for par from 6 feet on in. Woods caught him by rolling in a 5-foot birdie putt on the fifth before Gore shot past them both.
It was the Tiger who has won 79 PGA Tour events talking afterward, not the one who has suffered through two mostly brutal years of golf.
Back in the good ol’ days, the 14-time major champion would have increased his lead and had an easy stroll to victory in the final round. He said he applied for the coaching job at Pepperdine University, his alma mater, but did not get it.
There is no denying the fact that the sort of stellar performance that he has come out with during the Wyndham Championship after coming off a 64 on Thursday. His chip back idled short of the green and he had to scramble for bogey. He has only 15 top-10 finishes in the past decade. He’s at No. 187 on the FedEx Cup points list and probably needs a win to earn a playoff spot.
“It was a grind”, said Woods, who must at least finish second to have a chance to qualify for the Barclays, the FedEx Cup playoffs opener next week.