Tiger Woods leads by two
The Big Cat was impressive yet again on Saturday. He began his round with a birdie on the first hole, a 405-yard par-4, then gave the shot back right away with a bogey on the 363-yard par-4 2nd. But that turned out to be his only hiccup. Four pars followed, and then another birdie on the par-3 7th, bringing him to one under par on the day and seven under par overall.
Woods closed out the front side with two more pars to make the turn at one under, and then kicked into high gear on the back, with birdies on Nos. 10, 11, 13, 17 and 18 to finish at five under par on the back, six under par for the round, and 12 under par for the tournament.
Woods’ round was the second best of the day, behind Keegan Bradley, who shot seven under par. Collin Morikawa and Sungjae Im also shot rounds of six under.
Woods is chasing an historic number this week, as a win would get him to the coveted No. 82, and tie him with Sam Snead on the all-time list.
Who else is in the hunt?
U.S. Open champ Gary Woodland, local favorite Hideki Matsuyama and former PGA champion Keegan Bradley are all within striking distance.
Woodland, who led at the halfway point in his round, is in solo second, two shots behind, after firing a second round of 66, while Matsuyama and Bradley are four shots back after a 67 and 63, respectively.
