Tiger Woods shot 4-under in Round 3 of the Genesis Invitational on Saturday, lowering his tournament score to 3-under. The score marks his lowest in any PGA Tour round in 848 days.
in which he sustained multiple serious leg injuries. His last competitive round of golf came last July at The Open Championship, where he missed the cut at 9-over after two rounds.Woods — a 15-time major champion — owns 82 career PGA Tour wins, tied for the most all time.When it comes to his sustained play in part-time competition, you should feel pretty darn good. Woods appeared to languish though his closing holes on Friday, finishing with three bogeys in his final four second-round holes.
His gait looked more and more strained. It seemed, at that point, like he might be best off missing the cut and not being forced to labor through the weekend. Instead, a late move on the second round cut line secured Woods a spot for the weekend and, instead of struggling, he thrived. Three birdies and an eagle fueled his 4-under 67. His 9-of-14 fairways hit were his most this week and he followed Friday’s struggles on the green by gaining 1.029 strokes putting. Woods looked the part of a competitive PGA Tour player Saturday.
Perhaps most impressively, he ranks 12th in driving distance among all players for the week, averaging 303 yards off the tee.At 3-under, Woods is too far out of contention to make a play for the top of the leaderboard, but is only three shots back from those in a five-way tie for 10th place at 6-under. Another solid showing on Sunday and he could maybe reasonably climb up to post a top-10 finish, which would be a major success by all imaginable measures.
The week feels like a success as it is. Despite the long layoff from competitive play, Woods currently sits ahead of the likes of Tony Finau, Sungjae Im and Xander Schauffele.
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