Tiger Woods shot a course record 62 at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club to take a seven shot lead heading into the final round of the BMW Championship. Woods, who is at 16-under par through three rounds, also tied the tournament record set by Jim Furyk last year at Bellerive Country Club.
A bogey on the first hole didn’t slow down Woods. He recouped the shot with a birdie on the third hole and added another on the sixth hole. Woods finished the side with a birdie on the eighth hole and an eagle on the ninth, that saw his 3-wood land 10-feet from the cup from about 300 yards. After a par on the 10th hole, Woods made birdie on five of the next seven holes before ending the day with a par on 18.
Brandt Snedeker and Marc Leishman are tied for second place at nine-under par. Padraig Harrington is tied with Matt Kuchar for fourth place. Mark Wilson, who shared the lead with Woods at the start of the round, shot 71 to fall into a tie for sixth place with John Senden at seven-under par. Jim Furyk, Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia and Bubba Watson round out the top 10 tied for eighth place at six-under par, 10 shots behind Woods.
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Tiger’s the name!
It looks like this will be the first time since the inception of the FedEx Cup that it will head into an entertaining final playoff with Tiger Woods stamping his authority over the BMW. I guess what sets apart great players from the really good ones is their sense of the occasion and that is why Tiger is what he is.
Many perhaps would scoff at the above comments, specially considering what happened in the earlier tournament and also, more importantly, at the US Open. But if you look at the great man’s record over the last decade or so, one thing is or sure, that each time it has mattered, he has sealed the deal. Brandt Snedeker put it in the best words possible when he was asked about his chances before the final round and he said, “I guess for me to win, I will have to play a really good round and Tiger will need to have a heart attack out there.”
And for him to card his best round of the year, after making bogey on the very first hole, when I am sure a lot of people around him would have been thinking about the chances of Tiger recovering. He went one better, didn’t he?
I think it is fair to say that this year’s TOUR Championship will be one to remember. Woods seems to be gearing up and the week off will not only help Woods but the rest of the 30 man field.