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Tiger Woods celebrates a birdie on No. 9 in the third round. (Peter Morrison / Associated Press)
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – The idea of Tiger Woods as a threat to major tournaments, which wavered throughout the imaginary of golf even as it spent much of this decade dormant, came back fiercely Saturday. when Woods' name appeared on the chart of the British Open . He had passed a third round in placid conditions by the North Sea making a steep and fast climb.
In birdieing six of his first 14 holes in bogeying none, Woods had even gone par and a tie tied for 29th place in, temporarily, a tie for the first time in his first league appearance since 2015. When he finished with a dip of 66, he scored his lowest number in a major tournament since the 2011 Masters (57 major rounds), and his lowest on a weekend since the US Open 2010 (70 major rounds) . Suddenly, a brilliant board of directors with Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Zach Johnson and, for a time, Rickie Fowler, also got the name "Woods".
At that time, it seemed like the big thing was right
"I played well today," Woods said. I really, really did it. At 42, 15 months after a back surgery, he credited with rehabilitating it, he said, "It's been a few years since I felt like that."
Only at par-3 At the 16th hole When Woods's fine move met a foolish chance and rolled badly to the right and next to the green, he found his first boguey. "I really did not hit a bad shot before 18," said Woods, who got the chance payback with his player on the latter, who landed on the infamous stone embankment of Barry Burn, then stayed dry, even from there, standing next to the burn, Woods played cautiously on the right path, then chipped beautifully on another part of the curvy burn and at a safe distance from the hole, closing with a beautiful by save. "It was important to me, just not to finish two bogeys in the last three holes, [after] playing as well as me," he said.
When Woods finished, he held to 5 in three rounds, the clubhouse leader and two shots behind the current scores set by the rising Americans Xander Schauffele and Kevin Kisner, and a shot behind a group that included Spieth, who was still changing shape and size. Many contenders remained in their top nine, suggesting that Woods' position could drop further given the quiet air.
Woods claimed to have not noticed that he had spent about 20 minutes at the top of the plateau. He said that he started the day knowing that several golfers or more could go further, and he ended the day hoping that none of them went to the 10 below normal. "At least I know I'll be there with luck," he said. "He will not be too out of reach."
"It's close" to culminate, said Shaun Norris, the 36-year-old South African who played alongside Woods. "He's very close, I will not put him in front of him to come back the next two months and really shoot, he's really starting to roll the ball."
Woods, who had birdied the two holes by 5, once in four, tried the first two rounds, made a birdie (Saturday 6 and 14). He also made birdie of No. 4, 9 (with a 30-foot putt), 10, 11 (with a 95-foot stress-free two-putt) and 14 (with another stress-free two-putt). He hit 80% of the aisles and 78% of the greens. His best times have excelled, and he said: "I've hit so many putts today."
As he was finishing and leaving the putting green at No. 18, he was playing his third major this season having missed eight in an Online, the man who has won 14 major titles but none since 2008 seemed absolutely younger than his 42.
With him, the imaginations flew away, as when A reporter asked what meant a major 15th title given all the strain and hubbub and surgery since the 14th, which was the US Open 2008 at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
"We are not here yet," said Woods. "I know what you're trying to say asking me, but let me try to get there first, then ask me again."
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