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Tiger Woods vaults into contention with solid third round

Tiger Woods is just two shots off the lead at the Hero World Challenge.

At the end of the 2018-2019 PGA Tour season, the general consensus among analysts seemed to be that Presidents Cup captain Tiger Woods would be wrong to pick himself to play for the team, given his weak finish to the season and knee surgery in August. Just a week away from the event, however, Woods might just be the scariest player on Team USA’s roster.

Woods won his first start of the wraparound season at the Zozo Championship in Japan in October, and he’s put himself in contention to win his very own event in the Bahamas this weekend. Woods rebounded from an opening round 72 on Wednesday with a 66 in his second round, and his 5-under par round on Friday left him just two shots behind solo leader Gary Woodland.

Woods made the turn at 1-under for the day, but was nearly flawless on the back nine, hitting eight of nine fairways off the tee to set up four birdies. At the 18th, Woods hit a fantastic approach shot and drilled a birdie putt inside 10 feet to get to 11-under for the tournament.

Once the Hero World Challenge concludes on Saturday, Woods and many of the other stars in the field will head to Australia, where the Presidents Cup will begin on Thursday, December 12th.

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Tiger Woods contending after 5-under 67 Friday at Hero World Challenge

Tiger Woods is in contention to win his own event for the sixth time after a 5-under 67 in Friday’s third round at the Hero World Challenge.

The third round is called moving day for a reason, and Tiger Woods made a run at the leaders on Friday at the Hero World Challenge.

Despite a round dominated by two-putt pars (including 16 front nine putts), Woods was able to score throughout the 18 holes at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas and put together a solid round of 5-under 67, walking off the course one shot back in a tie for second.

Woods made the turn at 1 under thanks to birdies on Nos. 2 and 6, both par 5’s. After torching the back nine early on both Wednesday and Thursday, the event’s five time winner found success once again in the later holes. After walking in a par save on the 10th hole, Woods made birdies on Nos. 11, 14, 15 the dreaded 18th to add his name to the mix heading to Saturday’s final round and tie playing partner Justin Thomas for the best round of the day.

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Presidents Cup ‘advice giver’ can change when Tiger Woods tees it up

The burden of providing advice can be passed off (and reassumed) by Tiger Woods next week during his role as Presidents Cup playing captain.

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Tiger Woods has so far been coy about the number of matches he intends to play at next week’s Presidents Cup. Considering the form he has displayed at the Hero World Challenge – particularly in firing a bogey-free 66 in the second round – the playing captain would be wise to slot himself into the lineup frequently.

Woods is the first man to take on the role of Presidents Cup playing captain since Hale Irwin did it in 1994, the year of the inaugural matches. For the record, Irwin played three times that year, appearing in the foursomes lineup each of the first two days before going out in the lead singles match against Robert Allenby on the final day. His record was 2-1 (which included a singles victory over Allenby).

“I’m playing a minimum of two [matches],” Woods said Thursday with a smile. “Does that help you?”

There’s obviously much more to it than that, though.

Hero World Challenge: Best photos from Bahamas

Woods has brought on three assistant captains in Fred Couples, Steve Stricker and Zach Johnson (the former two being past Presidents Cup captains themselves). The question is how, exactly, they’ll fill in when Woods is on the course competing, particularly when it comes to giving advice.

The Presidents Cup rulebook states that when it comes to “any counsel or suggestion that could influence a player in determining his play, the choice of a club or the method of making a stroke, each team may appoint one person who may give advice to members of that team. Such person must be identified to the committee before giving advice.”

These stipulations reflect the wording in the Rules of Golf section that covers team competition (Rule 24) and the procedures regarding the creation of a local rule that allows for an “advice giver.”

A report by Golf Channel has cleared up some of the details about how much (and when, exactly) Woods’ assistant captains can take over while he’s competing. The PGA Tour sent this response to a Golf Channel inquiry:

“The captain needs to advise the chief referee before the start of each round who has the advice. The captain may switch the person during the round. For example, if Tiger is planning to play, he would need to advise rules before the matches start who has the advice. After he finishes, he could switch back if he wanted.”

Add those particulars to a long list of other details Woods must address as the captain.

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Tracker: Follow Tiger Woods’ Friday round at the Hero World Challenge shot-by-shot

Follow Tiger Woods’ Friday round at the Hero World Challenge with shot-by-shot analysis.

Tiger Woods and company are back on the course for a Friday Moviong Day in the Bahamas at the annual Hero World Challenge, which benefits Woods’ TGR Foundation and the ONE Bahamas Fund.

Eighteen of the world’s best are at Albany for the fifth consecutive year, with Woods making his first appearance since winning his record-tying 82nd PGA Tour event in October at the inaugural Zozo Championship in Japan.

Woods, a five-time winner of the Hero, shot even par Wednesday, then had one of Thursday’s best rounds with a 6-under 66. Woods tees off alongside Justin Thomas at 11:59 a.m. ET Friday. Follow his round shot-by-shot below.

Hero World Challenge: Gallery

Pre-round

While Tiger’s annual event does satisfy our need for golf during the winter months, it also raises a lot of money for those in need. This year, the event is going the extra mile.

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Tiger Woods: Contending in Bahamas, prepping for Presidents Cup

As Tiger eyes a tournament victory this week, he’s also prepping 10 of the 11 guys he’ll take with him to Royal Melbourne next week.

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Tiger Woods trails his Presidents Cup captain’s pick Patrick Reed by six with two rounds to go in the 18-player Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.

Woods shot a second-round 66 at the Albany Golf Club on Thursday but remains cryptic on how much he will play as the captain of next week’s Presidents Cup team.

He has to be pleased with how Reed is playing. And putting. Reed has opened up a three-stroke lead over Gary Woodland and his second-round 66 included just 23 putts, a day after recording 25.

But as Woods — and others — eye a tournament victory this week, he’s also prepping 10 of the 11 guys he’ll take with him to Royal Melbourne next week.

“We have some things that we need to run through the guys, some ideas and I’ll pick their brains a little bit,” he said after Wednesday’s opening round. “We just want to have a clear picture of what we’re going to do down there because obviously once we get down there, things roll pretty quickly.”

Woods went on to describe the tight schedule in Australia.

“We land there Monday, we don’t have a whole lot of time to get to the golf course on Monday. A few of us gotta go do a shootout on the river. Then dinner. Then the next day it’s a long practice round. Six guys gotta do interviews, (then there’s) a gala dinner that night.

“Follow the next day with another practice round, photos, plus six more guys have to do interviews. Pairings, and then we play. So there isn’t a whole lot of time. We gotta run through things now so that when we get there we have a clear picture of what we’re doing.”

The Presidents Cup action starts Thursday, Dec. 12, with the first-round four-ball format. Since Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of the East Coast, there will be live golf in prime time starting on Wednesday night in North America.

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Hero World Challenge: Round 3 tee times, TV information

Everything you need to know for the third round of the Hero World Challenge.

The Hero World Challenge continues on Friday at Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas, with a field packed full of professional golf’s top competitors.

With new irons in the bag, Patrick Reed holds a three-shot lead over Gary Woodland. Competing for the first time since earning his 82nd PGA Tour win in October, tournament host Tiger Woods shot up the leaderboard on Thursday and enters the third round T-5, six shots back.

The event will not just go toward satisfying a PGA Tour craving as the seasons takes a break in December, but it will also go toward helping those affected by Hurricane Dorian which devastated the Bahamas in August. For every birdie made during the Hero, $500 will be donated to the ONE Bahamas Fund. Eagles will raise $1,000 and an ace will bring a donation of $2,500.

Below are the tee times for the third round, along with the current leaderboard and TV information.

Hero World Challenge: Photo gallery

All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.

Round 3

Tee time Players
10:50 a.m. Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau
11:01 a.m. Bubba Watson, Patrick Cantlay
11:12 a.m. Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth
11:23 a.m. Chez Reavie, Matt Kuchar
11:34 a.m. Webb Simpson, Kevin Kisner
11:45 a.m. Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose
11:56 a.m. Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas
12:07 a.m. Henrik Stenson, Jon Rahm
12:18 p.m. Patrick Reed, Gary Woodland

Viewing information

Friday

Golf Channel: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Replay on Golf Channel: 6-8 p.m. and 1-2:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Saturday

Golf Channel: 10 a.m. – Noon
NBC: Noon – 3 p.m.
Replay on Golf Channel: 6-11 p.m. on Sunday, 3-6 a.m. and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Monday

Hero World Challenge scores

Position Player R2 Score To par
1 Patrick Reed 66 -12
2 Gary Woodland 69 -9
T-3 Henrik Stenson 67 -8
T-3 Jon Rahm 66 -8
T-5 Tiger Woods 66 -6
T-5 Justin Thomas 69 -6
T-5 Rickie Fowler 69 -6
8 Justin Rose 70 -5
T-9 Webb Simpson 68 -3
T-9 Matt Kuchar 70 -3
T-9 Kevin Kisner 70 -3
T-9 Chez Reavie 73 -3
13 Xander Schauffele 70 -1
T-14 Jordan Spieth 70 +1
T-14 Bubba Watson 73 +1
16 Patrick Cantlay 72 +2
T-17 Bryson DeChambeau 71 +3
T-17 Tony Finau 68 +3

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Bogey-free in Bahamas: Tiger Woods cards 6-under 66 Thursday at Hero World Challenge

Tiger Woods caught fire again on the back nine Thursday, rocketing up the leaderboard into contention at his event in the Bahamas.

Despite a blistering back nine stretch on Wednesday, Tiger Woods walked off the course at even par after the first round of the Hero World Challenge thanks to a disappointing final two holes.

On Thursday, the event’s five-time winner got his revenge. Woods made eight pars and one birdie on the front nine, then proceeded to get hot once again on the back nine.

Woods made eagle on No. 11 after a terrific drive and even better approach shot, followed by a birdie on the par 3 12th hole, par on No. 13 and yet another birdie on the driveable par 4 14th. That 4 under through four hole stretch propelled Woods to T-3, just two shots behind the leaders at that time.

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Another par on No. 15 and a beauty of a birdie on the 16th kept Woods within three shots of leader Patrick Reed. He saved par with a testy five footer on 17 and made par on 18 to card a bogey-free 6-under 66. He walked off the course with the best round of the day, T-3 and four shots out of the lead.

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How many majors has Tiger Woods won?

See the list of Tiger Woods’ major wins, from the 1997 Masters to his incredible win in 2019.

Tiger Woods completed his remarkable comeback to the top of professional golf in 2018, winning the PGA Tour Championship, and followed up his success with another major win the following spring. Woods’ career-long pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’ major record is back on track, and after an early-season win in Japan, Woods will once again be considered a favorite in every event he participates in. Just how close is Woods to the major record? Let’s take a look back at all of his major championship wins.

Tiger Woods has won a total of 15 major championships in his career, and is three majors away from tying the all-time record held by Jack Nicklaus.

Woods broke an 11-year major winless-streak in 2019, winning the Masters for the fifth time in his career.

Here’s the full rundown of Woods’ major championships:

1997 Masters

Course: Augusta National Golf Club

Score: -18

Margin of victory: 12 strokes

1999 PGA Championship

Course: Medinah Country Club

Score: -11

Margin of victory: 1 stroke

2000 U.S. Open

Course: Pebble Beach Golf Links

Score: -12

Margin of victory: 15 strokes

2000 Open Championship

Course: Old Course, St. Andrews

Score: -19

Margin of victory: 8 strokes

2000 PGA Championship

Course: Valhalla Golf Club

Score: -18

Margin of victory: Playoff

2001 Masters

Course: Augusta National Golf Club

Score: -16

Margin of victory: 2 strokes

2002 Masters

Course: Augusta National Golf Club

Score: -12

Margin of victory: 3 strokes

2002 U.S. Open

Course: Bethpage Black

Score: -3

Margin of victory: 3 strokes

2005 Masters

Course: Augusta National Golf Club

Score: -12

Margin of victory: Playoff

2005 Open Championship

Course: Old Course, St. Andrews

Score: -14

Margin of victory: 5 strokes

2006 Open Championship

Course: Royal Liverpool

Score: -18

Margin of victory: 2 strokes

2006 PGA Championship

Course: Medinah Country Club

Score: -18

Margin of victory: 5 strokes

2007 PGA Championship

Course: Southern Hills Country Club

Score: -8

Margin of victory: 2 strokes

2008 U.S. Open

Course: Torrey Pines

Score: -1

Margin of victory: Playoff

2019 Masters

Course: Augusta National Golf Club

Score: -13

Margin of victory: 1 stroke

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Tracker: Follow Tiger Woods’ Thursday round at the Hero World Challenge

Follow Tiger Woods’ Thursday round at the Hero World Challenge with shot-by-shot analysis.

Tiger Woods and company are back on the course Thursday in the Bahamas for the annual Hero World Challenge, which benefits Woods’ TGR Foundation and the ONE Bahamas Fund.

Eighteen of the world’s best are at Albany for the fifth consecutive year, with Woods making his first appearance since winning his record-tying 82nd PGA Tour event in October at the inaugural Zozo Championship in Japan.

Woods, a five-time winner of the Hero, shot an up-and-down even par in Wednesday’s first round and tees off today alongside Bubba Watson at 11:23 a.m. ET. Follow along below for shot-by-shot updates of Woods’ round.

Hero World Challenge: Gallery

Hole 1 – Par 4

 

Pre-round

While Tiger’s annual event does satisfy our need for golf during the winter months, it also raises a lot of money for those in need. This year, the event is going the extra mile.