Tiger Woods walks past fans on his way to the 15th green at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club during the third round of the Tour Championship on Saturday. Woods shot a 5-under-par 65 and held a three-stroke lead entering the final round.ATLANTA – Tiger Woods made it look and sound as if he had never been gone.
More than turning back time, every hole seemed like the one before Saturday at the Tour Championship. A tee shot striped down the middle of the fairway. The clean strike of an iron as he held his pose. A sonic boom of the cheers from around the green. Another birdie.
“I got off to an ideal start,” Woods said. “And the next thing you know, I was off and running.”
With the most dynamic golf he has played all year, Woods built a five-shot lead in seven holes before he cooled from there, shooting a 5-under-par 65 that gave him a three-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose and an ideal chance to end this comeback season by doing what that has defined his career.
Winning.