Woods, who maintained he bare to shoot a low account to accept a adventitious to win his aboriginal PGA Tour accident in added than two years, fabricated six birdies over a amplitude of eight holes and attempt a 5-under par 67 to basement into third abode at Pebble Beach Golf Links branch into the final round.
But the 40-year-old Wi, searching to become the aboriginal above Cal golfer anytime to win a Tour event, went out in the aboriginal accumulation at Spyglass Hill and was around flawless, battlefront a bogey-free 3-under 69 to advance the three-shot advance with which he started the day and still four shots advanced of Tiger.
Woods, 11-under par for the tournament, still has ample plan to do to bolt Wi, but he jumped over just about anybody abroad on the leaderboard afterwards starting the day angry for 17th, six shots off the pace. He was a attempt abaft adept Ken Duke, who attempt a 5-under 65 at Monterey Peninsula to block himself amid Wi and Woods in additional place.
Adding aroma to the abeyant ball of the final round, three-time AT&T champ Phil Mickelson and backstab champ Dustin Johnson were allotment of a four-way tie for fourth abode at 9-under forth with Kevin Na and Brendon Todd. Irishman Padraig Harrington, who was in additional abode for abundant of the day, achromatic backward and was allotment of a five-man accumulation addition shot
Woods started boring with a brace of pars and a bogey at the par-3 12th hole, and at that point, was eight shots aback of Wi. But again he abruptly confused apparatus with three afterwards birdies on the 13th, 14th and 15th.
Woods almost absent a fourth afterwards baboon if he came up an inch abbreviate on a continued putt at the par-4 16th. Undaunted, he drained a 12-foot baboon on the par-3 17th and a 10-footer at the 18th to abutting out his aboriginal nine at 4-under 32 and 10-under for the tournament.
After authoritative the turn, Woods best up addition achievement at the par-5 additional aperture if he chipped his third attempt central two anxiety and sank the putt. But admitting several added baboon opportunities over Pebble's aboriginal nine, Tiger couldn't get any added putts to bead and accomplished his annular with seven beeline pars.
Meanwhile, Wi was played a actual abiding annular at asperous Spyglass. He birdied the 370-yard par-4 fourth aperture to go to 13-under, and afterwards seven afterwards pars, fabricated addition baboon at the par-3 12th . He added one added baboon at the par-4 17th to get to a three-round account of 199, 15-under par.
Irishman Harrington, aswell arena Spyglass, denticulate birdies on his aboriginal two holes at Nos. 10 and 11 and added a third at the abbreviate par-3 15th. On the foreground nine, he added yet addition baboon on the par-3 third to advance a bogey-free annular with 5 holes to go. But he bogeyed the seventh and double-bogeyed the eighth to blooper back.
Duke, who started the day at 7-under, played a bogey-free annular to jump into additional at MPCC.
Phil Mickelson, in adventure of his 40th career title, attempt a a 2-under 70 at Pebble to put himself in the top five. He best up three acclamation on his final 14 holes, including a baboon on the par-3 17th.
Saratoga built-in and Stanford alum Joseph Bramlett, arena on a sponsor's absolution afterwards accident his Tour agenda by finishing 199th on the PGA money account in 2011, advance himself into altercation aboriginal with a attenuate double-eagle 2 on the par-5 11th at Spyglass.
Bramlett got to 11-under with a baboon at the par-5 14th at one point and was angry
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