Masters: Woods' odds
Tiger Woods finally got his round in the 60s. Prior to Saturday's
sub-70 round, he last shot in the 60s back in the third round of the
2005 Masters — the year he won his fourth green jacket.
Woods needed to post a strong number on Saturday to get him back in to contention, but will it be enough?
“I got a lot of work to do tomorrow,” said Woods. “If he could make it
all the way back tomorrow he would. Obviously with the conditions are
supposed to be pretty blustery tomorrow and a little cooler. And again
you got to hang in there and be patient out there because it doesn't
take much to make a high number out here.”
When Woods finished, Brandt Snedeker was at 9 under through 10 holes
with Trevor Immelman one shot back at 8 under though 10 holes. Paul
Casey and Steve Flesch were at 7 under.
But as will happen, Amen Corner took its revenge, as Snedeker made
three straight bogeys to drop him back to 6 under. That was the extent
of the carnage as Casey finished at 7-under, while Flesch and Immelman
kept moving forward. Immelman finished at 11-under-par with Snedeker
finishing at 9-under with a furious finish that included a birdie at
the 18th hole.
So Woods will start six shots back with four hot players in front of him.
Woods has been in the top five, but not the lead, four times going into
the final round — 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2007. His scoring average in
those four final rounds is 71.5 and he didn’t win any of those four
Masters.
“Depends what the conditions are tomorrow,” said Woods of his chances.
“It could be, if it's calm like this today then obviously it helps.
You know what to do. But if it's blowing all over the place it all
depends on your timing whether you can time the gusts correctly or not.”