It was a final round 63 last week that got Tiger Woods, yes, Tiger Woods, back into form at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Struggling with scoring, Tiger carded eight birdies and an eagle to tie his lowest score of the year, and that little spark carried over on Thursday at Cog Hill.
Sporting an umbrella on the collar of his blue Nike polo in honor of Arnold Palmer's 80th birthday, Tiger posted a 3-under 68, made a hair worse by a third shot on the par-5 18th that landed nearly in the hole, but struck the pin, ending up 12-feet away, leaving Tiger a disgusted look and a disappointing par.
Woods is two shots back of leaders Rory Sabbatini and Steve Marino, both needing a good week to secure a top-30 finish in the FedEx standings and a chance to play in two weeks at the Tour Championship. Sabbatini, whose win earlier this season at the Byron Nelson broke a two-year winless stretch, might be playing for a bit more than a chance to play the final FedEx Cup tournament.
Sabbatini was left off the Presidents Cup team even after the 33-year-old South African finished higher in the points than both captain's picks by Greg Norman.
Right behind the leaders is a group at 4-under that are all ranked 54th or worse on the point standings and need a very high finish to jump past some of the top-30 right now.
FedEx Cup point leader Steve Stricker, winner last week after a birdie-birdie finish, struggled to a 1-over 72, and Phil Mickelson walked off Cog Hill exactly how he started the day -- even par.
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9-11-2009 @ 5:05AM
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