Barclays 2013: Determined Tiger Woods in Position to Start FedEx Cup with Win

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Published: August 25, 2013

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Tiger Woods is fighting, clawing and scratching to earn his sixth championship of the year at The Barclays.

He is a long way from getting that title. He is four strokes behind co-leaders Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland. He also trails red-hot Kevin Chappell by three strokes.

Throughout his spectacular career, Tiger has picked up most of his 79 career victories by getting out in front of the field and running away from the competition. He is probably the greatest front-runner in the sport's history.

Come-from-behind wins are not the way he usually does his business. His last victory when he did not have at least a share of the lead after the third round came in the 2012 AT&T National. He has 22 come-from-behind victories in his career.

Notching No. 23 at Liberty National Golf Course will be something of a Herculean challenge, but just getting through his third round and shooting a two-under 69 was a major task. Woods got off to an indifferent start in the third round, as he bogeyed the third, fourth and seventh holes.

Woods was two over par at that point in the round and down to four under in the tournament. He was in danger of falling out of contention.



That's just what figured to happen. Woods was battling a sore back, and he appeared to be in more discomfort on Saturday than he had been in during the first two rounds. He was twisting, stretching and bending, doing anything he could to loosen his back.

Nothing seemed to be working. He was wincing throughout the round at various points after he completed his swing. How could he possibly rally while playing in pain?

But that's just what he did. He stopped the bleeding when he birdied the 611-yard, par-five eighth hole. Then he put together a string of par putts on the ninth through 12th holes. All the while, his aching back seemed to be sapping his strength.

It could be seen whenever Tiger had to...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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