Tiger Woods at Bridgestone Invitational 2013: Day 3 Recap and Twitter Reaction

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Published: August 3, 2013

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Tiger Woods didn't quite match his career-best 61 from Friday, but the world's top-ranked golfer played well enough in Round 3 to keep himself in commanding position at the 2013 Bridgestone Invitational.

Woods carded a two-under score of 68, coming back to earth a bit on a day where course conditions did not allow for many highlights. Nevertheless, he still holds a seven-stroke lead on second-place Henrik Stenson and stands eight strokes ahead of Jason Dufner, who rounds out the top three.

Here is a look at Woods' scorecard for the day: 



The 37-year-old American will be looking for his 18th World Golf Championship victory Sunday, which would be six times greater than anyone else on the all-time list, per ESPN's Justin Ray:



Starting the third round in the afternoon's final group with Keegan Bradley and Chris Wood, Tiger came out just as brilliant as he left the course Friday. He smacked a 2-iron right into the center of the fairway off the first tee, leading to a solid approach and his third birdie on No. 1 in as many days after knocking down a solid putt.

The second hole wasn't as favorable to Woods as it was a day prior where he eagled, but he still didn't have any trouble converting his second straight birdie on the day. He buried a nice two-putt to finish off the hole. Two holes down, two under-par.  

After that two-hole display, ESPN's Ray wondered whether Woods would match or even beat his career-best 54-hole score:



Jason Sobel of Golf Channel, meanwhile, started grading Tiger's week at the Bridgestone Invitational on football's scoring scale:



Unfortunately for fans looking for history, it became quite clear he wasn't quite at the level he was Friday. A frustrating approach on No. 3 left Tiger in a position hoping for par, and again his short stick came up clutch. He knocked down a putt from eight feet out...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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