Tiger Woods at British Open 2014: Day 3 Leaderboard Score and Twitter Reaction

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Published: July 19, 2014

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Tiger Woods played his way out of contention at the Open Championship with a terrible second round, and the 14-time major winner's downward spiral continued Saturday at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

Woods shot a one-over 73 to put him at three over for the tournament. He was well off the pace in a tie for 58th place when his round came to an end. He wasn't going to be in contention unless he laid down an out-of-this-world score in the third round, but his performance proved disappointing.

The manner in which he started the third round suggested that he might turn in a very low score. Unfortunately, things unraveled from there.

Tiger will simply be playing for pride from here on out, but here is a look at the British Open leaderboard as it currently stands from Hoylake, England:



Woods converted just one birdie during the second round, but he was much better in that regard Saturday. His improvement in that area was nullified by a couple terrible holes, however. Here is a full breakdown of how he fared in the form of his third-round scorecard:



Tiger's day started on the back nine, which may have been advantageous considering his struggles on the front nine in the first round. Woods shot three over on the first two holes Friday and was never able to recover. His third round got off to an ideal start, though.

After being wildly inaccurate with his driver in the second round, Woods made it clear that Saturday was a new day with a perfect opening drive, per Golf Channel.com's Tiger Tracker:



Woods went on to birdie both the 10th and 11th holes. He was playing with confidence and looked like a totally different golfer than the one who took the course in the second round.

Woods acknowledged that his inability to convert birdie chances Friday contributed heavily to his nightmarish second round, per Kyle Porter of CBSSports.com.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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