WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: Runaway Tiger Woods a Nightmare for the Field

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Published: August 3, 2013

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Tiger Woods does not give big leads away.

While he hasn't lapped the field like he is doing at the Bridgestone Invitational in quite a while, it's apparently a lot like riding a bicycle. You simply don't forget how to do it when you get the opportunity.

Woods shot a 68 in the third round at Firestone, and he has a seven-stroke lead after 54 holes at one of his favorite tournaments. He has won the Bridgestone Invitational seven times in his career.

When Woods gets a big lead, he knows how to sap the energy out of the competition. It's probably with good reason. Even if you are a top pro, you can't help but feel you are playing for anything but second place when you see Tiger's name on top of the leaderboard on moving day, and the margin is as large as seven strokes.

Take what happened on the 13th hole at Firestone. He was in trouble on the 471-yard par four. His second shot landed in the deep rough on the side of the hole, and it seemed as if he would need to have his best short game working just to get up-and-down.

He didn't make his four. But instead of having to settle for a bogey, Woods popped the ball out of the rough softly, and it landed on the edge of the green and started rolling. Instead of coming to a halt, it simply found the bottom of the the cup for a birdie three.

Two straight days Tiger has played 13 and appeared headed for a bogey. Two straight days he walks off with a birdie instead.

— GC Tiger Tracker (@GCTigerTracker) August 3, 2013 How do you compete with that? If Woods was a normal golfer, he would have settled for a bogey, and his seven-stroke lead would have been sliced to six. However, he made a nearly impossible birdie, and his lead grew to a substantial eight strokes.

Jason Dufner was playing well at the time and was Woods' closest pursuer. While he's not the type to flash a smile and play to the crowd under the best of circumstances, he ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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