Tiger Woods let go his best round at The Open for a long time as he surged into dispute with an arresting five-under 66 on day three at Carnoustie.
Woods was six off the lead at the midway stage after back to back rounds of 71, and he made a strong begin to the third round as he opened with three standards previously starting his walk up the leaderboard with a birdie at the fourth.
He at last figured out how to birdie the long 6th out of the blue this week, and the thunders of the gigantic display following the three-time champion got logically louder as he reeled off three straight birdies around the swing to pull inside one of the lead.
The 42-year-old at that point wound up in a tie at the best when he hit the fourteenth green in two and securely two-putted for his 6th birdie of the round, however he at long last floundered at the sixteenth when his tee shot neglected to achieve the back level and he required three putts to get down.
Woods seemed prone to smear his card again at the last, where he pulled a long iron from the tee too far left and observed restlessly as his ball held up in the thick unpleasant only several feet from the Barry Burn.
Be that as it may, in the wake of gouging his ball once more into play, Woods cut a great third to three feet and shook in the standard sparing putt to remain at five under heading into the last round.
His 66 spoke to his best round in the competition since his last lifted the Claret Jug at Hoylake in 2006, and he was certain about his odds of fighting for his fifteenth significant title on Sunday.
"That was great, I played well today," said an enchanted Woods a short time later. "I hit a considerable measure of good shots, and I truly didn't feel like I made an awful swing until 18. I truly felt like I had control of the golf ball today and, over that, I made some more drawn out putts, which was pleasant.
"There were a pack of folks that were setting up incredible scores, and the fairway was gettable. I would not like to be too far back if the folks got to 10 under standard today. I needed to remain inside reach. Furthermore, five under is unquestionably inside reach.
"It would be decent if there weren't a great deal of folks amongst myself and the lead, yet not the way this green would set up. We knew there would have been 10 or 12 folks with an opportunity to win on Sunday, and it's ending up being that."
Woods, who is playing in The Open out of the blue since 2015, likewise focused on the significance of his standard spare at the last gap having verged on finding the danger with his errant tee shot.
"That was huge for me just to not complete with two intruder on the last three gaps, playing and also I did," he included. "As I stated, I truly didn't hit an awful shot until 18.
"I needed to lay up on the left side so I had an edge at that banner, and I just had 83 yards. I figured only this pleasant minimal one like I honed in the lawn, and I hit my number."
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