When you start the day as far back as Woods did, theres actually no reason not to be aggressive which is what he was at the short par-4 4th, taking chauffeur and cutting one up and onto the green for another appearance at eagle. Another narrow miss out on offered Woods his 2nd two-putt birdie of the day to relocate to 4 under.
Tiger Woods found himself 21 shots off the lead getting in the last round of The Northern Trust, however that didnt suggest he was ready to pack it in and carry on to the BMW Championship next week. No, no, no … Woods required an excellent surface to help his chances of returning to East Lake and he lost no time Sunday in doing so.
A perfect drive and a dart at the very first established Woods for his first birdie of the day after directly losing out on one Saturday.
The hot streak pertained to an end at the par-3 eighth hole, nevertheless, after his tee shot sailed left and he was unable to get up and down. Whatever momentum that stopped, Woods got it right back with another dart into the green at the ninth, and knocked in his 6th birdie on the front to turn in 5-under 31.
Woods hot streak concerned a shrieking stop on the inward 9, making 9 straight pars on the harder side to card a final-round 66 and end up on a high note in the very first week of the FedExCup Playoffs. On to the BMW Championship next week at Olympia Fields.
Again in prime position off the tee at the par-5 2nd, Woods was aggressive and chose the green in two, simply hopping onto the front pin-high and two-putted for his second birdie of the day.
At the par-3 3rd, Woods took a conservative line and left himself 45 feet right of the pin. A two-putt par would have been enough, but rather the man who hasnt made many putts all week rolled in the bomb for his third birdie in a row.
By this point, Woods was really feeling himself. So much so that, after another laser off the tee, he went driver off the deck (!!!) but turned up simply short in a greenside bunker that would leave him with a tough 3rd shot with not a lot of green to work with
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That difficult bunker shot with little green to deal with? Yeah, that wasnt a problem for Tiger, who played it wonderfully and would knock that in for his 5th birdie of the day.
