![]() ![]() The only other time they were paired together in the fourth round was at the 2015 Masters, when both were 10 shots behind Jordan Spieth. McIlroy also started strong, and being in the group ahead of Woods, he knew exactly what was happening. His flop shot didn't get up the hill and rolled back toward him, and his next pitch was a bump-and-run played to perfection that kept him from another double bogey. ![]() He missed badly on his tee shot at the par-3 ninth, and the shaggy rough to the right of the 16th fairway caused the face of his club to open, missing to the right. Woods, however, made only one birdie over his last 11 holes, a wedge to 7 feet on No. "What an atmosphere it is out there this week." "I've heard the roars all day, and it's been phenomenal," Paul Casey said after his 66. The cheers were endless, and there was no doubting what was going on. 7, Woods hit a 9-iron from the bunker that hopped out of the first cut to about 5 feet for a sixth birdie in seven holes. And when he finally missed a fairway at No. 4 tumbled into the center of the cup with perfect pace. His wedge settled 8 feet below the hole on No. Woods poured in a 20-foot birdie putt on the first hole. The Saturday start was simply mesmerizing. This is a spot I'd much rather be in than four or five back." I don't have to shoot 63 or 64 and hope I get help. "Simple math says that if I play a clean card, the guys behind me have to shoot 67 to force it into extra holes," Woods said. ![]()
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