Davis Love III becomes third oldest PGA Tour victor

But there was Davis Love III, playing the first six holes in 5 under par, making two eagles during the round, shooting 64 at Sedgefield Country Club and then waiting on the driving range for a playoff that wasn’t necessary. There were close to 35,000 fans on Saturday and probably that many on Sunday who flocked to Woods to get a glimpse of the 39-year-old with 79 PGA Tour wins and 14 major championships.

Davis Love III tees off Thursday at the 2015 Wyndham Championship, which he would go on…

In the past, that “and everything else” would get a noticeable bump-sometimes into the “major championship ratings” category whenever the name Tiger Woods was near the top of the leaderboard.

Woods finished tied for 10th – his best result in 20 outings, only 11 of which he has played the full 72 holes – as the evergreen Davis Love III became the PGA Tour’s third oldest victor.

At one point, Love said, “One of us needs to win this week”.

Woods needed to win the tournament to get into the FedExCup Playoffs.

Woods – whose streak of 28 holes without a bogey ended on the 18th when his 6-foot par putt lipped out – reeled off 10 straight pars before briefly moving within one stroke of Gore with a birdie on the par-3 16th. But he only had one birdie during his first 10 holes, dropping way off the pace with a triple bogey on the par-four 11th.

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Tiger’s troubles began here, at his first official event of the season. “So, I tried to activate my glutes as best I could, in between, but it just they never stayed activated”.

He was poised to challenge Sunday, starting just two strokes off the lead. His play may be fading, but I’ll be the first to say I loved him being in contention and he still has the drawing power of a star. He’s struggled all year with his new swing under consultant Chris Como, and the 39-year-old Woods has even deflected questions about retirement. Kung (74) finished tied for fifth at 10-under.

What made Love’s tournament even sweeter was successfully overcoming serious reconstructive foot surgery last April that cost him two months on the sideline in a moonboot.

“The Bridgestone Golf tour team member used impressive iron shots and clutch putting to fire a Sunday 64, coming from 4-shots back to win the 2015 Wyndham Championship”. He has just been so far removed from true competition and being in the hunt that his play has suffered. I had some makeable putts early that I missed. It had been seven years since his last victory, with plenty of doubts along the way about if he’d ever a hoist a trophy again.

Woods failed in that quest, but still posted a T-10 in Greensboro for his best finish of the season. He moved to 17 under with an eagle on the par-5 15th – the first of his career during a competitive round on that hole.