Tiger Woods shines but Jason Gore takes lead at Wyndham Championship

“I need to go out there (today) and make a run and get myself up there and make some birdies”, Woods said.

“It actually kind of upsets me, some of the people that treat him like he’s a 20-handicapper, ” said Gore, 41, who goes back to his junior golf days with Woods in Southern California.

Tiger Woods kept himself in contention for a victory at the Wyndham Championship that would propel him into the postseason.

After making a series of clutch putts throughout the day, Woods finally missed one when his slick, downhill six-footer lipped out at the par-four 18th at Sedgefield Country Club.

Woods, who has had a forgettable 2015 season to this point, is two strokes back the lead in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., headed to Sunday’s (Aug. 23) final round. Blixt shot a career-best 62, and Brown had a 66.

Webb Simpson (64), Jim Herman (66), Paul Casey (66), Cameron Percy (67) and Brandt Snedeker (67) are in a five-way tie for fifth at 12 under. He could possibly qualify with a solo second-place finish.

He hasn’t won a tournament since the WGC-Bridgestone in August 2013 and his best finish of this season was his 17th-place tie at the Masters. Love carded a four-under-par 66 to set alongside his opening round 64 while Campbell notched a second successive 65, the sole blemish a bogey on the 18th.

Followed by an admiring gallery, Woods hit some shots of the highest quality on Friday, but also some poor ones, including a two-iron off the 10th tee that he pulled so badly he was lucky to avoid some trees 150 yards away. “I’ve got to win this tournament first“, he said.

He set the tone by holing a 54-foot chip shot on his first hole, the par-4 10th, for the first of his seven birdies.

But Woods didn’t make a birdie in the final round, his back problems flaring up on the front nine. “The Web.com Tour grad began in an inauspicious manner, whiffing his birdie at the first (from 4’11”) after Woods converted his from mid-range.

As someone who’s on the record as being skeptical about this particular swing change, this week is starting to make me more of a believer in Woods moving forward.

Champions Tour: Billy Andrade made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th gap for a 7-under 65 and a three-stroke lead after the second spherical of the Champions Tour’s Boeing Basic at Snoqualmie, Washington.

Told that Hoge was the co-leader, he admitted he knew nothing about his fellow competitor, nor numerous other young players on the tour. Forbes says he has made $48.3 million in the past year – $32 million from endorsements and $16.3 million from actually being good at the game of golf.