• Former world No1 signs for three-over 75 after disastrous start to third round
Charley Hoffman leads field at Hero World Challenge following Saturday 70It was the 10-gap setback lurking in the black recesses of Tiger Woods’s mind. It was an intervention from reality as fairytale threatened to take over. A grim Saturday spell at the Hero World Challenge illustrated that fevered anticipation – as linked to next year’s Masters betting,for example surrounding Woods remains heavily offset by facts.
It would be unfair to focus on such troubles without highlighting the admirable response that followed it. Woods toiled badly in reaching the 11th tee at five-over par for his third round. In the most testing winds of the event, the 14-times major champion had dropped a shot at the 1st and hopelessly grasped for confidence boosts thereafter.
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Source: guardian.co.uk