Tiger Slips on 17 and 18 and Drops Out of Contention in Bahamas
Thursday, December 5, 2019

    After Tiger Woods went on a birdie/eagle spree over the span of five holes on the back nine at the Hero World Challenge yesterday, he moved from an out-of-touch 2 over par to 3 under, and well within the range of the leaders.

    But a disappointing finish - bogey at 17 and double bogey at 18 - dropped Tiger back to even-par 72, six strokes behind co-leaders Gary Woodland and Patrick Reed in the $3.5 million event being played in New Providence, Bahamas.

    Tiger was 2 over and going nowhere when he reached the 11th tee, but he promptly went birdie-par-birdie-birdie-eagle, chipping in his third shot on No. 15, and he suddenly became a contender. Until the slips on the final two holes that dropped him into a tie for 11th in the 18-man field. 

    Woodland and Reed are three strokes ahead of third-place Chez Reavie at 3 under, and four ahead of a foursome at 2 under - Justin Rose, Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler and Henrik Stenson. 

      

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