Tiger Woods accepted he was fortunate to still be in the Memorial Tournament as he reflected on his improved fortunes in the third round.
A difficult second round at Muirfield Village saw the five-time Memorial champion, who opened the event with a 71, sign for a 4-over-par 76.
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After narrowly avoiding missing the cut, Woods was back under par with a 1-under 71 on Saturday, improving to 2 over for the tournament.
The 15-time major winner did not suffer with the same movement issues he encountered the day before as he recorded four birdies and three bogeys in humid Ohio conditions.
Woods also recovered nicely after finding water and dropping a shot on the third hole.
"I felt like I played well and controlled the ball well," Woods said. "I hit one really bad shot there at three, but other than that, it was a pretty good, solid day.
"I was fortunate the cut came back [on Friday]. I made a little run at the end, and at times it was looking like it was going to be at 2 [over], but fortunately I snuck in at 3.
"Then I was moving better [on Saturday] and felt like I did the first day, and consequently I could make the passes at the golf ball like I did the first day.
"Unfortunately, I didn't make any putts, so hopefully I can make a few more [on Sunday]."
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Woods fared better than playing partner Brooks Koepka, whose 1-over 73 left him at 4 over through 54 holes.
Asked about conditions on the course, Woods added: "It's tough. It's fast.
"The golf course is right where they want it. Now that the wind has picked up just a touch, it's going to dry it out a little bit more.
"The ball is starting to run out on the greens. Some of the fairways are starting to chase."
Woods enters Sunday's final round trailing leader Jon Rahm (12 under) by 14 strokes. Woods will tee off at 11:25 a.m. ET.