Tiger Woods score: Round 3 recap, highlights from Quicken Loans National

Zac Al-Khateeb

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Tiger Woods finished the third round of the Quicken Loans National with a 2-under 68 on Saturday, but he likely isn't pleased with his overall performance 

Tiger started the day off with a bogey before ripping off four straight birdies in the front nine, enough to put him just one shot off the lead at the time. But he was unable to capitalize on either of the par-5s and left several birdies out on the course — before finishing the day with one last bogey.

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In all, he finished with six birdies and four birdies on the day, finishing tied for 10th and six shots off the lead at the time he concluded Round 3.

Check out the highs and lows of Tiger's third round at the Quicken Loans National:

Tiger Woods' score: Round 3
Quicken Loans National

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Hole (Par) Tiger's score (Overall) Place
1 (4) 5 (4-under) T-27
2 (5) 5 (4-under) T-25
3 (3) 3 (4-under) T-24
4 (4) 3 (5-under) T-17
5 (4) 3 (6-under) T-11
6 (4) 3 (7-under) T-7
7 (4) 3 (8-under) T-5
8 (4) 5 (7-under) T-9
9 (3) 2 (8-under) T-6
10 (5) 5 (8-under) T-10
11 (4) 4 (8-under) T-8
12 (3) 3 (8-under) T-8
13 (4) 3 (7-under) T-10
14 (4) 4 (7-under) T-10
15 (4) 4 (7-under) T-10
16 (4) 3 (8-under) T-9
17 (3) 3 (8-under) T-7
18 (4) 5 (7-under) T-10

Quicken Loans National live updates: Round 3

HOLE 18: Par 4, 465 yards

Second putt: BOGEY
First putt: He misses, will settle for the bogey. 
Approach: He's on the green, roughly 8 feet from the hole. This would be a big make, considering the missed opportunities he's left out there today.
Second shot: Tiger's approach lands in the front-side bunker.
Tee shot: Tiger's tee shot lands right of the fairway.

HOLE 17: Par 3, 190 yards

Third shot: PAR
Second shot: Oof. Great look at another birdie falls 5 inches short. He'll have to go for the two-putt par.
Tee shot: Tiger's drive lands him on the center of the green, about 24 feet from the pin.

HOLE 16: Par 4, 412 yards

FIrst putt: And he sank it. Tiger has his first birdie since the ninth hole with two more left to play. BIRDIE
Approach: Wow, Tiger flagged it on the approach shot and now has a 6-foot look at birdie. Good opportunity right here.
Tee shot: Looks like Tiger has found the left fairway with the iron.

HOLE 15: Par 4, 490 yards

Second putt: PAR
First putt: Tough. His birdie attempt falls a foot short and Tiger's looking at another birdie.
Approach: Tiger's on the green now, rouhly 6 feet from the hole.
Tee shot: Tiger booms that one down the fairway. Might have been some anger in that one.

HOLE 14: Par 4, 299 yards

Third putt: PAR
Second putt: Another missed opportunity, another par.
First putt: The chip rolls well past the intended mark. Tiger's looking at an 8-footer for birdie.
Tee shot: Tiger booms that over the green, landing it in the back-side bunker. He's 17 feet from the pin and has a good luck at an up-and-down birdie — maybe even an eagle.

HOLE 13: Par 4, 360 yards

Third putt: BOGEY
Second putt: Putt doesn't make it. He'll settle for bogey here. Seems like whatever momentum he had is gone.
First putt: Tiger had a tough play on the ball — on the slope above a bunker. He overplayed it and landed the ball on the other side of the green. He'll need to putt/chip to make par now.
Approach: Tiger put a lot on that and raced it over the back of the pin.
Tee shot: Looks like Tiger's way right again. The gallery's gathering right of the walking path (which is right of the fairway).

HOLE 12: Par 3, 168 yards

Second putt: PAR
First putt: Wow, Tiger's birdie attempt was tracking but was just an inch short of landing. Frustrating two-putt upcoming for him.
Tee shot: Tiger finds the center of the green and is about 21 feet from birdie.

HOLE 11: Par 4, 470 yards

Second putt: PAR
First putt: Tiger misses another birdie opportunity and settles for the walk-in par.
Approach: A nice cut lands Tiger 9.5 feet from pay dirt on the green. Another birdie potentially upcoming.
Tee shot: Tiger flirts with the hazaard but lands the ball just left of the fairway in the rough. Should be OK from there.

HOLE 10: Par 5, 560 yards

First putt: Tiger's would-be birdie attempt stays right and trickles 3 feet past the hole. Looking at par here.
Approach: Tiger sails it past the pin, lands on the green and has another shot at birdie from 8 feet out.
Second shot: Tiger lays up and finds the fairway and is about 150 yards from the hole
Tee shot: Tiger finds the right rough off the tee.

HOLE 9: Par 3, 201 yards

Looking at that fantastic birdie:

First putt: Incredible. Tiger's long birdie attempt lands and he makes the turn at 8-under. BIRDIE
Tee shot: The drive off Hole 9 finds the center of the green. Tiger's looking at a 26-foot, uphill birdie from here.

HOLE 8: Par 4, 467 yards

Second putt: He lands it to fall back to 7-under. Beau Hossler is now 10-under, so Tiger's three shots back. BOGEY
First putt: Tiger chips onto the green to within a few feet from (what should be) a bogey.
Approach: Tiger's chip doesn't have enough, can't even reach the green. Looks like he's about to give one back here.
Second shot: Tiger sends his second shot way, way over the green, 92 yards past it. Still a decent lie, but he'll need to be careful to salvage par.
Tee shot: Tiger's left of the fairway in the rough.

HOLE 7: Par 4, 452 yards

First putt: Tiger sinks his fourth straight birdie and is now one shot off the lead, shared by four. Incredible. BIRDIE
Approach: Tiger uses the iron to land on the green and spin back to within birdie range, roughly 8 feet.
Tee shot: Tiger's drive is in the right fairway, 128 yards from the green.

HOLE 6: Par 4, 484 yards

Recapping Hole 6:

First putt: It's official, Tigers on right now. He sinks his third straight birdie to go to 7-under for the tournament. BIRDIE
Approach: Good iron shot lands Tiger a little over 12 feet from his third straight birdie.
Tee shot: Tiger ropes this down the middle. He's feeling it now.

HOLE 5: Par 4, 365 yards

Recapping Hole 5:

First putt: Boom. Another birdie lands Tiger at 1-under for the day and 6-under for the tournament. BIRDIE
Approach: Tiger uses the wedge and lands himself looking at another 7-footer for birdie. Can he get another back here?
Tee shot: The drive off Hole 4 is a beauty. Tiger's 110 yards to the hole after finding the fairway again.

HOLE 4: Par 4, 440 yards

Recapping Hole 4:

First putt: Tiger sinks it for his first birdie of the day. Back to 5-under. BIRDIE
Approach: Excellent approach lands Tiger 7 feet from birdie. Excellent opportunity right here.
Tee shot: Tiger's drive finds the dead center of the fairway roughly 150 yards from the green.

HOLE 3: Par 3, 225 yards

First putt: His toughest putt of the day so far, and he sinks it. Big shot there to keep him from giving up another stroke. PAR
Approach: Tiger's bunker shot lands him about 13 feet from the hole. He'll need to make that for par.
Tee shot: Tiger goes way left of the green on the par-3 Hole 3, hits the bunker. He'll need an up-and-down for par.

HOLE 2: Par 5, 619 yards

Second putt: PAR
First putt: Missed opportunity. Putt stays left and he'll settle for a walk-in par. 
Approach: Good shot out of the bunker lands on the green and trickles about 8 feet past the pin. He'll have that for birdie.
Second shot: Tiger goes with the wood from the rough, 269 yards out from pay dirt. He hits the big left-side bunker and will need an up-and-down for birdie.
Tee shot: Looks like Tiger's right again, but can't see exactly where it fell. Might be setting up for a layup.

HOLE 1: Par 4, 440 yards

Recapping Hole 1:

Second putt: BOGEY
First putt: Good putt lips out to the right. Good effort but he'll start the day with a bogey.
Approach: Tiger's short coming in clutch: The ball was in some serious rough but he chipped it onto the green, roughly 12 feet from the pin. He'll need that for par.
Second shot: Decent lie in the rough, but Tiger overshoots the green by a mile. It's in the rough and could be ruled unplayable.
Tee shot:  Looks like Tiger's just right of the fairway in the rough on his first drive of the day. Off we go.

Zac Al-Khateeb

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Zac Al-Khateeb has been part of The Sporting News team since 2015 after earning his Bachelor's (2013) and Master's (2014) degrees in journalism at the University of Alabama. Prior to joining TSN, he covered high school sports and general news in Alabama. A college sports specialist, Zac has been a voter for the Biletnikoff Award and Heisman Trophy since 2020.