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Notes: Woods breaks 54-hole record

By Joel Schuchmann
PGA TOUR staff
 

Tiger Woods’ scoring average in final round when holding at least a share of the 54-hole lead is 69.18.

• Tiger Woods has won 11 of 21 previous official World Golf Championships events, including three of the last four dating back to the 2005 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.

• The 194 total for Tiger Woods through 54 holes is a tournament record, breaking the previous total of 197 by Woods in 2002 at Mount Juliet Conrad.

• Arron Oberholser (tied for 16th) had the round of the day in the works, as he was 7-under-par through 16 holes, but finished at 5-under-par 66 after bogeys on the two closing holes. Carl Pettersson (15) had a similar fate, as he finished with a 4-under-par 67 after bogeys on two of the three final holes.

• Adam Scott posted the low round of the day with a 6-under-par 65. Scott jumped from tied for seventh to second and sits at 13-under-par, six strokes behind the leader Tiger Woods.

• Tiger Woods entered the weekend 10-under-par on the front nine through 36 holes, but posted a 1-over-par 36 on Saturday on his front nine. He recovered on the back nine, with two birdies and an eagle on No. 18 for the third consecutive day. He has made 64 feet of putts in converting eagles on No. 18 in the three rounds.

• If Tiger Woods manages to win on Sunday, he would become just the fifth player to win eight times in a season since 1970. Woods has won eight or more times twice in his career, in 1999 and 2000.

• Tiger Woods is looking to win in wire-to-wire fashion (no ties) for the seventh time in his career on the PGA TOUR, including the second time at the World Golf Championships-American Express Championship.

• Tiger Woods is looking to earn his fifth PGA TOUR victory at the American Express Championship. He has five wins at one other World Golf Championship event, the Bridgestone Invitational.

• The six-shot lead for Tiger Woods is the largest in tournament history, and tied for the fourth-largest of Woods’ career. The previous largest margin at the American Express Championship was five by Woods in 2003.