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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.
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