Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd with 3-発射 lead and 1 一連の会議、交渉／完成する away from winning
ATLANTA (AP) - Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd made it look and sound as if he had never been gone.
More than turning 支援する time, every 穴を開ける seemed like the one before Saturday at the 小旅行する 選手権. A tee 発射 （土地などの）細長い一片d 負かす／撃墜する the middle of the fairway. The clean strike of an アイロンをかける as he held his 提起する／ポーズをとる. A sonic にわか景気 of the 元気づけるs from around the green. Another birdie.
"I got off to an ideal start," 支持を得ようと努めるd said. "And the next thing you know, I was off and running."
Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd 攻撃する，衝突するs out of the sand to the 15th green during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
With the most dynamic ゴルフ he has played all year, 支持を得ようと努めるd built a five-発射 lead in seven 穴を開けるs before he 冷静な／正味のd from there, settled for a 5-under 65 that gave him a three-発射 lead over Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose and an ideal chance to end this 復帰 season with a moment that has defined his career.
Winning.
支持を得ようと努めるd has the 54-穴を開ける lead for the first time since his last v ictory in 2013 at the Bridgestone Invitational. He has never lost an 公式の／役人 tournament when 主要な by more than two 発射s going into the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, and his の近くにing 記録，記録的な／記録する with the lead is 42-2 on the PGA 小旅行する.
He has never been in better position to show he's all the way 支援する from four 支援する 外科s that once made him 恐れる he might never play again.
"I've gone through a lot this year to get myself to this point, and understanding and fighting my way through it," 支持を得ようと努めるd said. "I'm certainly much more equipped than I was in March because of what I've gone through."
支持を得ようと努めるd was at 12-under 198 and will be paired for the first time in final group with McIlroy on the PGA 小旅行する.
McIlroy birdied two of his last three 穴を開けるs for a 66.
"It's 明白に exciting for the ゴルフ tournament. It's exciting for ゴルフ in general that he's up there," McIlroy said. "But for me, all I can do is concentrate on myself. The game is hard enough without looking at other people. Go out there, take care of my 商売／仕事, and hopefully that's good enough."
Rose started the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する tied with 支持を得ようと努めるd, but not for long.
Rose opened with two straight bogeys before 戦う／戦いing 支援する, but the world's No. 1 player already was four 発射s behind after four 穴を開けるs. He 狭くするd the gap with a birdie on the 16th as 支持を得ようと努めるd had to 緊急発進する for bogey, a two-発射 swing.
"In some ways, it felt like a Sunday just with the energy," Rose said after a 68. "But I knew that it was halfway through a Saturday. Just 手配中の，お尋ね者 to sort of chisel a few 支援する and give myself a chance going into tomorrow."
Rose forgot about 支持を得ようと努めるd and tried to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 East Lake, a game of match play in his mind, in a 企て，努力，提案 to stay in the game. He 負傷させる up with a hard-earned 68.
There used to be no chance against 支持を得ようと努めるd when he was 頂上に the leaderboard going into the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する. His only losses with the 54-穴を開ける lead were the Quad City Classic in 1996 when he was 20 and making third start as a プロの／賛成の, and the 2009 PGA 選手権 at Hazelti ne against Y.E. Yang. He also lost a two-発射 lead to 物陰／風下 Westwood in Germany at a European 小旅行する event in 2000.
Now?
支持を得ようと努めるd has gone more than five years without winning. He also has won enough times - 90 tournaments around the world - to remember how.
"It's a little more unknown now," Rose said. "明白に, his history, his 統計（学） from this point are impeccable. They're incredible. But he's human, and there's a lot on it for him tomorrow, 同様に as the 残り／休憩（する） of us."
支持を得ようと努めるd has had four finishes in the 最高の，を越す 5, a 走者-up by one 発射 at Innisbrook and by two 発射s at the PGA 選手権. Only once this year, however, has he started the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する within closer than four 発射s of the lead.
存在 up by three is a much better 見解（をとる）.
"Simple math says that if I play a clean card, the guys behind me have to shoot 67 to 軍隊 it into extra 穴を開けるs," 支持を得ようと努めるd said. "That helps. I don't have to shoot 63 or 64 and hope I get help. This is a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す I'd much rather be in than four or five 支援する."
The Saturday start was 簡単に mesmerizing.
支持を得ようと努めるd 注ぐd in a 20-foot birdie putt on the first 穴を開ける. His wedge settled 8 feet below the 穴を開ける on No. 3. His 20-foot birdie putt on No. 4 宙返り／暴落するd into the 中心 of the cup with perfect pace. Two short birdies followed. And when he finally 行方不明になるd a fairway at No. 7, 支持を得ようと努めるd 攻撃する，衝突する a 9-アイロンをかける from the （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕 that hopped out of the first 削減（する） to about 5 feet for a sixth birdie in seven 穴を開けるs.
The 元気づけるs were endless, and there was no 疑問ing what was going on.
"I've heard the roars all day, and it's been phenomenal," Paul Casey said after his 66. "What an atmosphere it is out there this week."
支持を得ようと努めるd, however, made only one birdie over his last 11 穴を開けるs, a wedge to 7 feet on No. 12. He 行方不明になるd 不正に on his tee 発射 at the par-3 ninth, and the shaggy rough to the 権利 of the 16th fairway 原因（となる）d the 直面する of his club to open, 行方不明の to the 権利. His flop 発射 didn't get up the hill and rolled 支援する toward him, and his next pitch was a bump-and-run played to perfection that kept him from another 二塁打 bogey.
McIlroy also started strong, and 存在 in the group ahead of 支持を得ようと努めるd, he knew 正確に／まさに what was happening. On Sunday, he get a 前線-列／漕ぐ／騒動 seat. The only other time they were paired together in the fourth 一連の会議、交渉／完成する was at the 2015 Masters, when both were 10 発射s behind Jordan Spieth.
Rose won't be in the final group, but he has plenty on the line even if he doesn't catch 支持を得ようと努めるd. He likely needs to finish in the 最高の，を越す five to be 保証するd of winning the FedEx Cup and the $10 million 特別手当.
Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd putts for birdie on the third 穴を開ける during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd watches 攻撃する，衝突するs from the third fairway during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
CORRECTS TO EIGHTH GREEN INSTEAD OF 18TH GREEN - Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd 半導体素子s to the eighth green during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd wipes his 直面する while sizing up his 発射 from the seventh fairway during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd 攻撃する，衝突するs from the first fairway during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Rory McIlroy 攻撃する，衝突するs from the seventh fairway during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Rory McIlroy 半導体素子s up to the first green during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Justin Rose 攻撃する，衝突するs from a （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕 in the seventh fairway during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Justin Rose watches his 発射 from off the first fairway during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd finishes the 18th 穴を開ける 持続するing the lead at 12 under par during the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Justin Rose congratulates Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd, on his third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する finish in the 小旅行する 選手権 ゴルフ tournament Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Atlanta. 支持を得ようと努めるd 持続するd the lead with a 12 under par. (AP Photo/John Amis)
