Woods' "Longest Drive of 364 Yards"... "Performance Was Not Bad"

Hero World Challenge 3R Tied 16th
Strong Performance with 5 Birdies and 4 Bogeys in 'Comeback Match'
Average Driving Distance 303.40 Yards, 27 Putts

‘Golf Emperor’ Tiger Woods (USA) is smoothly playing his comeback match after 7 months.

On the 2nd (local time), he scored 1-under-par 71 in the 3rd round of the PGA Tour’s ‘special event’ Hero World Challenge (total prize money $4.5 million) held at Albany Golf Course (par 72, 7,449 yards) in New Providence, Bahamas. Among the 20 players participating, he is tied for 16th place (even par 216) along with FedEx Cup champion and three-time defending champion Viktor Hovland (Norway).

Tiger Woods is teeing off at the 4th hole of the 3rd round in the "Special Event" Hero World Challenge. [New Providence (Bahamas) = AP·Yonhap News]

Woods started from 15th place and recorded 5 birdies and 4 bogeys. He began shakily with consecutive bogeys on holes 1 and 2, but changed the momentum with a birdie on hole 3 (par 5). He then made birdies on hole 6 (par 5) and consecutive birdies on holes 8 and 9, reducing 2 strokes in the front nine. However, in the back nine, he made a bogey on hole 11 (par 5), recovered with a birdie on hole 14, but made a bogey on the last hole 18 (par 4) after his second shot landed in the rough behind the green.

Woods showed a long drive of up to 364 yards. His average driving distance was 303.40 yards. However, his fairway hit rate of 61.54% and greens in regulation rate of 44.44% were disappointing. He recorded 27 putts. In a post-match interview, Woods smiled and said, "The back nine was not good, but I think I played reasonably well. Not only my ankle, but there is no part of me that doesn’t hurt."

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