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Abu Dhabi: Tiger Woods took a share of the lead at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, on Saturday, by “staying away from trouble” with a 6-under 66.
“It just seemed like I didn’t do a lot of things right but I didn’t do a lot of things wrong today, it was just very consistent,” Woods said.
“You know, made a couple putts here and there... I stayed away from trouble and tried to keep the ball towards the fat side of some of these pins and I think I did a pretty good job.”
The 14-time major winner finished at 11-under and a three-day total of 205. Woods is tied with newcomer Robert Rock, who birdied his final two holes to earn the 117th-ranked Englishman a first-ever pairing with the American on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy (68), Peter Hanson (64), Francesco Molinari (66) and Peter Lawrie (68) share third at 9-under. Four more players, including overnight leader Thorbjorn Olesen (71) of Denmark, are a shot further back.
Woods, who was two shots back after the second round, started climbing up the leaderboard, on Saturday, with an opening birdie, followed by another on No. 7.
Among Indians, SSP Chowrasia (72) sank a birdie on his closing hole of the second round to make the midway cut. Jeev Milkha Singh, who started the second round at three over, had three birdies in the first six holes after starting from the 10th.
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