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Highlights: Woods leads in Abu Dhabi (5:35)
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Tiger Woods shot a 66 on Moving Day to capture a share of the lead at 11 under with Robert Rock at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. Rory McIlroy sits 2 off the pace after a 68 on day 3. Steve Burkowski brings you all of the round 3 action from the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
TRANSCRIPTS
-It's moving day in the Middle East. Off to Abu
Dhabi we go for third round highlights. Rory McIlroy began
Saturady 2 shots off the pace. This is his tee
shot at the par 3 7th. He's walking after it-
oh and with good reason. How about this shot by
Rory McIlroy? Almost goes for a hole in one. Would
make that sure one for birdie and move to 6
under par. Playing alongside Tiger Woods for the third consecutive
day, they're certainly enjoying each other's company. Head to the
17th, McIlroy, 8 under par. This is his second to
the par 4. Taking dead aim, wonderfully done. McIlroy would
shoot 68 in the clubhouse at 9 under. There were
other making a move on Saturday. One of those included
Robert Rock. This for birdie at the par 5 10th.
Oh and Rock moving to 8 under par but he
would continue his fine form, picking up birdies at 12,
14 and 17. This for a birdie at the last.
Rock gets it to go a Saturday 66 in the
clubhouse at 11 under. But the man everybody is coming
to see this week in Abu Dhabi, former world number
one, Tiger Woods, his approach at the very first hole.
Wonderfully done. Woods would birdie the first for the second
consecutive day. That would get him to 6 under par
and at the par 3 7th after rattling off 5
straight pars. Woods continues to be dialed in with his
irons. Absolutely superb. That would lead to yet another birdie.
Tiger Woods moves to 7 under par. After a two-putt
birdie at the 10th, Woods was 8 under as he
reached the 12th. Another two under score card [unk] issued
with the putter in Day number 1. No issues whatsoever
here on Saturday. Now on the 14th, Woods for yet
another birdie. Perfect read, perfect speed, perfect result. Tiger Woods
now 9 under par at the beginning of that hole
but that birdie would get him to 10 under. Then
at the very last, the par 5 18th, nearly 570
yards and this is a towering second with the 5
wood. And that was just that kind of day for
Tiger Woods, reaching the green in 2, he would have
a very fine effort for eagle, getting it down to
just a few feet. Now, birdie at the last. Day
Saturday, 66 bogey 3 for Tiger Woods. He too was
in the clubhouse at 11 under par heading in to
championships Sunday. So here are the standings after 54 holes.
Woods and Rock leading the way, both players shoot 66.
Their advantage is too clear of Hanson, Molinari, McIlroy and
Lawrie. After his round, Woods caught up with Tim Barter.
-Tiger, [unk] 66 to the top of the board. What
pleased you most about your play today? -Well, just kinda
consistent today, you know. I didn't do a lot of-
a whole lot of wrong and then didn't do a
whole lot of right, you know. I was just- kinda
methodically and kinda moved my way around the golf course
and just kinda, you know, [unk] piled up. -Talk us
through the second shot for the last- over your cracking
shot. -Yeah, it was like- I tried to hit it
the same way I did on 10, you know. I
had basically the same number so like 3 hours difference
but I figured I was playing a little bit longer
and the wind was a little more brisk than it
was on 10. So I just did- I had already
hit the same shot, just do it again and start
out over- there's a cameraman just left the green. I
wanted to kinda just pull it off of him a
little bit and let the wind kinda slide it over
there. And I wanted to hit 5 wood, to be
honest with you, but I wasn't guaranteed I'd get over
the bunker and I figured this 800 yards of green
beyond it so I should be all right. -Your score
is improving day by day. Is that a play or
are you getting more familiar with the courses? Is that
a factor? -I think that has a lot to do
with it but also I've just been consistent, you know,
I haven't- as I've said I haven't done a whole
lot of things wrong but I also have not a
lot of things right. I was kinda just methodically kinda
going about my business and just kinda discussed grinding. And
this golf course is playing difficult enough for- Yeah, you
can make some birdies. You can get going but also,
then again, you can- you know, putt up- get going
the wrong way, you know, pretty quickly. So I was
just kinda, you know, just trying to hit the ball
in the fairway and then move on from there. -I'm
seeing you very relaxed out there, chatting with Rory and
Robert. Will it be a bit more game face tomorrow,
a bit more quiet? -I don't- I don't know. Who
knows? It all depends on the pairing but then again,
you know, I'm- you know, trying to win a golf
tournament and, you know, we had a great time today.
It's fun playing- I started with Robert for 4 days
in a row. We've played a practice round together so
it was nice to get rid of him. -What's the
philosophy into the final round then with so many players
in contention? Well, that's the thing. There's so many guys.
I mean, I gotta go out there and execute in-
[unk] a good number. It's not like I can go
out there and just kinda [unk] around shooting a par.
I gotta go out there and get to it and
get after it and post a good number. -Thanks for
your time, Tiger. -Thanks. -Tiger Woods in position to pick
up his first victory in 2012. You can catch all
the final round action to the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf
Championship Sunday 3:00 AM eastern right here on Golf Channel.
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