Woods, Kim Share AT&T National Lead
POSTED: 7:08 pm EDT July 4, 2009
Bethesda, MD -- (Sports Network) - Tiger Woods managed just an even-par 70 Saturday and will head into the final round at the AT&T National tied for the lead with Anthony Kim.Kim, the defending champion, shot a two-under 68 in the third round to join Woods at 10-under-par 200. The duo matched the tournament's 54-hole scoring record, which Tom Pernice, Jr. shot last year. Michael Allen, who won the Senior PGA Championship in May, posted the best round of the day, a five-under 65, to move into a share of third place at minus-nine. He was joined there by Cameron Beckman (66). Jim Furyk (69) and Rod Pampling (71) share fifth at eight-under-par 202. Woods will go for his 68th PGA Tour win Sunday at Congressional, while Kim will look for this third tour title and first since this event last year. Woods stumbled to bogeys on one and six to fall one behind his playing partner, Pampling. Woods moved back into a share of the lead with a nine-foot birdie putt on the eighth. The world's No. 1 player ran home a 25-foot eagle putt on the ninth to jump three clear of the field as Kim, who had shared the lead with Woods at nine- under, bogeyed the ninth. Woods coughed those strokes up on the 11th though. He came up short left in a bunker and blasted into another bunker. Woods' fourth stopped eight feet from the hole and he two-putted for double-bogey to drop to minus-nine. Allen had flown into contention with a bogey and four birdies on the front nine, then another bogey and three birdies on the back nine. His birdie on 16 put him at nine-under, where he was tied for the lead with Woods. Allen parred the final two holes to end at minus-nine. Woods parred four straight from the 12th and was tied for the lead with Allen, Kim and Beckman. Kim bogeyed the first and got that shot back with a birdie on the third. He traded a birdie for a bogey from the ninth. Around the turn, Kim birdied the 12th to gain a share of the lead at minus-nine. The 24-year-old was the first to 10-under as he got up and down for birdie from the rough on the par-five 16th. He two-putted for par on the final two holes. "I am finally healthy for the first time and that helps," Kim admitted. "You know there is going to be some bogeys out there and if you can play away from the trouble you're going to have some opportunities." Woods joined Kim at 10-under with a two-putt birdie on the 16th. He also parred the last two. "It was a little bit me as well as the blustery conditions. I wasn't quite on today," Woods admitted. "The wind was all over the place. We had a hard time pulling clubs out there. Some of the greens were softer than others, too. They were a little bit inconsistent." Woods struggled with the greens on Saturday as he needed 32 putts to complete his round. That is four more putts than he needed in Friday's second round and five more than in the opening round. Kim and Woods will be paired together on Sunday for the first time. "I am looking forward to it. I'm already excited. It's a day I've been dreaming about for a while," Kim said of the pairing. U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover carded his third round in the 60s, a two-under 68, and he is alone in seventh at seven-under-par 203. Ryuji Imada (66), Cliff Kresge (67), Bryce Molder (70), Ryan Moore (69) and Danny Lee (69) share eighth place at minus-six.
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