Tiger Woods at Quicken Loans National 2015: Saturday Leaderboard Score, Reaction

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Published: August 1, 2015

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Tiger Woods entered Saturday's third round of the Quicken Loans National tied for fifth place with a great chance to position himself for a victory, but an awful showing severely damaged his chances.

The 14-time major champion shot a three-over 74, which put him in a tie for 42nd place at five under and left him nine strokes behind leaders Troy Merritt, Kevin Chappell and Rickie Fowler for the tournament when his round concluded. Here is a look at the current leaderboard from Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia:



After going on birdie binges in the first and second rounds, Woods struggled mightily to put circles on his scorecard Saturday. Over the course of 18 holes, his third round played out as follows:



There was no shortage of excitement leading up to Tiger's tee time, as he hadn't put himself in such a favorable spot entering the weekend at a tournament in two years, per ESPN Stats & Info:



According to Golf Channel's Tiger Tracker, every indication was that Woods was in fine form prior to the start of the round:



Tiger's opening seven holes were nondescript, as he parred them all; however, it certainly seemed as though trouble was on the horizon. As ESPN.com's Jason Sobel pointed out, the 39-year-old legend had an extremely difficult time off the tee:



Woods was akin to Houdini, as he somehow managed to avoid blemishes to his scorecard, but that changed on the par-five eighth when he carded a bogey. He finished the front nine at one over for the day, but things got worse on the back end.

Tiger double-bogeyed the par-three 11th before posting a bogey on the par-four 13th, which left him at four over for the day with five holes remaining.

As observed by ESPN's Jason Whitlock, Woods' inability to string together strong rounds of golf continued:



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