Tiger Woods tried turning up the heat on the field, taking a more aggressive approach on the tees and greens on the front nine holes in Sunday’s final round of the PGA Championship.
It didn’t translate into lower scoring for Woods, who made two bogeys and was tied with South Korean Yang Yong-Eun as they began the back nine at the wind-swept Hazeltine National Golf Club.
The duo made the turn three strokes ahead of the field.
Under hot muggy conditions, Woods parred the first three holes before making bogey on the par-3 fourth hole and then doing it again on No. 8.
Rory Sabbatini has already won at Hogan’s Alley. Now he shares the lead going into the final round at Byron Nelson’s tournament.
“Anything associated with his name would be an absolute honor,” Sabbatini said after a five-under-par 65 on Saturday at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Tex.
Two years after his last victory — at the Colonial in nearby Fort Worth, where Ben Hogan’s larger-than-life statue is prominent — Sabbatini is in position to win again after five birdies in a seven-hole stretch Saturday.
