Tiger remains in the hunt at Wyndham
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tiger Woods kept himself in contention for a victory at the Wyndham Championship that would propel him into the postseason.
Woods shot a 2-underpar 68 in the third round Saturday, leaving him two strokes behind leader Jason Gore in a three-way tie for second. Gore had a 62 to reach 15-under 195 at Sedgefield Country Club.
Woods — whose streak of 28 holes without a bogey ended on the 18th when his six-foot par putt lipped out — had 10 consecutive pars before briefly moving within one stroke of Gore with a birdie on the par-3 16th.
Jonas Blixt and Scott Brown joined Woods at 13 under. Blixt shot a 62, and Brown had a 66.
Woods was poised to make a run at his first win in more than two years — one that would earn him enough points to clinch a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener next week in New Jersey. Depending on the math, a solo second-place finish also might be enough for Woods, who is at No. 187. In other golf news: • Billy Andrade made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole for a 7-under 65 and a three-stroke lead after the second round of the Champions Tour’s Boeing Classic at Snoqualmie, Wash. Bernhard Langer and Jeff Freeman were tied for second.
• SMU senior Bryson DeChambeau advanced to the U.S. Amateur final to stay in position to become the fifth player to win the event and an NCAA individual title in the same year.
DeChambeau, from Clovis, Calif., beat Southern California sophomore Sean Crocker 4 and 3 at Olympia Fields, Ill. He will face Virginia junior Derek Bard of New Hartford, N.Y., in the 36hole final Sunday. Bard topped Japan’s Kenta Konishi 3 and 2.