AUGUSTA, GEORGIA | Standing behind the Augusta National clubhouse late Saturday afternoon, a drop of sweat hanging off the bottom of his chin, Tiger Woods looked toward the 18th green and the big white scoreboard in the distance.
Three days down, one storm-threatened Sunday to go.
It was easy to wonder if Woods was looking back or looking forward. Back to where he’d come from or forward to where the closing 18 holes of the Masters might lead.
For the first time in a decade – go all the way back to Y.E. Yang in the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National – Woods will tee it up in the final group on the final day of a major championship.
“That was the plan,” Woods said. “Here I am.”
Francesco Molinari will start Sunday with the lead, two strokes over Tony Finau and Woods and three in front of major championship collector Brooks Koepka.
Take emotion out of it and Molinari is the likeliest winner on Sunday. Since he won the Open Championship at Carnoustie last summer, Molinari has carried Europe to a Ryder Cup victor...
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