TIGER TAKES 44 SHOTS TO THE TURN AND FINISHES WITH A 79

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Tiger Woods ran up the highest nine-hole score of his professional career with an outward 44 in the third round of the Memorial Tournament in Ohio today.

The world number one, who started on the 10th, leaked double bogeys on the 12th and 15th, dropped another shot on the 17th and triple-bogeyed the 18th.
He picked up three shots after the turn but made further bogeys at the sixth and ninth for a round of 79.
The 14-time major winner is eight over par, 16 shots behind the leaders. 
 “It’s not that hard to make bogeys and doubles on this golf course,.” said Woods.
This was defending champion and five-time winner Woods's highest ever round at Jack Nicklaus's Muirfield Village course.
His previous worst nine-hole score was 43 - something he fired on three occasions, most recently at Quail Hollow in 2010 when he also shot a 79.
His most ugly 18-hole score was an 81 he compiled in brutal conditions during the third round of the 2002 Open at Muirfield, which is the venue, of course, for this year's Open. 

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Rory McIlroy had to get up and down from 45 yards on the 18th hole to make the cut at the end of the rain-delayed second round.
McIlroy had opened with a 78 and knew he needed to hit a low score just to stick around for the final two rounds. He was four under for his second round through 14 holes when the third suspension of play finally brought the players in on Friday night. When he returned on Saturday morning he birdied the 15th, but then had bogeys at 16 and 17.

Needing a par to make the cut, he hit his drive on the par-four 18th into a deep bunker, then spun his approach shot off the false front and it ended up 45 yards short and below the green. 
But he chipped to four feet and made the putt to salvage par before slamming his club into his bag as he left the green.

“Bogeying 16 and 17 wasn’t really the plan,” he said. “And obviously having to make one up and down at the last. I’m happy to be in on the weekend with a couple of rounds to work on things. But I need to commit more to my shots and not guide the ball as much, I guess – just let it go.”

Charl Schwartzel made the most of an early start to move within a shot of leader Bill Haas.

Haas, who followed an opening 68 with a 67 before the heavy weather came in on Friday, was safe and secure in his hotel with a three-shot lead overnight.

First-round leader Schwartzel began play on the 16th hole on Saturday with a par, then birdied the final two holes to put the finishing touches on a 71 that left him at 136.
“I thought if I could somehow get one back and get my round back to even, I’d be very happy,” he said. “I managed to make two [birdies], coming up 17 and 18. I’m very pleased with the way it turned out.”
Kyle Stanley played his final four holes on Saturday morning and was another shot back at 137 followed by Matt Kuchar and Bubba Watson at 138.