WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Jason Bohn’s main goal after barely making the cut at The Greenbrier Classic was to get some extra rest before the final round.
Sweet dreams. And try not to think about being the co-leader heading into Sunday.
Bohn shot a 9-under-par 61 on Saturday and was at 11-under 199, tied with Sean O’Hair, Sung Joon Park and Bryce Molder on the Old White TPC course. O’Hair and Park both shot a 66. Molder had a 67.
Bohn started strong with six birdies on the first 10 holes. After a bogey at No. 11, he regrouped with four more birdies over the final five holes.
It’s setting up to be another close finish at the tournament, which debuted in 2010. Two were decided in playoffs and the largest margin was two shots twice.
A crowded leaderboard has 27 players within four shots of the lead. Tiger Woods wasn’t among them.
Woods struggled on the back nine, shot a 71 and was seven strokes back.
Bohn’s round was his best on the PGA Tour and included 14 one-putt greens. He shot a sizzling 58 in a 2001 Canadian Tour event, the Bayer Championship.
A two-time winner on the PGA Tour, Bohn has two runner-up finishes this season. Saturday, he was just hoping to play well enough to avoid an early tee time in the final round.
“I just wanted to sleep in, to be honest, so now I don’t have to get up early in the morning,” Bohn said.
Woods hasn’t been the same since shooting a 66 in the first round, his lowest score of the season and matching his best in relation to par.
Woods was within four shots of the lead at the start of Saturday’s round and kept pace with two front-nine birdies.
Then all parts of his game came unraveled. He surpassed 30 putts for the second straight day.
“I started pressing at the end trying to make some birdies and really got aggressive,” Woods said. “I hit a lot of shots close. I just need to convert on those and get some kind of string going in a positive way.”
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