Woods falls five-shot back

Published March 24, 2008

MIAMI (Florida), March 23: Tiger Woods will need to match the best final-round comeback of his career if the world No 1 golfer is to extend his win streak to eight tournaments in a row.

Australian Geoff Ogilvy stretched his lead to four strokes after 54 holes on Sunday morning at the World Golf Championships CA Championship, completing a four-under 68 that left three-time defending champion Woods five adrift.

A total of 61 players had to finish their third round on Sunday after lightning halted play on Saturday, setting the stage for a long day for leaders as they race the sunset to decide a winner at the eight million-dollar event.

Leading third-round scores:

200 – Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 65, 67, 68.

204 – Vijay Singh (Fiji) 73, 68, 63; Graeme Storm (Britain) 71, 70, 63; Jim Furyk (US) 69, 71, 64; Retief Goosen (South Africa) 71, 69, 64; Adam Scott (Australia) 67, 68, 69.

205 – Anders Hansen (Denmark) 67, 71, 67; Tiger Woods (US) 67, 66, 72.

206 – Tim Clark (South Africa) 71, 69, 66.

207 – K.J. Choi (South Korea) 70, 70, 67.

208 – Zach Johnson (US) 69, 72, 67; Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 68, 70, 70; Jeev Milkha Singh (India) 68, 70, 70.

209 – Nick O’Hern (Australia) 67, 75, 67; Mike Weir (Canada) 73, 69, 67; Stephen Ames (Canada) 73, 68, 68.

210 – Gregory Havret (France) 68, 74, 68; Robert Allenby (Australia) 69, 75, 66; Luke Donald (Britain) 68, 72, 70; Mark Calcavecchia (US) 68, 71, 71; Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 65, 74, 71.—Agencies

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