Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Tiger leads by six; can anybody catch him?

SAN DIEGO — There is still golf to be played in the final round in the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open.


Most, however, think this baby is over.

When they tee off at 2:10 p.m. ET Monday, Tiger Woods will have a six-shot lead, and he has a mere 11 holes to play.

Woods did not don the red shirt for the seven holes he played in the final round Sunday. Expect the red today.

Woods has won here seven times as a professional, after all, and is averaging 68.54 strokes per round at Torrey Pines over 50 tours of duty. He led by four shots after firing a 3-under-par 69 in the delayed third round on Sunday — and in the 53 times Woods has had at least a share of the 54-hole lead in his career, he's won 49 times, with three of those coming at Torrey Pines.

The closest pursuers are Brandt Snedeker and Nick Watney. Rookie Brad Fritsch is eight shots back, and five players, none of whom has won a PGA Tour event, are 10 back.

Snedeker, the defending champion, came back from seven shots in the last round last year to snatch victory from Kyle Stanley. But Snedeker, the reigning FedExCup champion, has just five holes to play. Watney, who won here in 2009, was 10 to play.

"I'm going to try to make as many birdies as I can," Snedeker says.

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