AKRON, Ohio — Nobody has a better scoring average on Saturdays on the PGA Tour than Tiger Woods, and the Bridgestone Invitational would be a good time to keep that up.
He might not have a choice. Neither will Rory McIlroy, Jason Day or anyone else wanting to keep pace.
Tommy Fleetwood took advantage of another soft day of good scoring at Firestone on Friday with a seven-under-par 63. So did the 2017 P.G.A. Championship winner Justin Thomas, who was particularly sharp with his putter for a 64. They shared the lead with Ian Poulter, who had a head start with his career-low 62 and backed it up on Friday with a 67.