ATLANTA -- Golfers know how nice it looks to see 3s on the scorecard, and Tiger Woods made a bunch of them Saturday at East Lake to take his first 54-hole lead in a tournament since his last victory in 2013.
Woods began his round with 5 consecutives 3s, six birdies in his first seven holes and shot the lowest score of the day, a 5-under-par 65 to take a three-stroke advantage over Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose into the final round of the Tour Championship, the PGA Tour's season-ending event.
A victory on Sunday would be the 80th of Woods' PGA Tour career and his first since the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, where he last held a 54-hole advantage.