Woods Shoots 65 and Takes Lead

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: April 10, 2005


AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Tiger Woods tied a Masters record with seven straight birdies and surged past Chris DiMarco to take a three-stroke lead into Sunday's final round at Augusta National. Woods shot a 7-under 65, one stroke better than the second-round score that got him back in contention. He opened the tournament with a 74.

``Not bad, huh?'' Woods said, smiling. ``It's been a while, hasn't it? Most majors, you're not going to be making a whole bunch of birdies. You're going to be making a bunch of pars.''

DiMarco struggled to a 74 and was at 8 under, followed by Thomas Bjorn, who shot a 71 and was at 7 under. The final round was scheduled to begin around 11 a.m. EDT.

The golfers were back on the course at 8 a.m. Sunday to complete the weather-delayed third round, with DiMarco holding a four-shot lead over Woods.

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and a back nine that was horrible. Clearly, Tiger's string-of-seven loosened DeMarco's lugnuts. Sad ... after two rounds of 67 on a very tough course.

And a record-tying string of 7 birdies in a row. Incredible.

Too bad DiMarco has pulled a Norman on us and choked so badly. I really wanted to see a shootout today.