2009 PGA Championship, Third Round: Door Ajar

We all know the numbers.  They tell a tale of certainty, of an outcome already decided.  Tiger Woods is 4-for-4 in majors when leading after the first round.  He is 8-for-8 when leading after the second round.  He is 14-for-14 when leading after the third round. With a five-shot lead heading into the day, it looked like the weekend gameplan for Woods was to run away and hide, which he almost did. Woods played a remarkably precise round of golf, reminiscent of a US Open-style round.  He hit nine of 14 fairways and 11 of 18 greens in regulation.  Though those were his worst totals of the week, it was a round very much under control. Tiger failed to make a single birdie on Hazeltine’s four par-5s, but he put himself in great positions.  On the par-5 3rd, he hit a laser down the left side of the fairway, leaving a perfect opening to the right pin, tucked into the foliage.  He missed the 20-foot birdie putt. How about on the par-5 15th where ...