Woods Seeks To End 2012 Victory Drought

I had to chuckle at the headline of Rex Hoggard's story on Tiger's third round 66 in Abu Dhabi: "Woods on the verge of ending victory drought."  I know the Chevron World Challenge was only an 18 player field, but technically a win is a win, no?

Anyway, Hoggard writes:

Left unsaid was whether Woods’ aura would be worth a half stroke per side the way some believe it used to.

Tiger 3.0 may not inspire angina the way the old model did, but all eyes were on Woods on Saturday. His third-round 66 was his second bogey-free effort this week and moved him into a tie for the lead with Robert Rock and two-strokes clear of all others.

For close observers, Saturday’s 66 may be his biggest accomplishment of the week. Day 3 was the ultimate litmus test for Woods, who ranked 176th in Round 3 scoring on the PGA Tour last year and in November was sent spiraling down the leaderboard by a third-round 75 at the Australian Open.

In short, Saturday’s have been anything but special for the one-time Round 3 specialist.