BBC Sport 10 March 2013
Tiger Woods Moves clear of Graeme McDowell in Miami
LEADERBOARD
- -18: T Woods (US)
- -14: G McDowell (NI)
- -13: P Mickelson (US), S Stricker (US)
- -11: S Garcia (Spa), M Thompson (US), C Schwartzel (RSA), K Bradley (US)
- -10 : B Watson (US), F Jacobson (Swe)
- Selected others: -6 A Scott (Aus), J Rose (Eng), I Poulter (Eng) -5 S Jamieson (Sco) -3 R McIlroy (NI), L Westwood (Eng) -2 E Els (RSA)
Tiger Woods takes a four-shot lead over Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell into the final round of the World Golf Championships tournament at Doral.
McDowell closed the gap to a single shot as he holed an eagle and two birdies on the front nine.
But Woods pulled clear at the turn as McDowell marred his round - which included a second eagle - with a double-bogey at the 14th.
The American will resume on 18 under as he closes in on his second win of 2013.
Woods wants to regain the world number one spot from Rory McIlroy, whose sticky patch of form showed no signs of abating in Miami.
The 14-time Major winner put himself in a commanding position at the Blue Monster course, carding seven birdies and only two bogeys.
A tee-shot that got stuck in a palm tree was about the only thing that went wrong for Woods on Saturday as he moved to 18 under.
There was less luck for McDowell as a bogey at the 11th and a double-bogey six two holes later ruined a promising early start.
McDowell clawed back some ground when he chipped in from 20 feet for an eagle at the 16th but he failed to take advantage of Woods's error at the 17th when his birdie putt stayed up.
Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker ended the day sharing third place after each shooting 69 to finish 13 under.
Justin Rose and Ian Poulter were the leading British players at six under as fellow Englishman Lee Westwood fell away late in his round.
Westwood dropped to a one-under-par 71 and will resume on three under alongside world number one McIlroy.