By Alex Turnbull, PGA TOUR
● Tiger Woods has a one shot lead over Graeme McDowell
through 54 holes this week. This week represents
Tiger’s 53rd career lead/co-lead through three rounds
on the PGA TOUR. He has gone onto win in 48 of his
previous 52 career 54-hole leads/co-leads (92.3 win
percentage).
● With at least a share of the lead through three
rounds, Woods has played 32 of his 52 career final rounds in the
60s with a stroke average of 69.15.
● No one has been better on the par-5s this week
through three rounds than Woods. He’s made birdie on
10 of 12 par 5s played and is 10 under - ranking first and
outperforming the field by seven shots (field average: 3
under).
● Entering this week, Woods had played 35 total par 5s
on TOUR this season at a combined score of 20
under.
Woods and McDowell together: Woods and Graeme
McDowell will be paired together in the final
round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday. This will
mark the 10th time Woods and McDowell have
been in the same pairing and the first time since the opening
two rounds of the 2011 World Golf Championships-Cadillac
Championship.
| Year | Event | Round | Woods | McDowell |
| 2011 | WGC-Cadillac Championship | 1 | 70 | 70 |
| 2011 | WGC-Cadillac Championship | 2 | 74 | 73 |
| 2011 | Masters Tournament | 1 | 71 | 74 |
| 2011 | Masters Tournament | 2 | 66 | 73 |
| 2010 | WGC-HSBC Champions | 1 | 68 | 74 |
| 2010 | WGC-HSBC Champions | 2 | 72 | 71 |
| 2010 | Chevron World Challenge | 3 | 68 | 68 |
| 2010 | Chevron World Challenge | 4 | 73 | 69 |
| 2009 | Masters Tournament | 3 | 70 | 73 |
Tiger Woods vs. his final-round playing partners (when Tiger has a least a share of the third round lead): Woods has been paired with 56 players (in 52 rounds) in the final round when having at least a share of the third-round lead in his PGA TOUR career. On average, his playing partners have shot 2.92 strokes higher than Tiger in the final round.