Tiger Woods at The Open, Round 3 updates

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Tiger Woods moved into contention with a third-round 5-under 66 at The Open Championship, giving him an opportunity to chase the 15th major win of his career Sunday at Carnoustie.

Woods is now 5 under through the first three rounds. When he walked off the course, he was two shots off the lead, held at that point by Kevin Kisner.

The 66 was Woods’ lowest round at a major since the second round of the 2011 Masters, when he also shot 66. It's his lowest at The Open since a second-round 65 in the 2006 Open, when he won at Royal Liverpool.

For a brief stretch after a birdie at the par-5 14th, Woods held a share of the lead at 6 under. He had a chance to take the outright lead on the next hole but missed a makeable birdie putt.

Kisner, the 36-hole co-leader who teed off 2 hours, 45 minutes after Woods, soon birdied the third hole to take the outright lead. Woods then suffered his only bogey of the day at the par-3 16th to fall two strokes back.

Woods hasn’t won a major since the 2008 U.S. Open when he played on basically one leg, with issues to his left knee requiring surgery two days after his win. His last victory on the PGA TOUR was the 2013 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. Woods birdied both par 5s Saturday, continuing to rely on his accuracy off the tee to avoid trouble at Carnoustie. He leads the field this week in driving accuracy, but nearly found trouble off the tee at 18 when his tee shot was just inches from finding the Barry Burn. Instead, he wound up in the rough and chipped back into the fairway, then followed with a terrific wedge shot to save par.

Here is a recap of Tiger Woods' round.

HOLE 1 (par 4, 394 yards)
Shot 1: Iron off the tee finds the left rough
Shot 2: 9-iron from 148 lands in the rough left of the green
Shot 3: Pitch from deep rough to about 15 feet
Shot 4: Pours in the par putt

E through 1

HOLE 2 (par 4, 461 yards)
Shot 1: Driver finds the center of the fairway
Shot 2: Iron lands pin high 12 feet right of hole
Shot 3: Birdie putt slides just past on the low side
Shot 4: Tap-in for par

E through 2

HOLE 3 (par 4, 350 yards)
Shot 1: Iron off the tee finds the fairway
Shot 2: 9-iron from 165 finds the green 25 feet short of hole
Shot 3: Putt slides just past
Shot 4: Tap-in for par

E through 3

HOLE 4 (par 4, 415 yards)
Shot 1: Tee shot finds the middle of the fairway
Shot 2: Wedge spins back to 7 feet below the hole
Shot 3: Pours in birdie putt

-1 through 4

HOLE 5 (par 4, 397 yards)
Shot 1: Iron off the tee finds the fairway
Shot 2: Iron lands 42 feet right of the hole
Shot 3: Putt rolls 6 feet past the hole
Shot 4: Makes par putt

-1 through 5

HOLE 6 (par 5, 580 yards)
Shot 1: Driver goes 335 yards, finds the fairway
Shot 2: Iron from 250 yards finds the green 70 feet from hole
Shot 3: Putt comes up 8 feet short of hole
Shot 4: Makes birdie putt

-2 through 6

HOLE 7 (par 4, 400 yards)
Shot 1: Iron finds the middle of the fairway
Shot 2: 9-iron from 167 lands 12 feet from the hole
Shot 3: Birdie putt just misses on the high side
Shot 4: Tap-in for par

-2 through 7

HOLE 8 (par 3, 176 yards)
Shot 1: Tee shot right at the flag, but comes up short of the green
Shot 2: Putt from off the green comes up inches short of going in
Shot 3: Tap-in par

-2 through 8

HOLE 9 (par 4, 486 yards)
Shot 1: Driver goes 318 yards, finds the left rough
Shot 2: Iron from 170 finds the green, 25 feet from hole
Shot 3: Buries the birdie putt right in the back of the cup

-3 through 9

HOLE 10 (par 4, 465 yards)
Shot 1: Driver finds the center of the fairway
Shot 2: Iron lands to within 6 inches of the hole
Shot 3: Taps in for birdie

-4 through 10

HOLE 11 (par 4, 382 yards)
Shot 1: Driver off the tee rolls all the way up to just off the putting surface
Shot 2: Putt from off the green comes up 3 feet short of the hole
Shot 3: Pours in birdie putt

-5 through 11

HOLE 12 (par 4, 500 yards)
Shot 1: Iron off the tee finds the fairway
Shot 2: From 250 with an iron, ball scoots over the green into the rough
Shot 3: Putt stops about 1 foot short of the hole
Shot 4: Tap-in par

-5 through 12

HOLE 13 (par 3, 155 yards)
Shot 1: Tee shot lands 20 feet right of the hole
Shot 2: Birdie putt burns the edge on the low side of cup
Shot 3: Tap-in par

-5 through 13

HOLE 14 (par 5, 513 yards)
Shot 1: Driver ends up in first cut of rough
Shot 2: 6-iron from 217 ends up on the green, 40 feet from the hole
Shot 3: Eagle putt just slides by on the high side.
Shot 4: Tap-in birdie to join a share of the lead at 6 under.

-6 through 14

HOLE 15 (par 4, 470 yards)
Shot 1: Iron off the tee finds the fairway
Shot 2: 7-iron approach lands just short of the flag, about 15 feet from the hole
Shot 3: Birdie putt misses on low side
Shot 4: Tap-in par

-6 through 15

HOLE 16 (par 3, 243 yards)
Shot 1: Ball finds the green, but then catches a slope and runs just off
Shot 2: Putt up the bank comes up 6 feet short.
Shot 3: Putt misses just on the high side
Shot 4: Tap-in bogey

-5 through 16

HOLE 17 (par 4, 460 yards)
Shot 1: Iron finds the fairway
Shot 2: Approach stops 15 feet right of the hole
Shot 3: Birdie putt misses 8 inches on the high side
Shot 4: Tap-in par

-5 through 17

HOLE 18 (par 4, 510 yards)
Shot 1: Drive with an iron goes left, hits the top edge of the burn and bounces right to safety. In deep rough.
Shot 2: Pitches out of deep rough into the fairway
Shot 3: From 100 yards, wedge lands right at the flag and checks up to within 2 feet.
Shot 4: Made par putt

-5 through 18 (66)
-5 for the tournament