And on the third day, Tiger Woods was neither good nor bad at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass. He was right in the middle as he shot a two-under-par 69 and finished the third round 10 shots behind leader Jason Day of Australia.
Day shot a 66 and equaled the tournament record for 54 holes with a 17-under 196. Brandt Snedeker, who chipped in on the par-five 18th to save par for a 67, is one shot back at 16 under. The rest of the leaderboard has Luke Donald at 15 under, Steve Stricker and Charley Hoffman at 13 under and Phil Mickelson leading a group of four tied at 12 under.
"I played great today and [made] just one little mistake," said Day, 22, who won his only PGA Tour event in May. "Overall I feel very happy with how I played and how I handled myself. Tomorrow I'm just going to try to do what I did today."
Woods, who opened the tournament Friday with three birdies and four bogeys but rebounded Saturday with his first bogey-free round of the year, had a bogey on each side Sunday to offset his four birdies on the TPC Boston course. His treading water in the third round puts his world No. 1 ranking in jeopardy again, with Mickelson and Stricker each within striking distance.
"Overall today I think I played better than what my score indicated," Woods said. "I had a lot of putts that I didn't make today. I made a couple nice par putts, but boy, I missed a lot of birdie putts. I kept getting double-breaking putts.
"I had to really grind and stay committed to what I was doing out there. I did it for the most part. Early on I was struggling a little bit, but fixed it, got it, and hit a lot of good shots after that."
-- Dan Loumena
Times wire services contributed to this report.
Photo: Jason Day hits his approach on the 13th hole Sunday. Credit: Mike Ehrmann / Getty Images