2011 Frys.com Open: Tiger Woods Finishes At 7-Under, Well Off The Pace

Bryce Molder has endured numerous top 10 finishes without a win on the PGA Tour, two blown 54-hole leads and a stretch of 10 missed cuts in 13 2011 events. He’s finally put all of that behind him.

Molder emerged from an epic six-hole playoff with a winning birdie on the last to beat third-round leader Briny Baird and win the Frys.com Open, his first win on the PGA Tour after an up-and-down career.

Tiger Woods shot a final round 68, capping a solid weekend that left him at 7-under for the tournament. But the early hole he dug himself with two lackluster rounds to open the tournament left him far too big a hole to climb out of, and Woods was hardly a factor in the tournament. As it stands now, Woods sits eight shots back of the lead, in a tie for 28th place.

Woods was up and down again on Sunday, bogeying No. 2 and No. 5 before carding a birdie on No. 9. On the back nine, he heated up, carding birdies on No. 10, 12, 14 and 15 before bogeying No. 16. He finished his round with a birdie on No. 17 and a par on No. 18, good for a round of 3-under.

So, this happened at the Frys.com Open on Sunday.

And because that needed an update:

The final round of the Frys.com Open will get under way Sunday and the headliner, one of the very few notable players in the tournament, noted golf enthusiast Tiger Woods will tee off at 10:00 a.m. local (1:00 p.m. ET) on the back nine. He’ll play with Rod Pampling and Arjun Atwal.

Among the other distinguished players in the field are defending champion and Tiger foil Rocco Mediate (2:20 p.m. ET), Ernie Els (2:50 p.m. ET), and Trevor Immelman (1:10 p.m. ET). Clearly, not the strongest of fields, but the winner takes home $900,000, so you know, they will clearly give it their all and best effort. Some notable players who failed to make the cut were Rory Sabbatini and David Duval.

It was an up-and-down day for Tiger Woods as he tried to make up ground at the Frys.com Open. After play was suspended for darkness on Friday -- forcing players to finish their rounds on Saturday morning -- the third round began on split tees, with Woods starting on the back nine. And he began with a bogey-free nine holes, getting to 2-under on the day and climbing the leaderboard early.

By the time Woods got to the third hole -- his 12th of the day -- he was at 4-under for the day and just three shots off the lead. But he couldn’t maintain his momentum, with a bogey on No. 3 bringing him back to earth and another on No. 7 turning what could’ve been a great day into merely a solid one.

The third round of the 2011 Frys.com Open gets underway Saturday. Headlining the field, per usual, is Tiger Woods, who shot 3-under (six birdies, three bogeys) yesterday to move to seven shots off the lead. He’ll tee off at noon EDT in a group with Louis Oosthuizen and amateur Patrick Cantlay off the back nine.

Paul Casey (11:50 a.m. tee time) heads into Saturday leading at 8-under after shooting seven under par Friday. Bud Cauley (11:50 a.m.), Ernie Els (4:30 p.m.) and Briny Baird (5:10 p.m.) sit one shot back at 7-under for the tournament.

Tiger Woods mixed six birdies with three bogeys in a round of three-under 68 on Friday.

Woods moved to one-under-par 141 after two rounds and will easily make the cut. He walked off the course seven strokes behind leader Paul Casey, who fired a seven-under 64 to finish 36 holes at eight-under-par 134.

After one round of play at the Frys.com Open, Briny Baird, Brendan Steele, Garrett Steele, and Matt Bettencourt lead the field at 4-under par. This tournament would be barely a blip on the radar screen if it weren’t for the return of noted golf enthusiast Tiger Woods, and he’s, well, pretty much doing what he’s been doing for years now — not much of anything. Woods is +2 and six strokes off the lead.

Woods hasn’t played since his disaster turn at the PGA Championship, and, as has been his buggaboo, he fell victim to an implosion hole. After a birdie to open his round, he bogeyed the next two holes, but was able to steady himself for eight straight pars before a double-bogey on 12 that pretty much sealed a bad round for him. He saved it a little with a birdie on 13, but finishing 2-under is, the new normal for the former world No. 1.

Tiger Woods is nine holes in to the 2011 Frys.com Open at CordeValle Country Club in San Martin, CA. So far, so good...ish.

Woods shot a 36 to finish the first-nine at one-over par, tied for 70th place right alongside pairing partner Louis Oosthuizen and many more.

All eyes are on Tiger Woods at the 2011 Frys.com Open, where the former World No. 1 will make his first start since missing the cut at the PGA Championship two months ago.

Taking place at CordeValle Country Club in San Martin, CA, the Frys.com Open is a PGA Tour Fall Series golf tournament that has hosted notable players such as David Duval, Rickie Fowler, and Mike Weir, who won the inaugural tournament in 2007.