Tiger Woods is still sliding backwards at the 2011 Australian Open, but the story of the third round is John Senden. Woods is 3-over for the day and at 6-under for the tournament he’s now six shots back of Senden, the leader in the clubhouse. Senden fired an impressive 63 in his third round, getting to 12-under for the tournament to take the lead as it stands now.
Australian Open 2011: John Senden Fires Low Round, Tiger Woods Going Backwards
Senden’s round came out of nowhere in a way -- he’d shot in the 70s in the first two rounds and was at 3-under coming into the third. But he caught fire, blowing past the leaders and shooting to the top of the leaderboard with some superb golf.
Woods, meanwhile, is through 15 holes, and still has time to make up a bit of ground. But after leading through two rounds, he’ll have a hill to climb in the final round, with plenty of distance between himself and Senden.
Greg Chalmers and Jason Day are one-shot off the pace, tied for second at 10-under. Nick O’Hern and Nick Watney are in a tie for fourth at 9-under for the tournament.
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