Tiger Woods entered the World Challenge as the betting favorite to win and after two rounds, he’s in position to do just that. Woods vaulted to the top of the leaderboard on Friday with a round of 62, the best round of the day by five strokes. He’ll now begin the third round on Saturday with a two-stroke lead.
World Challenge 2013: Tee times, pairings for Saturday’s round
The World Challenge continues on Saturday and Tiger Woods will be in the final group.
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Woods is 11-under for the tournament, two strokes ahead of Zach Johnson. Johnson followed up his opening-round 67 with a 68 on Friday and is 9-under. Johnson and Woods will play in the final group on Saturday and are scheduled to tee off at 1:58 p.m. ET.
Matt Kuchar is alone in third place at 8-under. He’ll play with Graeme McDowell in the third round. McDowell shot a 67 on Friday and is 5-under for the tournament. Bubba Watson opened the tournament by shooting a pair of 70s and he’ll play with Bill Haas in the third round.
Play will begin at 12:30 p.m. ET with Hunter Mahan and Dustin Johnson hitting the course first. With a star-studded field, all nine pairings are notable. Here is a complete look at the pairings and tee times for the third round (all times ET).
| Tee Time | Players | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Hunter Mahan | Dustin Johnson |
| 12:41 p.m. | Lee Westwood | Rory McIlroy |
| 12:52 p.m. | Jordan Spieth | Steve Stricker |
| 1:03 p.m. | Webb Simpson | Jason Dufner |
| 1:14 p.m. | Ian Poulter | Jason Day |
| 1:25 p.m. | Jim Furyk | Keegan Bradley |
| 1:36 p.m. | Bubba Watson | Bill Haas |
| 1:47 p.m. | Matt Kuchar | Graeme McDowell |
| 1:58 p.m. | Tiger Woods | Zach Johnson |
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