Tiger Woods made three bogeys before the turn Saturday at The Barclays, falling to 5-under and five shots behind co-leaders Matt Kuchar, Rickie Fowler and Gary Woodland.
2013 Barclays leaderboard: 3 share lead while Tiger Woods struggles early
The front nine wasn’t too kind to Tiger on Saturday, but he made do.
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Kuchar began the third round at 11-under, good for a two-stroke lead over Webb Simpson and Woodland. Kuchar, however, bogeyed the par-4 third hole, dropping him into a tie with Simpson after Simpson birdied the first hole.
Fowler birdied his first hole Saturday before an eagle at No. 6 launched him into a tie for the lead.
Woods had only bogeyed three holes out of his first 36 at Liberty National Golf Club, and all three of those came in his 2-under round of 69 on Friday. But where he made up shots Friday, he hadn’t yet in the third round. He bogeyed No. 3 on Saturday, which was a birdie Friday. He also took a bogey at the par-3 fourth hole, which he birdied Thursday and made par on Friday.
He got up-and-down out of a green-side bunker to make birdie at the par-5 eighth hole.
Simpson, Charl Schwarzel and Kevin Chappell are each one stroke back at 9-under.
Here is a look at the top of the leaderboard:
| Pos. | Player | Overall | Thru | Round | R1 | R2 | Strokes |
| T1 | Rickie Fowler | -10 | 7 | -3 | 71 | 64 | 135 |
| T1 | Matt Kuchar | -10 | 6 | 1 | 66 | 65 | 131 |
| T1 | Gary Woodland | -10 | 6 | -1 | 69 | 64 | 133 |
| T4 | Kevin Chappell | -9 | 14* | -7 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T4 | Charl Schwartzel | -9 | 7 | -2 | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| T4 | Webb Simpson | -9 | 6 | E | 67 | 66 | 133 |
| 7 | Sergio Garcia | -8 | 7 | -2 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T8 | Rory Sabbatini | -7 | 11 | -3 | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T8 | Jim Furyk | -7 | 9 | -1 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T8 | Justin Rose | -7 | 9 | -1 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
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