Congrats, Tiger!

STEWART McDOUGALL: Ladies and gentlemen, Tiger Woods, 71, 13 under par and leading The Open Championship by one shot.

Tiger, the field is really bunched up at the top today. What’s the reason for that?

TIGER WOODS: The golf course is pretty quick. These are some surprisingly the most difficult pins today that I’ve ever seen in The Open Championship to date, and it was a good challenge trying to get the ball close. I really had to hit some quality shots. And on the greens out there you really had to watch your pace because obviously every green is just a slightly different speed. You had to be aware of it.

Q. You’ve said all week about how you want to take what the golf course gives you. Will that still be your philosophy tomorrow and did that change at all today?

TIGER WOODS: It didn’t really change. Well, I hit 3 wood on the 11, which I probably could have hit 2 iron, just trying to make sure I carried the mound. It was 250 into the wind, trying to carry it over the top. Other than that I played to about the same spots.

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