Tiger Woods switched back for final golf

Tiger Woods changes putter again for final round of the British Open at St. Andrews. Woods changed to a Nike Method putter prior to the tournament in an effort to conquer the slower greens of the Old Course. He took 99 putts in his first three rounds, including 35 yesterday, to fall 12 shots behind leader Louis Oosthuizen.

At the start of the week Woods ditched the putter which has won him 13 of his 14 majors, including the past two Opens over the Old Course by eight and five shots, in favour of a Method model which he hoped would help him deal with the slower speed of the greens on the Old Course.

Tiger Woods has switched putter for the second time in a week in a last-gasp bid to revive his Open Championship chances at St Andrews today.

But after taking 99 putts in the first three rounds to lie 12 shots off the lead, held by South African Louis Oosthuizen, Woods abandoned the experiment and saw it pay instant dividends.

With his trusty Scotty Cameron putter, made by Titleist, the world No1 holed from seven feet on the first and five feet on the third for birdie, improving to five-under par and within 10 shots of Oosthuizen, due out with England's Paul Casey in the last group shortly after 2pm.

Scotland's Paul Lawrie recovered from 10 shots behind after 54 holes to win the Open at Carnoustie in 1999 – an Open championship record – but needed a large helping hand from Jean van de Velde to do so.

Europe's most recent major champion, the US Open winner Graeme McDowell, was five-under alongside Woods, going to the turn in 33 and adding another birdie on the 10th after a superb approach to within two feet.

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008, having earned an estimated $110 million from winnings and endorsements.

Woods has won 14 professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player (Jack Nicklaus leads with 18), and 71 PGA Tour events, third all time.[6] He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour. Additionally, Woods is only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to have achieved a career Grand Slam three times. Woods has won 16 World Golf Championships, and has won at least one of those events each of the 11 years they have been in existence.

Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record ten times,[7] the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has the record of leading the money list in nine different seasons.

On December 11, 2009, Woods announced he would take an indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage after he admitted infidelity. His multiple infidelities were revealed by over a dozen women, through many worldwide media sources.[8][9] Woods returned to competition for the 2010 Masters on April 8, 2010,[10] after a break lasting 20 weeks