Tiger Woods lurked three strokes behind leader Geoff Ogilvy of Australia after each had played 11 holes when the World Golf Championships CA Championship third round was halted on Saturday.
Woods took a bogey at the second and a birdie at the seventh, both par-4 holes, and added nine pars before play was suspended by the storm with only 18 of 79 players able to finish their third rounds.
"I'm still right there, a lot of holes to be played and hopefully I can get it going and get hot," Woods said.
Lightning remained until it was too dark to resume play on Saturday so players were to return to the Doral course yesterday morning, each to complete seven holes or less, before the final round begins.
Ogilvy was on 14-under par with seven holes remaining, one stroke ahead of compatriot Adam Scott. Woods shared third with Fiji's Vijay Singh and South Africa's Tim Clark. Jim Furyk and Englishman Graeme Storm were on 10-under par.
"It's where you want to be. I'm happy with where I'm at," Ogilvy said. "If I can keep playing the way I'm playing and putt well, you never know."
Singh was eight-under par for the round with two holes to play while Clark and Storm were seven-under on the round with three holes remaining for each.
Woods struggled early with his normally amazing putting stroke. He pulled his drive at the first yet swatted an iron to the fringe and had a five-foot birdie putt but missed it. At the second, he missed a four-foot par putt.
"I need to hit the ball a touch better but more importantly make some putts. To three-putt the first two holes right out of the gate is never a good thing," Woods said.
Woods, a 13-time major winner chasing Jack Nicklaus' record 18 major titles, is in his last tuneup for next month's Masters. His 64 career wins match Ben Hogan for third on the all-time list behind Sam Snead's 82 and 73 by Nicklaus.
World No. 1 Woods seeks his eighth victory in a row worldwide, fourth consecutive triumph at Doral and fourth consecutive victory in a row in the World Golf series, in which he has won 14 titles in 25 starts.
But Woods was having trouble on a day when rivals made moves up the leaderboard.
"Tiger was struggling a little bit to get it going. It would have been nice to keep playing more holes," Scott said.
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