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2018 Tour Championship leaderboard: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy on top after stellar Round 3 scores

I have to confess, the 2018 Tour Championship might be over. Following Tiger Woods' 65 in the third round, it looks like he's finally going to get his first win post-comeback and hoist his first trophy in over five years. However, if he's caught on Sunday, there are probably only two golfers who can do it. And both of them have the juice to make it happen. Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy shot a combined 6 under on Saturday, which on paper is pretty good at this tough course. Even more so considering they were playing in the final two pairings and came in at or around the lead. Unfortunately for them, Woods' 65 was not shot on paper. It was shot in real life, and now both Rose and McIlroy trail by three going into Sunday. We've been here before, at least with McIlroy. He shot a 64 in the final round in 2016 to come from behind and get into a playoff before eventually winning that year's Tour Championship and FedEx Cup. The story for him this week has been the ...