"It's pretty much Tiger's game," Bryant said. "When Tiger plays great, he's tough to beat. The guy has won six or seven in a row or something, and he's not playing great and he's tied for the lead. So you figure he's got to play good at some point. But not to say that somebody can't go out and play a great round and beat him. And not to say he's going to play perfect golf, either.
"It's definitely there for the taking."
Over the last two hours, Bay Hill did most of the taking.
Singh got it all started by taking double bogey on the par-5 sixth with a tee shot in the water, and another ball in the pond in front of the eighth green that led to bogey. He was the only one who truly recovered. The big Fijian birdied the next two holes, then escaped trouble on the 16th when he chipped in for par from 30 feet after hitting yet another ball in the water.
Nick Watney made two eagles, the second one at No. 12 to take a two-shot lead. He came unraveled with a tee shot out-of-bounds, another shot into the water and a putt he missed from 4 feet - all on the 16th hole, leading to a quadruple-bogey 8.
He went from the lead to 12th, and wound up in a five-way tie for seventh, only two shots behind.
"I'm closer to the lead than when I started," Watney said.
Bryant hit a 4-iron into the water on the 16th, but escaped with bogey when he holed a 12-foot putt.
"To hit that good of a drive on that tough of a hole, and walk out of there with a double bogey, that would have been a killer," Bryant said. "It was a huge putt for me."
Carl Pettersson, playing in the final group with Singh, opened with nine straight pars to join the leaders. Then the Swede pulled his tee shot on the 10th and went out-of-bounds, making double bogey.
O'Hair had no such worries, playing most of his round during a lull in the windy conditions. He played superbly, particularly on the back nine when he hit 3-wood to 7 feet for eagle on No. 12, wedge into 4 feet for birdie on No. 13, then holing a chip from 65 feet for birdie on the next hole. He signed for his 63 about 20 minutes before Singh even teed off, not knowing that he would end up in the lead.
Woods finally found the right speed on the greens, and it helped that he made birdies in some unlikely spots. Blocked by the trees on the 15th, he played a cut with his 4-iron, then ran to the left to see the outcome, although the cheers told him everything.
"Got the ball over the left bunker and let the wind bring it back over, and it worked out perfect," he said.
All it took was two great shots to get back into the mix, then a series of mistakes to put him in a familiar position.
