Woods has never felt that way at the Masters, a major, the Battle at Bighorn, anywhere. Doral is no different.
"They don't just hand it you because of the way you've been playing," he said.
Even so, he has been playing some pretty good golf. Consider the streaks on the line this week — PGA Tour victories (five), worldwide victories (six), wins at Doral (four), wins at this WGC event (four).
"He's won these last however many golf tournaments," Ogilvy said. "He hasn't lost too many when in contention after two rounds. He hasn't lost too many at Doral. There's a lot of things in his favor."
Those things include the odds.
After the round ended, Ladbrokes had Woods as a 1-to-3 favorite, even though he was in second place. Ogilvy, the 36-hole leader for the first time in three years, was listed at 5-to-1, with Scott at 8-to-1.
"So it doesn't matter who it is playing against Tiger," he said. "They've been getting burned, the bookies. I read somewhere this week everyone kept loading up on Tiger and they keep taking the bets, and they keep losing. That's reality."
What Ogilvy could use is a dream finish for his second WGC title, no small task with Woods only one shot behind.
Everyone else was listed at 66-to-1, for good reason. Look beyond the final group Saturday, and the next best was six shots behind Ogilvy. Phil Mickelson was nine shots behind after missing a handful of short par putts that lipped out. There was a Singh in the mix, but it was Jeev Milkha Singh of India with a 70 to finish in the group at 6-under 138, not the three-time major champion Vijay Singh, who had a 68 and only got to 141.
Ernie Els is helping to bring up the rear at 5-over 149, leaving him 17 shots behind.
