Woods' chances took a serious hit in the third round, when every other contender seemed to go on birdie sprees while he remained stuck in the Doral mud. Singh and Storm shot 63s, Goosen and Furyk had 64s, while Woods could only manage a third-round 72.
He gave the omnipresent throng of fans who followed him in the gallery much hope when he opened the final round with two birdies.
But he followed those with consecutive bogeys, one before the weather delay, one after at the long par-3 fourth hole. At that point, he trailed Ogilvy by six, and was a decidedly un-Tigerlike even par over his past 25 holes.
It sure didn't look like much of a tuneup for Augusta National.
Furyk opened his final round with a birdie, but two straight bogeys after that threatened to knock him out of contention. He rallied nicely, though, putting together four consecutive birdies later on the front side, giving him 13 birdies in a 26-hole stretch.
"If I want to win the golf tournament," Furyk said, "I'm going to have to make a bunch of birdies again tomorrow."
Third-round play was suspended Saturday after 3 inches of rain fell in a three-hour stretch of the afternoon, and the final round didn't begin until shortly before noon Sunday. Final-round play was suspended for three hours because of lightning threats. By the time play resumed, there was only about 2 hours of daylight remaining, nowhere near enough time for everyone to finish.
"Still a lot of golf to go," Singh said. "Just hung in there."
Players had about a 2 1/2-hour break before starting the final round Sunday, and with more storms in the forecast, some wondered why they weren't on the course earlier.
"I think we were all asking the same question, exactly," Furyk said. "I don't know. It seems as though that would have been the safest way."
Instead, 53 of the remaining 77 players will finish Monday, when Woods will need a huge charge.
"It can be had," Woods said.
Notes: Aaron Baddeley made six straight birdies on the front nine and closed with a 66. ... Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark had two eagles in the first eight holes of his final round; he made 3s on the par-5 first and eighth holes, needing only a combined 14 feet of putts. He was able to finish the final round and catch his scheduled Sunday night flight to London. ... Reigning U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera withdrew during the delay Sunday because of an undisclosed illness. He was 21 shots off the lead at the time. ... Rory Sabbatini played his opening nine final-round holes in 8-over 44, giving back all those shots in a five-hole span.
