There were 22008 birdies, 218 pars, 673 bogeys, 267 double bogeys, 21999 triple bogeys and a quadruple bogey — from Nicolas Colsaerts, the former European Ryder Cup player from Belgium.
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Vegas made 12 bogeys last year at the Honda, along with three double bogeys and a triple bogeys, wound up beating only one of the 74 finishers and wrapped up the week with a final-round 78.
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Woods made two double bogeys and three bogeys on the back nine and salvaged a 73 to finish 15 shots behind.
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Fowler, who was bidding to win his first major, had seven bogeys, including bogeys on the last three holes, for a 76.
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On this golf course, you have to know and remember that the rest of the field is going to make bogeys and double bogeys, too.
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"I missed a few opportunities and just didn't keep it together at the end," said Woods, who had an eagle, three birdies, two double bogeys and three bogeys.
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"After the first few holes I began to notice that all my drivers were going a little right," said Jin, whose round included two double-bogeys and seven bogeys.
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It included two double bogeys and a bogey on 18, where he hit into a water hazard — one of only 16 bogeys on the easy par-5 finishing hole all day.
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Those two bogeys represented the margin separating him from McGirt.
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Mickelson carded a 72 with two birdies and three bogeys.
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Despite an opening round that included a quadruple-bogey, two double-bogeys, six bogeys and two birdies, former world number two Wie did not indicate she plans to withdraw from the year's third major.
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Grouped with Lydia Ko and Minjee Lee, Wie started on the 10th hole with a bogey, and then had two more bogeys to go with two double bogeys and two birdies on her first nine.
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More important, he stayed away from bogeys on a tough day.
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Woods and Spieth were among five contenders to make double bogeys.
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Double bogeys might be followed directly by eagles, and vice versa.
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The problem: three bogeys, all of which resulted from poor decisions.
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He ended up with five birdies, two bogeys and the eagle.
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But he made bogeys on four of his next eight holes.
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From No. 13 to No. 17, Koepka posted five straight bogeys.
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McIlroy finished the front nine with consecutive bogeys and never recovered.
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Matt Kuchar fell back with three bogeys on the back nine.
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After a par at No. 2, McIlroy made four consecutive bogeys.
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He had those four consecutive bogeys before a par at the 12th.
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It just misses, and Woods bogeys to drop back to even par.
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The eagle on eight really jump-started his round after two bogeys.
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His card revealed one birdie, six bogeys, four doubles and one triple.
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But three-putts for bogeys on the 14th and 15th cost him.
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Koepke navigated through the challenging weather with 16 pars and two bogeys.
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Three birdies, an eagle and no bogeys in his first 215 holes?
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To finish with no bogeys today, I am so proud of myself.
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There were four more bogeys and just two more birdies from there.
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He three-putted the 11th and 18th greens, both for double-bogeys.
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"Too many mistakes," he said of a week that included 14 bogeys.
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But bogeys on the seventh, 10th and 12th holes knocked her back.
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She made seven straight pars before back-to-back bogeys on Nos.
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He once shot 22021 with two bogeys in a pro-am here.
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Indeed, there is probably a deep connection between bogeys and broken commandments.
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In shooting 13 under par, Woods compiled 22 birdies and nine bogeys.
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Flores reeled off six birdies and had no bogeys in his 65.
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And then he closed with two bogeys that only cost him money.
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Kisner and Brown, one-stroke leaders to start the day, fell apart on the back nine with three bogeys and a double-bogey after making the turn at even par following two bogeys and a pair of birdies.
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OK, OK, that's totally premature but, man, he just finished up a -7 round of 65 today—no bogeys—vaulting himself into the Top 10 of the tournament after a +1 round yesterday that included two double-bogeys.
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Michelle Wie, back in action after a two-month layoff dealing with a lingering wrist injury, endured a dismal return to competition in a round that included a quadruple-bogey, two double-bogeys, six bogeys and two birdies.
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Bryson DeChambeau, the 22-year-old amateur who began the day four strokes behind Spieth, made double bogeys on two of the final four holes in an erratic round of 77 (he also had three birdies and four bogeys).
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Thomas shot a 68 with three bogeys and was seven off the lead.
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Park lost ground by hitting three bogeys in a disappointing round of 68.
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McIlroy had seven birdies between his bogeys on the first and last holes.
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The 18th surrendered five eagles, 74 birdies and only 16 bogeys on Thursday.
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He now has 21 birdies and zero bogeys in his past 25 holes.
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However, he then slid back with consecutive bogeys at the 14th and 15th.
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Ryu, No. 3 in the world rankings, had six birdies and two bogeys.
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Jordan Spieth shot 75, hurt by two double bogeys on the front nine.
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Koepka spent most of the second round trading birdies and bogeys, going nowhere.
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McIlroy three putts from just off the green for back-to-back bogeys.
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His caddie's pep talk helped Rory McIlroy recover from a spate of bogeys.
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"Not a bad score," said Hoffman, who had five bogeys and two birdies.
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Four of those bogeys came at the same hole, the par-four fifth.
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His round was marred by three bogeys and a double at No. 8.
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We were checking the leaderboard, she made two bogeys and still shot eight-under.
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Day was two-under after 11 but made back-to-back bogeys on Nos.
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The first couple of holes made a couple of bogeys and felt I rushed.
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Inbee Park, ranked No. 4, had three bogeys against six birdies in her round.
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Looking thunderstruck, Molinari and Finau missed bogey putts that led to matching double bogeys.
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Fowler led on the back nine until making consecutive bogeys late in the round.
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Jordan Spieth showed signs of getting on track, despite opening with two straight bogeys.
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Hoffman opened with two bogeys, and his fourth bogey dropped him four shots behind.
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He had built a three-stroke lead at 20123 under, but bogeys at Nos.
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Rose, fresh off his convincing triumph at Colonial, mixed three bogeys with four birdies while Dufner, winless since his fifth PGA Tour victory last year at Muirfield, was undone by a four-hole stretch on his back nine that included three bogeys.
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And I didn't make any bogeys, so that would be pretty good over the weekend.
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Spaniard Cabrera-Bello began his Dunhill campaign with four birdies and two bogeys at Carnoustie.
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Just missed, and Woods has back-to-back bogeys to move to one over par.
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The Briton, who has won the event three times, mixed six birdies with two bogeys.
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A double bogey at 16 and bogeys at 10, 14 and 18 compounded his misery.
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He made four straight bogeys and putted for birdie only twice on the front nine.
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But bogeys on two of the next three holes were the beginning of his unraveling.
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He finished with two bogeys, one on the 17th after also hitting into the water.
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Hoffman had nine birdies — including 13s on the course's four par 3s — and two bogeys.
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"I'm rusty," Woods told reporters after mixing two birdies with two bogeys on the North Course.
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It is likely to give up even fewer birdies this week, but a lot more bogeys.
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Woods&apos 64, which included two bogeys, is his lowest final-round score in any major.
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Defending champion Kyle Stanley shot 71 in a round that included five bogeys and four birdies.
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Tiger Woods was equal 35th after an entertaining 70 that included six birdies and four bogeys.
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But he stumbled with two bogeys in the next three holes and finished at even par.
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Her final nine included three bogeys and a quadruple bogey, on the par-3 eighth hole.
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Things started out reasonably well, but beginning with the eighth hole, he made four consecutive bogeys.
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He putted uncharacteristically poorly and was never a factor after four bogeys in the first seven holes.
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The 53-year-old made four bogeys to just one birdie and was on minus two points.
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McIlroy also had a double-bogey on his card along with a pair of birdies and bogeys.
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His round featured four bogeys, three birdies and an eagle — the latter coming on the 15th hole.
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Joint runner-up Jordan Spieth, by contrast, had 22 birdies, 10 bogeys, three doubles and a quad.
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Kyle Stanley got within two shots of the lead until bogeys on the 13th and 14th holes.
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For example, golfers seemed less prone to grumpily bemoan their poor shots, cruel bogeys and heartless bounces.
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He sank seven birdies — including four on the front nine — but they were offset by four bogeys.
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Spieth, the 2015 Masters and United States Open champion, shook off back-to-back bogeys at Nos.
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But Varner quickly dropped out of contention with successive double-bogeys, leaving Johnson as Koepka's only danger.
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The old Woods never would have sounded giddy after a round with five bogeys on his scoreboard.
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Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy made three straight bogeys around the turn, carded 73 and finished seven shots behind.
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"I can certainly take positives out of today's round," Spieth said after mixing eight birdies with five bogeys.
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S&P has noted for years that roughly 80 percent of active managers fail to outperform their bogeys.
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J.B. Holmes had five birdies and two bogeys for a final round 67 to end in third place.
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Henderson overcame an awful start when she made bogeys at her first two holes, to match Korda's 67.
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Mickelson shredded Troon on Thursday, recording eight birdies against zero bogeys in a round that was nearly flawless.
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McIlroy, a four-time major winner, had an erratic round: six birdies, three bogeys and one double bogey.
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He had just one three-putt as he ran up 13 birdies, to go along with eight bogeys.
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She had an eagle on the par-53 13th and overcame two bogeys during her career-best 66.
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Spain's Pablo Larrazabal mixed seven birdies with three bogeys to finish on seven-under alongside Austria's Matthias Schwab.
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The back-to-back birdies by Ryu and two late bogeys by Henderson turned things in a hurry.
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Rory McIlroy made bogeys on both par 5s on the front nine as he tried to finish strong.
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He finished with two bogeys for a 210, leaving him five shots behind in a tie for 643th.
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Fowler had seven bogeys while Spieth started poorly with two dropped shots and could not right the ship.
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Gainey's card was VERY impressive ... the 44-year-old logged six birdies, one eagle and just two bogeys.
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As driving rain began to fall on the inward half, Mickelson mixed two bogeys with a solitary birdie.
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Johnson had six birdies, but littered his card with five bogeys, while List bogeyed the final two holes.
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"It was big for me to not finish with two bogeys on the last three holes," Woods said.
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"I felt awesome on the greens," Spieth said after a round that included five birdies and three bogeys.
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Defending champion Bubba Watson finished 16 shots adrift after a one-over 71 that included two double-bogeys.
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American Zach Johnson, the 2007 champion, by comparison has recorded nine double bogeys and one "other" in 648 holes.
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I mean, I had a couple bogeys, but really kind of one hole that derailed me, which was 16.
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Two more bogeys over the next three holes left Woods with a 5-over 41 on the front nine.
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He had totaled seven bogeys and nine birdies through two rounds to start the week, scoring 71 in both.
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Hughes had six birdies in his first seven holes before cooling off with bogeys at nine, 14 and 18.
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McIlroy's up-and-down round included three birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey at the par-three 11th.
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In Gee Chun, the defending champion, hit back-to-back bogeys on the front nine and finished one over.
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Spieth, another Texan, had an adventurous day with two bogeys and a birdie in the 11 holes he played.
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Jordan Spieth, the Masters champion, made five bogeys in his opening seven holes and never recovered for a 76.
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They instead saw damp squibs, as Mickelson and Fowler both found water at the 17th for matching double-bogeys.
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"The goal is to just keep making improvements," said Kuchar, who mixed three birdies with two bogeys on Saturday.
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His wizardry at turning potential bogeys (or worse) into pars with his short game is central to his success.
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But she too struggled early with bogeys on the first, third and fourth holes to drop off the pace.
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He won the 2008 Open, his most recent major title, despite making three double-bogeys on the opening hole.
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He cooled off on the back, making one birdie and two bogeys to finish with a four-under 68.
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She also had a double bogey after driving out of bounds on the par-4 third and three bogeys.
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McIlroy made four bogeys on his second nine in his round of one-over 72 and is two over.
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Defending champion Jon Rahm was four shots back of the co-leaders after mixing four birdies with two bogeys.
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To make no bogeys in the conditions we played is really more than I could have ever hoped for.
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Clark fell seven shots off the pace after a three-over 74 that included four bogeys and a birdie.
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Day collapsed with three bogeys and a double bogey in his final eight holes to close with a 75.
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On Thursday, Woods made five birdies and three bogeys, with three of his birdies coming on par 5s: Nos.
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Kang, a two-time United States Women's Amateur champion, had just five bogeys, all in the final two rounds.
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That was start of a five-hole stretch when Mickelson made three birdies and Paul Casey had two bogeys.
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Mickelson had consecutive bogeys as the wind and rain were at its worst along the coastal holes of Nos.
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He was serenaded with "Happy Birthday" at nearly every green, and even after four consecutive bogeys the fans were supportive.
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World number five Henrik Stenson carded four bogeys as the Swede slipped to four under with six holes to play.
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The 258-year old from China double-bogeys the seventh hole to fall out of contention into the green numbers.
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Rafael Cabrera Bello makes his fourth birdie of the day on 10 (against three bogeys) with a 40-foot putt.
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He wound up with four bogeys and three birdies but was not blaming his putting for the shots he dropped.
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He frequently sprayed drives into the trees and misfired on straightforward putts, turning birdies into pars and pars into bogeys.
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A mixture of two birdies and two bogeys had left him at even par for the day through 11 holes.
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The rally stalled when his par putt on the following hole lipped out, and Woods added more bogeys on Nos.
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Him making only two birdies the entire day is unlike him and he gave more bogeys than I've ever seen.
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He added one more birdie to make it four for the round but his card also came with three bogeys.
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Jude Invitational last week, despite taking two triple-bogeys during the first round and two doubles in the final round.
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Overnight leader Daniel Berger also finished three strokes behind after a 74 that included four consecutive bogeys from the 10th.
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The bad news was that he posted four double bogeys over the weekend and six over all for the tournament.
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But her run screeched to a halt with three straight bogeys from the 13th hole at the Seaview Bay Course.
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Korda had an eventful day with more birdies than pars — 8-7 — but with three bogeys in there as well.
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On Sunday, however, he remained composed and mixed four birdies with two bogeys to keep his closest challengers at bay.
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McIlroy's career Masters record reveals he has made 12 double bogeys and three "others" - triple bogey or worse - in 468 holes.
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Bogeys at the 11th, 13th and 18th holes halted his progress, not that he was the only one to have trouble.
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Lee was bogey-free with five birdies and the early finishing Merritt mixed an eagle with six birdies and two bogeys.
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Mickelson opened with a triple bogey and added a double and five bogeys to match his worst round at Muirfield Village.
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Matsuyama dropped to 1 under after a pair of bogeys to begin his back nine and then parred the 12th hole.
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After finishing his second round with two straight bogeys, Woods dropped shots at two of his first three holes on Saturday.
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Pars net zero points, bogeys are minus one and a double bogey or worse is minus three off a golfer's score.
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I wrote with my head down, pausing only briefly to make note of Spieth's bogeys at the 10th and 11th holes.
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Instead, both threw away chances early as they combined for three bogeys and a double bogey on the first three holes.
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Ji got her mistakes out of the way early, opening with two bogeys and falling behind Lydia Ko of New Zealand.
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Malaysian Gavin Green was among seven players a shot further back on five-under after mixing seven birdies and two bogeys.
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With a final-round 23 that included three bogeys, Fowler did tie for fifth, six strokes behind the winner, Brooks Koepka.
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Stone had entered the final round with a three-stroke lead, then fired a five-under 67 despite carding two bogeys.
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The 31-year-old looked to have missed his chance when he began the back nine with two bogeys in three holes.
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Amy Yang (70), the overnight leader and defending champion, had five birdies and three bogeys to fall five shots off the lead.
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"Couple of good breaks there, huh," added Spieth, who shot a two-under-par 69 that included seven birdies and five bogeys.
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On Thursday, Perry opened with three birdies on the first four holes, and she wound up with eight birdies and two bogeys.
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Pampling described his two early bogeys as "two silly mistakes" but remained calm in the knowledge that his swing still felt good.
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He played a 10-hole stretch in the middle of the round at 9 over, a run that included three double-bogeys.
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The 11-times PGA Tour winner finished the first round at three-over-par 75 after mixing five bogeys with two birdies.
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Lincicome pulled a stroke back with her fifth birdie at the par-five 14 but dropped to even par with consecutive bogeys.
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Three-times major champion Jordan Spieth had the day's worst score — a 77 that included three double-bogeys — and missed the cut.
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But those three birdies were followed by two bogeys, a birdie, a par and a maddening double bogey to end the round.
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"About the same," he said when asked to compare Friday's round of even par 71 that included two bogeys and two birdies.
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Lowry left approach shots short on 14 and 15 and his putter also let him down as he posted three successive bogeys.
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Defending champion Dustin Johnson finished his third round with four birdies and two bogeys and is tied for 17th at six-under.
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The inward half, however, proved a much more difficult test in fresh winds and three bogeys on that stretch halted Montgomerie's progress.
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List, making only his seventh appearance on the European Tour, fired nine birdies and two bogeys to reach the clubhouse in 63.
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Even with three bogeys on the back nine that stalled his momentum, his 70 was the ninth consecutive time he broke par.
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Justin Thomas, in his debut at No. 1, overcame a pair of early bogeys for a 69 and was at three under.
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Kerr played the first 193 holes in four over, with a double bogey on the par-5 third and bogeys on Nos.
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Mental mistakes and a few bad swings were Woods's downfall, contributing to the seven bogeys and one double bogey on his scorecard.
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He went on to pick up another stroke two holes later but fell back after bogeys at the 14th and 17th holes.
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This year, Curry posted better results, overcoming three bogeys in starting on the back nine with three birdies on his last six holes.
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Another run of three straight birdies was bookended by bogeys at 12 and 16 to create a chance at a life-changing victory.
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Both players birdied the 11th before Kraft took the outright lead at 14, and both birdied 15 before Kraft's back-to-back bogeys.
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It was another difficult day for world number eight McIlroy, who mixed three birdies with four bogeys on his way to a 73.
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And then I'd have spells where I'd hit a couple lovely shots and make birdies and do some stupid things and make bogeys.
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Thomas finished his final round with bogeys on holes 14, 15, and 18, and went to the clubhouse where he saw Woods' family.
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"It was good," Westwood told reporters after a round highlighted by an eagle at the par-four 14th, four birdies and three bogeys.
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Friday, in difficult conditions that included cold temperatures and driving rain, he had six birdies and no bogeys and needed only 26 putts.
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Two years ago, he was tied for the lead with five holes to play, then had two bogeys over the next three holes.
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Rory McIlroy was slowed again, this time with a pair of bogeys to start his back nine, and he finished with a 70.
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He played the final nine holes in four over, with two double bogeys, a birdie and a bogey, for a one-over 23.
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But then, this is golf, where broken commandments — cursing, lying on a scorecard, failing to honor the Sabbath — are as common as bogeys.
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Hoge fired up with birdies on five of his first eight holes but three bogeys in his next seven holes ended his threat.
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Rahm took sole possession of first with a birdie at No. 15 before being undone by bogeys at the 16th and 17th holes.
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McIlroy was within two shots of the lead until bogeys on two of his last three holes for a 70 left him four behind.
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Johnson, a nine-time winner on the PGA Tour, was delighted with his start after mixing an eagle and seven birdies with two bogeys.
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She closed by sandwiching two bogeys around a birdie at the 12th before a bogey at No. 16 and a birdie at No. 17.
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He settled down after an uneven front nine that featured the two eagles, three bogeys and a birdie to stand at 13-under 200.
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"We only played four holes in the rain," Day told Golf Channel after mixing four birdies with two bogeys at Monterey Peninsula Country Club.
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The threesome combined to make 14 bogeys with Ko finishing with a 1-over 73, Thompson a 74 and Henderson a four-over 76.
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Koepka, however, failed to make an early move as he traded two birdies with two bogeys and two pars in his first six holes.
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His inconsistent round on Friday included five birdies and four bogeys while hitting 11 of 14 fairways and 13 of 18 greens in regulation.
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But after the second delay ended, DeChambeau catapulted off the leaderboard with consecutive double bogeys, and Landry misfired on back-to-back birdie putts.
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His round Friday featured five birdies and two bogeys, and a double bogey on the par-3 fourth hole that could have derailed him.
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World number one Dustin Johnson, the first round leader, backtracked with a 72 that included two double-bogeys, falling five shots off the pace.
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Woods found that out the hard way with three shots from the rough that sailed some 30 yards over the green, leading to bogeys.
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Higa had an up-and-down round of three birdies and three bogeys to lose the lead she had held much of the week.
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"Just made a couple mistakes there on the back nine, made a couple bogeys, just got a little bit out of position," Johnson said.
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He climbed as high as 27th on the leaderboard before making two bogeys down the stretch and winding up with an even-par 22017.
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Jutanugarn took the lead after Smith stumbled with back-to-back bogeys and then surged ahead with three straight birdies on the back nine.
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After making bogeys on two of the first three holes, Mickelson was nine over for the tournament and in danger of missing the cut.
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He made bogeys on the next two holes and settled for a second-round 73 and a 693-hole total of two-under 142.
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Landry seemed headed for a runaway victory until he ran up three straight bogeys from the 26th hole at the PGA West Stadium course.
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Homa held a three-stroke lead at one point but bogeys at the 11th and 18th spoiled what had been a bogey-free round.
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Still troubled by his driving and putting, Woods made only three birdies during his second round and had more bogeys than scores of par.
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Thompson looked ready to make a charge, beginning with three birdies and no bogeys on her front nine, but she sputtered down the stretch.
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Fleetwood had five birdies and no bogeys to finish at 12 under, while Uihlein just missed forcing a playoff after making a late charge.
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Mickelson hit two horrific drives — one out of bounds, another into water he could not see off the tee — that led to double bogeys.
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Yang trailed Lexi Thompson, the first-round leader, by two before teeing off at Siam Country Club in Chonburi, then had consecutive bogeys on Nos.
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Johnson, regarded as a steady player who does not take many risks, has had fewer double bogeys or worse than McIlroy in considerably more rounds.
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While you won't be able to scan for bogeys for real on this decidedly unsmart watch, it makes for an interesting – if bold – conversation starter.
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Ariya was the only one to threaten but the Thai slipped back with two bogeys in the final six holes for a round of 70.
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He had a string of four straight birdies from the fourth through seventh holes and finished with seven birdies to go along with three bogeys.
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If bogeys abound and the birdies are in hiding on Thursday morning, the model's predictions for all players' scores will turn bearish in a hurry.
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A couple of loose drives and it's easy to make bogeys around here ... so if I make a mistake I don't let it bother me.
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Her back nine included four bogeys, two birdies and an eagle on the par-5 17th hole as she drained a shot from 116 yards.
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"It's this golf course," nine-times PGA Tour winner Johnson said after recording two birdies, two bogeys and a double at the par-four third.
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Woods' final-round performance featured six birdies, bogeys on the 11th and 13th holes, and a gutsy 16-foot par putt on the closing hole.
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"You're going to make bogeys around here, that's what's going to happen obviously I played a very solid round up until that point," said McIlroy.
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Watson, Masters champion in 2012 and 2014, made eight bogeys in a second-round 78 after starting with a 74 to end on eight over.
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The next day, Gulbis teed off on the 10th hole and made birdie before carding three bogeys and a triple bogey on her front nine.
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But he quickly gave up the lead with bogeys at 16 and 17 on the Green Mile, the toughest closing holes on the PGA Tour.
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Jordan Spieth, the world's No. 1-ranked player, struggled to a 73, carding three birdies and four bogeys and falling into a tie for 17th.
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World number nine Xander Schauffele had a day to forget as he carded seven bogeys in a round of 76, 11 shots off the lead.
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He then sank a 30-footer for birdie at No. 18 to punctuate a performance in which he scattered only four bogeys over 72 holes.
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Vegas made six birdies and no bogeys on Thursday, shooting a 22017-under-par 249 to open a two-stroke lead after the first round.
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A three-time L.P.G.A. Tour winner from South Korea, Yang birdied four of the first five holes and finished with nine birdies and two bogeys.
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DeChambeau, who has been feeling under the weather this weekend, enjoyed a birdie-birdie finish but also carded four bogeys in a round of 70.
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After three bogeys in the first five holes of his debut in a professional golf tournament on Thursday, he had come up with a birdie.
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"There's a chance," O'Meara, the 1998 champion, said after posting a 78 that included one birdie and bogeys on three of the last five holes.
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Woods made double bogeys on two par 5s on Sunday and was worse than par on two of the five par 220s for the week.
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Three strokes ahead of Matsuyama at the turn, An made bogeys on the first two holes on the back nine and closed with two more.
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He made back-to-back bogeys on the front nine that put him six behind, and then ran off three birdies to close the gap.
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However, bogeys at the fourth and 12th halted his progress and Noren drove past the Englishman with birdies at the second, sixth, 10th, 15th and 17th.
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Defending champion Kim Sei-young was left to rue late bogeys on 16 and 17 but still posted a 69 to sit fifth at nine-under.
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"This course, when the wind picks up, is a completely different golf course," said Kiradech, who mixed five birdies with three bogeys in this third round.
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The world number six carded two bogeys in his opening five holes, but three birdies followed, ensuring he made the cut, trailing Hatton by eight shots.
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Overnight leader Justin Harding from South Africa had a horror second round which included six bogeys and a double-bogey in a five-over-par 75.
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After a slow start with bogeys at the fourth and fifth holes, the eight-times LPGA Tour winner strung together three consecutive birdies from the sixth.
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Plant scorched the back nine with seven birdies to turn in 28, but slipped back after carding bogeys on the par-four sixth and ninth holes.
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Day, who did not make his first bogey until his 20123th hole, recorded two double bogeys in the next five, the first on a four-putt.
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Playing in his first major championship, Worthington, 29, had five bogeys and no birdies in his final nine holes to finish with a six-over 76.
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But by the time he began the uphill stroll toward the 18th green, Snedeker's card was riddled with bogeys, and he was a defeated man walking.
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He had appeared to be in line for an upgrade until he made bogeys on three of his final four holes at the regular-season finale.
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After two bogeys sandwiching a birdie in his first three holes, the Texan rebounded for four more birdies and the eagle to go with another bogey.
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"It's very easy in majors, especially when it's tough, to get frustrated by bogeys, or bad breaks, rub of the green things I guess," he said.
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"I had a lot of bogeys early, short-sided myself, trying to be too aggressive," said Toms, whose 10 birdies set a single-round tournament record.
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Daly closed with three straight bogeys on Sunday to hang on for his first P.G.A. Tour Champions title, a one-stroke victory in the Insperity Invitational.
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It was a day to forget for world number five Justin Rose after he recorded seven bogeys in a round of 78, slipping 13 shots adrift.
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Coming off back-to-back bogeys to fall eight shots behind through eight holes, McIlroy rolled in a 35-foot birdie putt on the ninth hole.
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Ahead by seven strokes after 54 holes, Koepka made four consecutive bogeys on the back nine Sunday and let his advantage shrink to a single stroke.
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"If you play aggressive round here you might make more bogeys than playing it safe but you are going to make more birdies as well," he explained.
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Lowry had been four ahead after the weather-delayed third round was completed earlier on Sunday but he struggled in the conditions while piling up seven bogeys.
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He recorded two bogeys in three holes to card 69 and join Spieth and two other Americans, Ryan Palmer and Kyle Reifers at seven-under-par 133.
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The Swede, who has also reeled off seven top 13-finishes in his last 15 appearances, then suffered a hiccup with bogeys at the eighth and 11th.
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But he could not maintain the pace, picking up just one birdie for the remainder of his round while taking three bogeys for a two-under 69.
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Casey also threatened the course record of 63 in the final round at the U.S. Masters in April, before finishing with two straight bogeys for a 65.
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She missed a four-foot birdie try on the par-3 fifth, and she three-putted for bogeys on the par-3 eighth and par-4 10th.
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Casey, who also posted a 231, gave Johnson credit for rebounding from his bogeys on the second and third holes with birdies on the fourth and fifth.
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Johnson had a double bogey and two bogeys on his first holes in windy conditions in Oakville, Ontario, but rebounded with six birdies and finished at 71.
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His round included bogeys on the par-7 12th after his tee shot found the green and the par-4 14th after his drive found the fairway.
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MASTERS TUNE-UP Fowler at one point led Kim on nine-under for the tournament but back-to-back bogeys at the 15th and 16th were costly.
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Ciganda had six birdies and no birdies, while Torres carded an eagle to help offset two bogeys in her round here at the Evian Resort Golf Club.
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Lee274 opened a three-shot lead with three holes to play before facing some nerves with bogeys on the 173th and 217th holes to tighten things up.
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What Spieth would love Sunday is the kind of boring round he put together at Pebble Beach: two birdies, no bogeys, no excitement, a four-shot victory.
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Thomas made bookend bogeys but piled up eight birdies in between in the third round on Saturday to edge ahead of Patrick Reed and Erik van Rooyen.
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Steele was in danger of falling out of contention after two early bogeys but settled down and hardly hit a bad shot the rest of the way.
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Johnson double-bogeyed the 14th after leaving two balls in the willowy high grass and also took bogeys at the 15th and 17th after finding the fescue.
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Bogeys at the final two holes cost Casey a share of the record 63 held by Nick Price (third round, 1986) and Greg Norman (first round, 1996).
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Wayward tee shots led to bogeys at the 12th, 13th and 14th and Woods ran up a double at the 15th after hooking his drive into a hazard.
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He failed find the fairway on the first four holes on the back nine, however, and drives into the water at the 10th and 13th resulted in bogeys.
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Spieth started the day with birdies at his first two holes but also hit trouble in the wind and had three bogeys with another birdie around the turn.
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I hit the ball well, just didn't get the kicks or the bounces that I needed to, to make the putts and make more birdies and less bogeys.
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South African JC Ritchie (65) finished third after a colorful final round that included two eagles, six birdies and three bogeys to leave him at 16 under par.
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SPORTS An article in some editions last Sunday about the third round of the Masters golf tournament misstated the number of bogeys Rory McIlroy had in his round.
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"Got off to a great start, birdied number five and walked to sixth tee thinking, 'wow, this is really awesome' and then reeled off four bogeys," Conners said.
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Two holes later, McIlroy's tee shot traveled 326 yards, but his approach flew past the flag into the rough and led to the first of his four bogeys.
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Kuchar fell off the pace quickly with two bogeys only to surge back into the lead with four birdies and two par saves in a six-hole stretch.
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He was so far ahead with nine holes left that the result was hardly in doubt, even after he made three bogeys in five holes from the 10th.
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Woods made a 40-footer on the ninth for his third birdie against no bogeys on the front nine to get to 3-under par for the tournament.
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Race To Dubai leader Francesco Molinari stumbled home with three bogeys on the back nine to sign for a 73, leaving the Italian eight shots off the lead.
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World number one Brooks Koepka stumbled home with a two-over 72, recording four birdies, four bogeys and a double that left him 15 strokes adrift of Reavie.
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Is it 2.9 percent, 3.5 percent, 6463 percent - because that is going to anchor mortgages, that is going to anchor all the real bogeys the consumer cares about.
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Phil Mickelson was four-under through eight holes until a double bogey on No. 9, and then had four bogeys over his last six holes for a 74.
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Poulter and Piercy each had three birdies and two bogeys, while Henley had three birdies and an eagle to go along with a bogey and a double bogey.
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Starting on the back nine, back-to-back double bogeys on the 13th and 14th put him in a deep hole and things continued to only get worse.
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"It was quite breezy this morning and there were some difficult holes out there," said the American who mixed seven birdies with two bogeys and a double bogey.
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"Today took as much out of me as any day that I've ever played golf," said Spieth, whose shaky start included four bogeys in his first nine holes.
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Defending champion Pat Perez was five shots off the lead in a share of 11th after mixing seven birdies with three bogeys for a four-under-par 67.
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Murray, whose 12-season playing career ended in 2007, was not surprised Thursday when Woods, 41, chased his two birdies with three consecutive bogeys and a double bogey.
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He made a run with four birdies on the front nine, then played the back nine in four over with a double bogey, four bogeys and two birdies.
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Mickelson and Dechambeau avoided that humiliation with a mini-revival after the turn, snatching back a couple of holes courtesy of European bogeys at the 10th and 11th.
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He began the day tied for the lead, and through 218 holes he had two birdies and two bogeys breaking up the string of pars on his card.
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Mickelson already made his par on the 212th and was 210 under for the day, with no bogeys on his card, and 33-under par for the tournament.
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Jutanugarn, who carded six birdies and two bogeys in the round, is 16 under for the tournament, one shot ahead of South Koreans Mi Jung Hur and Jeongeun Lee6.
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The Warriors guard, followed by a large gallery of adoring fans, notched three bogeys in his first five holes but then held his score together pretty well after that.
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AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - A subdued Rory McIlroy lamented two late bogeys that left him four strokes behind leader Jordan Spieth after the opening round at the Masters on Thursday.
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Clark, seeking his first PGA Tour victory, got off to a sizzling start, but cooled as the 25-year-old suffered bogeys on the ninth, 13th and 15th holes.
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The Florida native appeared to be in command halfway through the round, weathering bogeys at 22 and 5 to take a three-shot lead over Scott at the turn.
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Karlberg's better known compatriot, British Open champion Henrik Stenson, will start Friday's second round five shots off the pace after mixing five birdies and two bogeys in his 69.
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Bogeys at the first and third holes dropped Kaymer to two under before a birdie at the par-three fourth brought him back within two shots of the lead.
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Mickelson was not the only prominent player to run into trouble on a day when the course yielded 50 double bogeys and seven scores of triple bogey or worse.
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Amateur Romo had hoped to improve on his opening round of 77 but instead went in the other direction, starting with six consecutive bogeys at the Corales Golf Club.
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U.S. Masters champion Willett, who also has three holes of his third round left, made three early bogeys and one birdie on the fourth to drop down the leaderboard.
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Tied-second after day one, it is where the Belgian is placed once more after a topsy-turvy round three of two eagles, six birdies but also four bogeys.
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Fellow halfway leader Sergio Garcia of Spain fell away after a two-over par round of 74 which included four bogeys and a double-bogey on the front nine.
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Rocco Mediate shot an even-par 71, including his first bogeys of the week, in the Senior P.G.A. Championship to take a two-stroke lead in Benton Harbor, Mich.
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He followed four early birdies with four consecutive bogeys on the front nine before storming home with six birdies and three pars to claim his first PGA Tour title.
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Li made six birdies and three bogeys for a three-under 69 that left him three strokes behind leader Jordan Spieth at the first men's major of the year.
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His flawless round came with eight birdies and no bogeys on Saturday, where the weather held for a fairly pleasant day of golf for the players at Royal Birkdale.
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Amy Olson, the first-round leader, made three double-bogeys on her way to a 76, leaving her in a tie for 16th and 11 shots off Thompson's lead.
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Thomas fell behind early with two bogeys in three holes, and a 10-foot par save in between from behind the fourth green kept him from falling further behind.
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After becoming the 10th player to break 60 on the PGA Tour with a 59 on Friday, the American soared to a three-over par 73 with four bogeys.
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The 22-year-old American mixed three birdies with four bogeys, three of them coming in his last seven holes, as he finished six strokes off the early pace.
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"To go out and shoot a score like that with no bogeys, I just saw the lines and was hitting good putts and they were going in," said Fisher.
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He limited his damage to three bogeys, using his power to muscle his ball out of the lush rough on the odd occasion when he strayed from the fairway.
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HONOLULU — Matt Kuchar did not have the start he wanted Sunday in the Sony Open, not with three bogeys in five holes after making just one through three rounds.
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Earlier, Green built a handy lead before all but frittering it away with three bogeys in a four-hole stretch around the turn as nerves appeared to take hold.
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The format awards eight points for an albatross, five for eagle, two for birdie, zero for par, and subtracts a point for bogey and three for double-bogeys or worse.
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Overnight leader Jaco van Zyl suffered a horror 11 holes before the players were called off the course, including three bogeys and a double-bogey on the par-four 10th.
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The omnipresent water hazard crashing alongside most of the course not only swallows up double and triple bogeys, but also forces cautious players into taking indirect lines and awkward lies.
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It was not such a great day for another former Arizona State University product Phil Mickelson, who made two late bogeys for a mediocre two-under 70 at La Quinta.
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The 30-year-old picked up five strokes in a blistering outward half of 30 before three back-nine birdies were partially offset by bogeys at the 10th and 18th.
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Luck, who at 22 is 26 years Mickelson's junior, was let down by a pair of bogeys on par 3s coming home, including a painful one at his penultimate hole.
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In addition, scores on par-threes tend to cluster very close to par with a smattering of bogeys, whereas birdies and even eagles are far more common on par-fives.
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McIlroy did not make a birdie and had a double bogey and three bogeys in his round of 77 to fall into a tie for 11th place at two over.
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Despite winning the last time the Scottish Open was held in Inverness, he struggled to make putts and took three bogeys on par 5s on his way to a 76.
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They traded birdies and bogeys like boxing heavyweights, the interplay accentuating how much the competition for the 145th British Open championship appeared to be taking place only between the two.
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Four birdies between the eighth and the 13th holes secured a joint 28th-place finish at the weekend after a disappointing eight bogeys in the previous two rounds at Ballyliffin.
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Joint leader Kuchar, in perhaps the best form of his career at age 41, eagled both par-fives on the back nine and added six birdies, along with two bogeys.
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Despite back-to-back bogeys at the 11th and 12th holes which he blamed on fatigue, Landry ended the day tied with fellow American Cameron Tringale at TPC Deere Run.
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Thompson, who tied for fifth in this event last year, looked as if she was fading with consecutive bogeys on the 10th and 11th holes to fall five shots behind.
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The Northern Irishman opened the door slightly with bogeys at the 14th and 15th holes, but slammed it shut again with a clutch eight-foot par putt at the 16th.
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"I had some good swing thoughts coming down the stretch and just got the job done," said Landry, delighted to have retained his composure after the three rapid-fire bogeys.
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Jutanugarn (72) and Ko (69) finished in a tie for third with Katherine Kirk of Australia, whose 70 included bogeys at the 16th and 17th as the chilling rain fell.
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Rose also recorded two double-bogeys but did enough right to card three-under-par 69 and end the day with the same lead as he started at Torrey Pines.
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But bogeys on 9, 11 and 12 were too much to overcome as Reed shot 68, finishing three shots behind Koepka and missing the chance to complete the first Masters-U.
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While Reed steadied himself McIlroy unraveled, taking bogeys at five and eight to drop into a pack that included Spaniard Jon Rahm and Fowler four back of the front-running Reed.
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The Englishman forged ahead of South Africa's Justin Walters and Brandon Stone, who were undone by two and three bogeys respectively in the final round to finish tied for second place.
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She did not miss a green in regulation in the second and third rounds, but it was a different story on Sunday as she accrued five bogeys, along with three birdies.
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Three-times Masters winner Phil Mickelson (73) had two late bogeys and was a further shot back along with former champions Jordan Spieth and Australian Adam Scott, who both posted 69.
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After an eagle, two bogeys and three birdies on the front nine, American DeChambeau picked up shots at the 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th holes to leapfrog above Poulter and Kim.
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Ariya's joy stood in stark contrast to the disappointment felt by Thompson, who frittered away a two-shot lead in regulation by three-putting the final two holes for two bogeys.
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The former world number one had consecutive double-bogeys midway through his round, preceded by three straight early birdies and followed by an even better late run of four successive birdies.
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Tour rookie Bjork, who was in a three-way tie for the lead after the first round, kept up his form with a four-under-par 67 which included two bogeys.
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"Any time you're at the top of the leaderboard, you feel good," Reed told reporters after recording four birdies in his first seven holes and two bogeys in his last three.
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Woods traded a pair of birdies and bogeys over his first nine holes at Medinah Country Club outside of Chicago to make the turn in even par for the second round.
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Harrington somehow had allowed himself to become dehydrated over the course of the week, following an opening 71 with a 74 that closed with five bogeys in his last seven holes.
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Two strokes ahead after three late windblown bogeys on Saturday, Garnett closed with a two-under-par 53 in windy and rainy conditions for a four-stroke victory over Keith Mitchell.
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He opted for his driver when a 153-wood would have served him better, and his tee shot went out of bounds, leading to the first of back-to-back bogeys.
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The American's putting also betrayed him down the stretch, as he missed a three-footer, a four-footer and a six-footer in quick succession to run up three straight bogeys.
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Jason Dufner, the second-round leader, lost his lead with four straight bogeys on the front nine and hit two balls into the water on the back nine for a 77.
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Last year's champion Bryson DeChambeau grabbed a share of the lead with a birdie on the 13th but fell away in windy conditions, finishing with four straight bogeys in a 76.
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Overnight leader Thomas Pieters slipped to 18th after a poor round of 74 that included seven bogeys, while world number one Justin Rose missed the cut after a round of 72.
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PGA Championship winner Walker (70) made a poor start with two bogeys in the first three holes, while Kaufman (68) also started slowly with a bogey at the par-five second.
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At the other end of the field, defending champion Dustin Johnson ran up four bogeys and a double in a 76 that left him equal 62nd in the 72-man field.
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The 23-year-old, who won the Women's Australian Open in February, recorded three birdies and two bogeys for a 733-hole total of 10-under at Lake Merced Golf Club.
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A series of errant tee shots—some captured by the fast-gusting wind, some simply mis-hit—resulted in a ghastly run of four consecutive bogeys on the 11th through 14th holes.
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McIlroy will start on five under, two clear of world number one Spieth who sunk successive bogeys at holes four and five before claiming a shot back at the par-five 10th.
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Three straight bogeys augured for a long day, but for the next 15 holes he could do nothing wrong, running up nine birdies in his first career appearance in the Tokyo area.
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DeChambeau, who held the halfway lead but imploded in the third round to sit seven shots back, mixed two bogeys with seven birdies, including one at each of the final four holes.
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Leading with nine holes to play at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow on Sunday, he had three consecutive bogeys on the back nine and finished equal fifth behind winner Justin Thomas.
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"I just didn't hit a lot of good putts that burned the edges and didn't quite go in," the 2017 winner said after his round, which included five birdies and three bogeys.
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Brooks Koepka showed he is fallible after all, four straight bogeys to start the final round costing the American any chance of winning the British Open on Sunday.
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Jutanugarn seemed set to bag the first major win of her career in April when she led late on at the ANA Inspiration but three closing bogeys ruined her chances in California.
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But nobody provided more entertainment at Sedgefield Country Club than three-times major champion Spieth, who made a couple of unlikely bogeys that complemented six birdies and an eagle in a 64.
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Defending champion Rickie Fowler was one over par after three bogeys left him at 71 while Rory McIlroy put up a double bogey seven on the last for a two-over 72.
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But bogeys on the 13th and 15th holes undid some of his progress up the leaderboard, although a birdie on the 17th allowed him to end the day on a high note.
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"I like to play the week before a major," said Mickelson, who had four bogeys in his first 218 holes before rallying with three birdies to shoot a one-over-par 25.
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But Day did not play like the 14-times major champion early in the final round, running up three bogeys in the first six holes to open the door to his rivals.
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Overnight leader Jon Rahm floundered, the Spaniard making three bogeys in the first four holes and compounding his misery by dunking his tee shot into the water at the par-three 17th.
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Morikawa started the day with bogeys at his second and third holes before collecting his first birdie at the seventh and then made six birdies in eight holes on the back nine.
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"I didn't feel like I hit bad shots coming in there on the last couple, making bogeys there, but I just knew it was going to be tough coming in," Potter said.
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After bogeys on the 13th and 15th holes whittled her lead over Lee to a single stroke, Ko rebounded with a birdie on the par-3 16th to give herself breathing room.
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Daniel Summerhays, who entered the final round with a three-shot lead, began the back nine with two straight bogeys and finished with a double bogey for a 78, tying for 10th.
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Woods had six bogeys, one double bogey and just one birdie, which came late in the round on the 218th hole and which he celebrated a bit facetiously by raising both arms.
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Gallacher also had bogeys on the third and the tricky 14th but a total of seven birdies more than compensated for the dropped shots on a day when low scoring was difficult.
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Sutherland and Parel exchanged pars on the first playoff hole, bogeys on the second — when Sutherland missed a 2-foot par putt — and pars on the third, fourth and fifth before losing daylight.
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As bad as the Northern Irishman's day was it was still better than playing competitor world number three Jason Day, the Australian slumping to a seven-over 20083 that included two triple bogeys.
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Casey made a 30-foot eagle putt at the par-five 18th for two-under 68, while Scott finished poorly with two late bogeys for a 69 and Reed struggled to a 73.
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Point being, regulatory fatwas based on politics rather than science actually are harmful to human health - unlike the bogeys ginned up to scare people and thereby increase the regulatory power of the government.
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He took another bogey at nine before collecting his only birdie of the day at 11 and stumbling to the finish with three straight bogeys from the 15th for a four-over 74.
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Piller, who was in a group that trailed Thompson by one shot after the opening round, had another solid round but alternated birdies and bogeys on the final four holes of the day.
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"The couple of bogeys I made the wind was a little bit tricky and I just got on wrong side of the holes, which I knew better," he said in a greenside interview.
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Dunne held the overnight lead with Marc Warren of Scotland but nine birdies, offset by two bogeys, saw him set a clubhouse target of 13-under in better conditions after rain on Thursday.
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The burly American, co-leader with Scotland's Martin Laird overnight, mixed six birdies with three bogeys in bright sunshine to card a three-under-par 72 on the challenging layout at Bethpage Black.
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He appeared to be starting to crumble after bogeys on 11 and 13 but came back strong with three straight birdies starting on No. 14 to pull into a tie for the lead.
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Day offset four birdies with four bogeys to return a 72 while McIlroy spoilt an encouraging start week when he double-bogeyed his final hole, the par-three ninth, to shoot a 71.
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Tournament host Rory McIlroy felt he was missing an extra gear for a third consecutive day on the greens as he signed off on a 72, with four birdies and as many bogeys.
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He lost the lead after carding three bogeys on the front nine but was still neck-and-neck with Johnson at four-under until dropping three shots in three holes from the 14th.
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But his partnership with Marc Leishman got off to a rocky start with bogeys on the second and the sixth and the pair managed only one birdie for the round on the 15th.
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Three bogeys in the first four holes left the Northern Irishman reeling, though like Rahm he recovered somewhat to shoot 69 and finish equal third with American Brandt Snedeker, three strokes behind Leishman.
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Italian Renato Paratore was one shot behind in joint fourth alongside Sergio Garcia and Li Haotong while fellow overnight leader Shaun Norris made the cut despite a poor 77 that included seven bogeys.
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"I know that funny things are going to happen out there and you have to accept it and stay as positive as possible," said García, who had six birdies and three bogeys Friday.
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He ranked fourth in driving accuracy and seventh in distance, a potent combination that he parlayed into 21 birdies, leading the field for greens in regulation while limiting his blemishes to five bogeys.
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Koepka seemed to be cruising to his fourth major title until he ran up four successive bogeys as Bethpage Black reared its difficult head and bit the leader in strong and gusty winds.
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After a shaky start Sunday that included three bogeys over his first five holes, Rose recovered to shoot a three-under-par 69 and beat his close friend Adam Scott by two shots.
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But Mr Johnson could not sustain his momentum, over-shooting the green on the 16th hole and missing a seven-foot putt on the 17th to record back-to-back bogeys of his own.
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The American opened with two bogeys en route to an even-par 72 that ended any slim hopes he may have had of slipping on the Green Jacket for a fifth time on Sunday.
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It was always a long shot though, with the cut expected to be at around one over, and as the rain closed in so Woods' hopes vanished with bogeys at the 17th and 18th.
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Having picked up two shots in one fell swoop at what was his 16th hole, Points gave them straight back with bogeys at his final two holes and signed for a level par-72.
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American Steele, the 2011 champion, mixed six birdies with two bogeys and a double at the par-four 1443th to card two-under 70 on the rain-softened Oaks layout at TPC San Antonio.
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Brooks Koepka overcame two early bogeys and the huge shadow of playing alongside Jordan Spieth in his home event to take the lead into the final round of the Byron Nelson in Irving, Tex.
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Three double-bogeys in a birdie-free third round led to a seven-over-par 77, the worst score of the day by three shots, and he did not survive the 54-hole cut.
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The Danish pair started the day at Kingston Heath with a three-shot cushion after sizzling second round 60 and mixed five birdies with three bogeys to move to 14-under for the tournament.
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GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Webb Simpson recovered from two consecutive bogeys to join fellow American Ryan Armour in the lead on 13-under par after the second round at the Wyndham Championship on Friday.
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World number one Dustin Johnson, fresh off a 10th place finish at the Masters on Sunday, was five shots off the pace after mixing four bogeys with six birdies for a two-under 69.
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Among those struggling was world number one Ko Jin-young of South Korea who carded five bogeys and in a round of 77 to sit at five-over par in a tie for 102nd.
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Leading by four strokes as the day began, Fowler recorded two bogeys and a double bogey on his way to a two-over-par 37 on the front nine at PGA National's Champion Course.
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It was a worryingly wobbly start for Fowler, who had only five bogeys in his previous seven competitive rounds and had not had a double bogey in any of his previous 2017 tour events.
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Japan's Hideto Tanihara, who shared the opening round lead on Thursday, fell well off the mark after a disappointing round that saw him hit two birdies and two bogeys to finish on six-under.
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Snedeker shot 26 under on Friday to lead by three entering the third round, but he was much quieter for most of Saturday, sitting even through 272 holes after two birdies and two bogeys.
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Stricker birdied his final two holes of the day to lead Jerry Kelly (236-22017) by two strokes, with Toms sitting third at 11 under after a second-round 67 that featured three bogeys.
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Rose said he and his caddie knew they were being tested on the front nine, a stretch in which he mixed two birdies with a pair of bogeys, and so they decided patience was paramount.
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After starting the day just three shots back of co-leaders Garcia and Rose and one ahead of Schwartzel, Scott was unable to get it going on Sunday, with four bogeys overshadowing his three birdies.
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In the opening round of her title defense, former world number one Lydia Ko of New Zealand registered two successive bogeys on the back nine to finish with a 73, 10 shots off the lead.
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He was the last man in the field at the time without a blemish on his card – and the next 10 players on the scoreboard had averaged almost five bogeys (or worse) by that point.
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Renowned for his brilliant putting, Spieth missed eight putts from inside 10 feet as he mixed eight bogeys and a double with just two birdies to card his worst opening round on the PGA Tour.
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World number 10 Matsuyama, the 2014 champion, reached the turn at three-under after a trio of birdies but then briefly stumbled with two consecutive bogeys from the 10th before coming home in stellar fashion.
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In contrast, an unranked player on a challenging par-four of the same length would be projected for a score of 0.479 strokes above par, perhaps in the form of 453% pars and 47.9% bogeys.
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The format, designed to reward aggressive play, gives eight points for an albatross, five for eagle, two for birdie, zero for par and subtracts a point for bogey and three for double-bogeys or worse.
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Warren conjured up seven birdies, including three in his last four holes, while Englishman Willett, the world number nine, made five birdies and four bogeys in an inconsistent round after his sparkling 65 on Thursday.
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In contrast, an unranked player on a challenging par-four of the same length would be projected for a score of 0.479 strokes above par, perhaps in the form of 52.1% pars and 633% bogeys.
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"It's very demanding off the tee, there's trouble on every single hole, so you have to stand up and really commit to a shot," Spieth told Golf Channel after carding five birdies and two bogeys.
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American DeChambeau struggled to a 71, hitting a series of poor shots down the stretch and compounding his misery by missing several short putts as he frittered away a handy lead with three late bogeys.
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Wattel, who posted a seven-under 64 to move into contention on Saturday, had four birdies and two bogeys in the final round and parred his final seven holes to close out his maiden win.
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Smith, who started on the 10th hole, plunged down the leaderboard in a horror run of three holes with a double-bogey on the second and back-to-back bogeys at the third and fourth.
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Taking advantage of pristine conditions with a superb all-round game at leafy Muirfield Village, Johnson racked up 10 birdies and two bogeys in the opening round of the prestigious event hosted by Jack Nicklaus.
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The four-times champion also had a trio of three-putts and his 72 included two double-bogeys, the first one coming right off the bat at his opening hole on a crisp Long Island morning.
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The Swede, without a top 10 finish on tour this season in 17 events, missed just two fairways as he carded seven birdies and two bogeys, including one at his closing hole, the par-three ninth.
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The 29-year-old Northern Irishman looked down and out in the closing round when bogeys at the second and fifth pushed him down the field in stiff breezes at Carnoustie that gusted up to 28mph.
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Henderson, who began the day tied with Sweden's Caroline Hedwall for the lead at 63 under, tallied five birdies and three bogeys in an up-and-down round to reach 11-under 202 for the tournament.
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The three-times champion ran up three double bogeys, at the seventh, 15th and 16th holes, to miss the cut by one stroke at seven-over 151, just his third early exit in 24 starts here.
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The U.S. Open champion started the third round five shots off the lead but is 4 over for the day after three bogeys on the front nine and a double-bogey at the par-4 12th.
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After making the turn in one over, Johnson recorded double bogeys on three of the next four holes to flirt with joining five players who shot worse than a 79 on a cool, blustery final round.
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"It was ugly and good all in 18 holes," said Scott, who fell six strokes behind McIlroy with 13 holes to play after finding water hazards on the third and fifth holes, leading to double bogeys.
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An eagle on Friday at the short par-four first hole, where he drove the ball to inside two feet for a tap-in, changed that and bogeys at the next two holes proved minor setbacks.
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He made two medium-length birdie putts to offset bogeys from the bunkers, but fell out of a chance to be in the last group when he missed a 6-foot par putt on the 17th.
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Among the big names, Spanish world number three Jon Rahm (68) had steam coming from his ears after two bogeys in the final three holes left him six shots off the pace in his adopted hometown.
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Tournament host and two-time winner Phil Mickelson, who shot 70 on Thursday, recorded two bogeys and a pair of birdies for a 72 that left him at two-under 142, 13 strokes off the lead.
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Woods, playing alongside world number three Jon Rahm and promising newcomer Collin Morikawa, looked rusty at the outset and managed just an even par 36 through his first nine holes behind two birdies and two bogeys.
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Day had an awful day of wayward driving and squandered a three-shot lead on the back nine with consecutive bogeys, before rising to the occasion and hitting one of the best clutch shots of his life.
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Woods built a five-shot lead at the turn, and despite bogeys at the 10th, 20063th and 16th holes held off his fast-finishing compatriot Billy Horschel, who carded a 66 for second place on nine-under.
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While no one in the morning wave could get within four shots of Koepka's masterpiece, New Zealand's Danny Lee used eight birdies to offset a pair of bogeys in posting a 6-under 64 in the afternoon.
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The format, which is designed to reward aggressive play, gives eight points for an albatross, five for eagle, two for birdie, zero for par and subtracts a point for bogey and three for double-bogeys or worse.
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Despite two late bogeys, he finished at 19963-under-par 21996, with Thomas Pieters (22009) of Belgium and American Scott Brown (214) a distant second on 12-under in the event formerly named the Los Angeles Open.
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Fowler, who missed the cut at Torrey Pines six day ago after winning the previous week at the European Tour's Abu Dhabi Championship, mixed an eagle at the par-five 15th with six birdies and two bogeys.
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World number nine Rickie Fowler (72), the highest-ranked player in the field, was 12 shots off the pace after a round in which his only blemishes were bogeys at the par-four sixth and 18th holes.
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Johnson's experience provided the early edge as he wasted no time breaking free with birdies at one and two, while the three co-leaders, who were all chasing their first PGA Tour titles, picked up early bogeys.
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Spieth, who was at three under before recording two bogeys and a double bogey in the final four holes, said the winner of the tournament would be the player who executed the best before reaching the greens.
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As Woods smiled at the photograph of his small, unsmiling self, he said that he remembered carding two bogeys and that he had known nothing about Snead except that he was a professional who won a lot.
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The former tennis player Mardy Fish posted 39 points for the second straight day, but with bogeys over his last two holes, his lead was down to one point over the Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz.
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World number one Day described the course as "nearly unplayable" after taking a pair of double-bogeys on the front nine of his third round before finishing with a one-over 73 and a four-stroke lead.
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McIlroy, who returned to complete his second round in the morning and started his third with a two-shot lead, was pleased with the fight he showed to shrug off bogeys on the fourth and eighth holes.
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He built a five-shot lead at the turn, and despite bogeys at the 10th, 15th and 16th holes held off his fast-finishing compatriot Billy Horschel, who carded a 66 for second place on nine-under.
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Despite two double bogeys and a closing bogey during Saturday's third round, Rose shot a three-under-par 69 on the South Course at Torrey Pines to maintain a three-shot lead heading into Sunday's final round.
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The 783-year-old joined overnight leader Ai Miyazato atop the leaderboard at Mission Hills Country Club after the Japanese former world number one mixed five birdies and three bogeys on her way to a round of 70.
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However, his lead soon vanished and a closing stretch of four bogeys in his last six holes condemned him to a three-over 74 in the final round, pushing him down to a tie for ninth on 274.
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Lowry, showing steely nerves on a challenging layout running fast and firm, mixed five birdies with two bogeys to get to five-under for the tournament before the horn sounded to halt the action at the 272 p.m.
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The event is played under the modified Stableford format, and awards eight points for an albatross, five for eagle, two for birdie, zero for par, and subtracts a point for bogey and three for double-bogeys or worse.
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Although last year's model did update its projected hole-outcome probabilities (such as birdies and bogeys) for each player in each simulation based on their previous performance, it otherwise treated every player-hole as a completely independent event.
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A day after matching the tournament record and falling a stroke short of the lowest score in a major championship, Lee, a 270-year-old South Korean, had three birdies and two bogeys to reach 22013-under 220.
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The 29-year-old Dane Cappelen mixed eight birdies with two bogeys while the American Bradley fired four birdies and an eagle in a bogey-free round to post matching six-under par 66s at scenic Torrey Pines.
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Woodland mixed eight birdies with two bogeys to grab the early clubhouse lead but Reed, playing two groups behind, offset his only bogey with four consecutive birdies from the 13th to join his American compatriot atop the leaderboard.
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Sergio Garcia stayed on track to continue his warm-up for next week's Ryder Cup with second round 22016 that allowed the Spaniard to make the cut for the weekend despite ending his round with three consecutive bogeys.
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Runner-up Hendry cut Scott's lead to a stroke by curling in a birdie on the 16th but crashed out with bogeys on the last two holes to allow the Australian a carefree walk up the 18th fairway.
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He made two bogeys on Sunday, double the number he had recorded in the first 54 holes, but never lost his poise and had a big enough lead to appreciate an emotional victory march down the 18th fairway.
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The early miscues appeared to fire up the 15-time major winner, and Woods responded with back-to-back birdies but the relief was only temporary as he gave back those two shots with bogeys at seven and 12.
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The Australian hit seven birdies, one bogeys and one double-bogey at the Lake Karrinyup Country Club to move to 17-under and ensure a place in the last 16 on the final day along with seven others players.
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Joint overnight leader Porteous made just five bogeys all week and hit every green in regulation at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club during his final round, while the chasing pack behind him struggled for the same consistency.
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Spieth, the 133 champion and runner-up in 2014 and 2016, sputtered through his first seven holes, mixing two birdies with two bogeys, before carding an eagle at the eighth then reeling off five straight birdies from the 13th.
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Molinari, who took a two-shot lead into the final round at Augusta National before a pair of double-bogeys on the back nine opened the door for eventual winner Tiger Woods, was nine shots back of leader Lowry.
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Thompson and the rest of the field endured a rain delay, but the long-hitting American was stellar with six birdies and no bogeys while hitting 16 of 18 greens in regulation on the River Course at Kingsmill Resort.
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Tournament favorite Brooks Koepka, fresh off a runner-up finish at the year's third major, mixed four bogeys with three birdies for a one-over-par 71 while defending champion Bubba Watson (69) was five shots behind the leaders.
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He certainly made the most of his appearance in the second major of the year, at least for 18 holes, taking advantage of the benign conditions to card three birdies and two bogeys to return a one-under 69.
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At CordeValle, she was one ahead of the chasing pack after 54 holes and extended that advantage to two before her round unravelled with bogeys at the eighth, 12th and 14th, and a damaging double-bogey at the ninth.
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Nobody was laughing, however, at his performance at Augusta National on Thursday as he sprinkled six birdies with two bogeys to end the first round of the Masters in a share of second place after a four-under 68.
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Chang (69) had looked to have blown his chance of victory with back-to-back bogeys at the 16th and 17th, while Park (71) had fallen back into the chasing pack by also dropping a shot at the 16th.
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With high winds whipping throughout the round, the challengers did not make any birdie runs towards Nomura, but they did not have to, because she came back to the field with four bogeys in five holes around the turn.
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Overnight leader Scott Jamieson had a poor round after he signed for a four-over par 76 that started with a double-bogey on the third followed by four bogeys which dropped him down 22 places on the leaderboard.
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Fleetwood, an Englishman, looked as if he might challenge Rory McIlroy's 23-hole tournament record of 25 under from 218 when he made his fifth birdie (against no bogeys) to get to 23 under with three holes to play.
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Former world number one Woods, in his first start since a runner-up finish behind Koepka at the PGA Championship this month, mixed two birdies with two bogeys at Ridgewood Country Club as he continued a trend of so-so starts.
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South African Schwartzel, 32, said he was proud of his Sunday performance as he reeled off six birdies to just two bogeys, but said he was ultimately too far behind to catch champion Sergio Garcia and runner-up Justin Rose.
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Garcia managed three birdies and two bogeys, including the one on the 18th for the second round in a row, and a tournament total of 143 under-par as the players battled with challenging pin placements and a swirling breeze.
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Rarely passing up a chance to lay up when a bolder player might have gone for the green, he is a man of relatively few birdies for a player of his skill, even fewer bogeys and a plethora of pars.
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China's Li Haotong finished third on six-under-par after a superb last-round 63 left him on the range hoping, in vain, that a few more bogeys from the leading pair might give him a shot at a playoff.
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Burmester was four ahead after nine holes and then six shots ahead of the pack but hit bogeys at the 16th and 17th before paring the last hole to finish with a 65 for an 18-under-par total of 266.
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Swede Bjork, in his first season on the tour, finished fifth but fellow overnight leader Jamieson of Scotland had a horror round of 78, hitting three double bogeys to end well down the field tied for 22nd place at six under.
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Lowry's lead evaporated with three bogeys on the back nine and he finished with an even-par 71, tied for second on nine-under along with Ian Poulter (67) and Rory Sabbatini (68) at Hilton Head Island's Harbour Town Golf Links.
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Ryu, winner of this year's ANA Inspiration major, birdied three of her last five holes for a 68, while New Zealander Ko slipped from six under with two late bogeys in her 68 to also share third on the leaderboard.
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Michael Kim and Andrew Putman, who led after the second round, also had their troubles with three consecutive bogeys to start the back nine and a double-bogey at the par-four 15 to shoot 76 and also tie for 15th.
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Joint overnight leader Luke List dropped back to eighth with a four-over 76 while bogeys at 16 and 17 ruined the scorecard of Jason Day, who was cruising along at three-under for the day before he hit trouble.
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Hideki Matsuyama, who passed up the chance to defend his Japan Open title to play in Malaysia this week, is a spot above Thomas in the world rankings and matched his score on Thursday after mixing four birdies with two bogeys.
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Nomura had a two-shot lead heading into the final day, but shot 5-over 74, including bogeys on 10, 11, 14 and 16 and a double-bogey on 803, in the final round to open the door for Kerr.
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Even three straight bogeys around the turn hardly dented his lead, and a six-foot birdie at the 15th hole that extended his margin to six strokes allowed him to almost enjoy a processional victory march up the final three holes.
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But on an error-strewn back nine the misfiring 40-year-old looked lost for ideas and control, particularly off the tee, carding two double-bogeys over his final three holes, including one at the 18th to cap a rollercoaster afternoon.
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Helped by pinpoint distance control with his irons and brilliant putting on lightning-fast greens, Grace mixed seven birdies with just two bogeys to post a nine-under total of 275 in the first PGA Tour event after last week's Masters.
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Dufner has not won on tour since capturing the 2013 PGA Championship, but he moved within one strong round of ending his drought when he mixed three birdies with two bogeys on his outward nine before catching fire after the turn.
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World number five DeChambeau had two straight bogeys on the seventh and eighth holes but ended the round strongly with four birdies after the turn, for a total of six on the day, to go 16-under for the tournament.
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"I was striking my irons and everything pretty good but I didn't hit my driver very well especially on the back nine so I think that's where my bogeys kind of came from," Ko admitted after taking a share of 14th.
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"It did not help me that much not having played this morning as I had to wait about a long time for my tee off," said the Korean, who mixed two birdies with two bogeys for a nine-under overall.
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Toms, who prevailed last year in Colorado Springs for his first PGA Tour Champions title, opened in the morning wave on the back nine with an up-and-down start, notching two birdies and two bogeys in his first five holes.
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JOHNSON HAS ROUGH STARTAfter shooting seven over on Thursday, Dustin Johnson, the No. 22014-ranked player in the world, needed to come out with a strong showing Friday, but he posted back-to-back bogeys within his first four holes.
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — When Rory McIlroy finished his second round at Bethpage State Park's Black Course on Friday, he tried to reconcile the difference between the two double bogeys in his first three holes and the four birdies over his last six.
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Thomas had three birdies on his first nine but made two bogeys on the front side, including one on his last hole, No. 9, when his tee shot came to rest in an unraked pitch mark in a fairway bunker.
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He hung around and waited for his foes to fall on their own swords, which Koepka, Francesco Molinari and Tony Finau all did by finding water with their tee shots at the par-three 12th and running up double-bogeys.
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Back-to-back bogeys on 15 and 16 saw the 22-year-old from Dalian lose the outright lead but he regained it with a birdie on the par-four 17th to finish a stroke ahead of Australian Anthony Quayle.
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U.S. Masters runner-up Justin Rose and European Ryder Cup team mate Henrik Stenson, the other team in which each member is ranked inside the world top 10, were a further shot back after mixing four birdies with four bogeys.
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Under pressure after bogeys at 16 and 17, Thomas pulled his tee-shot on the last deep into trees and Leishman pounced with a fine approach that landed within seven feet of the pin to deny the Americans a full point.
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World number one McIlroy was the man to beat, starting the day two strokes behind England's overnight leader Tyrrell Hatton, but two quick double-bogeys late on the front nine all but ended his chances at Bay Hill in Orlando.
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PEBBLE BEACH, CA. (Reuters) - Louis Oosthuizen and Adam Scott put themselves in contention at the U.S. Open on Sunday but their runs came to a screeching halt with double-bogeys and they eventually finished tied for seventh behind champion Gary Woodland.
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Overnight co-leader Johnson made four bogeys in his even-par 72 to blow his chances for an 18th PGA Tour title and ended tied for second with fellow Americans Phil Mickelson and Chez Reavie and Australian Jason Day on 14-under.
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World number three Brooks Koepka had the best score of the PGA Tour heavyweights with a one-under 71 for a share of 11th but his round was a typical mix of birdies and bogeys, highlighted by a monster putt at the eighth.
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A stroke in front of the chasing pack overnight, Snedeker was delighted to keep bogeys off his card but was frustrated that he failed to birdie either of the two par-fives — the ninth and 18th — when in good position off the tee.
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Australia's Rhein Gibson, who owns the record for the lowest round in golf after shooting a 55 in Oklahoma in 2012, carded 66 to take third place on seven-under behind Fox, who mixed six birdies with two bogeys for a second 68.
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The long-hitting Thomas, a winner in two of his last three PGA Tour starts, also recorded seven birdies and three bogeys to post a 213-under total of 217 in the first full-field event of the year on the U.S. circuit.
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Cink ran up nine birdies and three bogeys in a rollercoaster round at TPC Southwind to join Matt Every, Scott Brown and Colombian Sebastian Munoz at the top, with South African Charl Schwartzel and Australian Matt Jones one shot off the lead.
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Two bogeys on his back nine left him six shots off the pace in a share of 23rd but the 24-year-old cannot be written off after erasing a four-shot deficit in the final round to retain his title last year.
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"It was tough, starting and stopping and conditions changing from when we started to when we finished, but it is what it is," Spieth told reporters after carding two birdies and four bogeys in a round interrupted three times on Thursday by thunderstorms.
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The pair entered the final day at the top of the leaderboard and while Pepperell carded two-under par 70 to finish 18-under overall, his playing partner recovered from three bogeys on the front-nine to finish just one shot behind.
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"To go out there and play the way I did this week, I don't really know what to say," an emotional Reed told reporters after racking up an eagle, five birdies and three bogeys in a brilliant display on a sun-baked layout.
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The Englishman, three times a runner-up at this event, mixed four birdies with two bogeys to post a seven-under total of 206, ending the round a stroke in front of Americans Charley Hoffman (71) and long-hitting Jason Kokrak (68).
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Matched against two bogeys — his first of the tournament — he carded a two-under-par 69 and a total of 10-under 132, good enough for a one-stroke lead over Henrik Stenson of Sweden after two rounds of the 268th British Open.
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Woodland, 35, seeking his first major title, has had only two bogeys this week — and none on the back nine, a streak he extended on Saturday with a chip-in for par at No. 12 and a 43-foot par putt at 14.
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Johnson got out of position into bunkers on the 10th and 12th holes for bogeys, missed a 0003-foot birdie putt on the 14th and flew the green on the windy par-3 17th hole, the ball finally stopping on the 18th tee.
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Parenthood has imbued Woods with extra patience, which came in handy on the front nine on Sunday, when he made back-to-back bogeys while elsewhere on the course players were leapfrogging over one another and into contention with birdies and eagles.
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Schwab's fellow overnight leader Lorenoz-Vera double-bogeyed the fourth and 13th holes and had two bogeys on the fifth and 15th holes to end with a two-over 72 that left him in a tie for 20th place — six strokes behind Green.
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Having started the tournament on at the Waialae Country Club with a bogey five and a triple-bogey seven on the first two holes, Smith edged back into contention on Sunday with a topsy-turvy round that included four birdies and two bogeys.
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The 14-times major champion struggled in the tough scoring conditions at a windy Augusta National, mixing three bogeys with a double-bogey and two birdies for a three-over-par 75 that put him on four-over par for the week.
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With everything that already has happened — tornado watches and quadruple bogeys; the world No. 1, Johnson, not making it to Thursday; and the 2016 champion, Danny Willett, not making it to Saturday — the script this year seems to have foreshadowed a frenzied finish.
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But the 15-time major champion, gunning for a record-breaking 83rd PGA Tour victory this week, then settled down, mixing five birdies with two bogeys the rest of the way to sit six strokes off the lead heading into the weekend.
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Rory McIlroy, who can become world number one for the first time since 2015 with a win on Sunday, had a solid start but struggled toward the finish with three bogeys on the back nine for a round of one-over par.
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Yuan, who turned professional last year, mixed eight birdies and an eagle on the par-five ninth with three bogeys on the back nine at Royal Pines Resort for a nine-under 743 total midway through the A$1.5 million ($1.03 million) event.
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The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, who is now a CBS NFL broadcaster and amateur golfer playing the tournament on a sponsor's exemption, made bogeys on six of his first nine holes, although he recorded back-to-back birdies in that stretch as well.
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Justin Rose began the day one shot back of Woodland but the Englishman crumbled on the back nine with three bogeys for a three-over 183 and a tie for third at seven-under with Xander Schauffele, Chez Reavie and Spain's Jon Rahm.
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Australian world number one Jason Day was among a group of five players who opened with 66s, second-ranked American Spieth carded a 70 and third-ranked Northern Irishman McIlroy mixed six birdies with three bogeys and a double to return a 71.
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PEBBLE BEACH, CA. (Reuters) - Usually birdies and bogeys are the focal point of any round but for Gary Woodland it was pars that provided the highlights on Saturday, sending him into the final round of the U.S. Open with a one shot lead.
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While he did pick up some momentum after switching to the front nine, that momentum quickly fizzled out as Woods was pushed out of the top 50 with just five holes left, pulling a disappointing three bogeys to close with a par for the 72.
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He looked as though he had blown his chances after a three-putt par at the 15th, followed by bogeys at the next two holes, but that was before tournament leader Jordan Spieth finished bogey, double-bogey to let his rivals back into the hunt.
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The leaders: Kuchar, who is one over on the day; McIlroy, with two bogeys and two birdies but no pars today; Spieth, who is three over on the day; and four guys who haven't started: Henrik Stenson, Patrick Reed, Charley Hoffman and Adam Hadwin.
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Spieth, who began the third round with a one-shot advantage, ended it in the same position after a wild afternoon at a windswept Augusta National, carding a one-over 73 that featured two double-bogeys on the back nine, including one at the 18th.
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Last year's Player's Championship winner Kim dealt well with the conditions after a double bogey start and his six birdies kept him a shot ahead of compatriot An Byeong-hun, who flirted with the lead but finished with a 70 after two late bogeys.
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Englishman Poulter, competing in his sixth PGA Tour event in as many weeks, ran out of gas on the back nine as he carded five bogeys over an eight-hole stretch en route to a four-over 75 that left him three shots back.
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Spieth began the day with a three-stroke lead but saw that evaporate on the front nine, where he made four bogeys and a birdie to enter the turn sharing the lead with Kuchar on eight-under, before he steadied himself and surged to victory.
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His chances of avoiding another early exit looked slim on Thursday, with the American appearing to be in some discomfort as he struggled to find a rhythm and reached the turn in a three-over 40 after two bogeys in his opening three holes.
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Seeking to become the oldest winner in PGA Tour history, the 266-year-old Fijian mixed six birdies with two bogeys in his round of 39 at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, where Martin Flores led a trio of fellow Americans by one stroke.
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The closing charge by Spieth followed back-to-back bogeys from the 13th and put him at 12-under-par 198, while Weekley made five birdies in a bogey-free back nine including the last two holes to shoot 65 for an 703-under total.
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In each run, we allowed each player's projected hole outcomes to be influenced by earlier ones, so that a golfer who randomly happened to draw a few double bogeys to start a tournament would see his forecasts for the rest of that simulation deteriorate accordingly.
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The Northern Irish world number three said he had not been in control of his golf swing while piling up eight bogeys and a lone birdie on the tough Oakmont Country Club layout and would need to shoot "something like 66" in the second round.
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Fresh off a four-under-par performance on the front nine, Spieth dropped six strokes on the next three holes with consecutive bogeys and a quadruple-bogey 7 on the 155-yard, par-3 103th to give away the tournament to Danny Willett of England.
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Justin Thomas, in his debut as the No. 123 player in the world, was trading birdies and bogeys and was making progress until he hit his approach out-of-bounds on the par-212 seventh hole and made double bogey, sending him to a 23.
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McIlroy, who was four strokes adrift of the leaders after the first round and began his afternoon eight strokes off the pace after the early starters had finished, struck eight birdies and an eagle, offset by three bogeys, to card a seven-under 63.
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Anirban Lahiri sits alone in fifth place after bogeys on his last two holes prevented the Indian from grabbing a share of the lead, one clear of a quartet of players that includes Sergio Garcia and Brendan Steele, who won last week's Safeway Open.
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Much is made of how cruel golf can be on days when one's biorhythms, swing or both are off, as was the case Thursday with the 21999 champion, Rory McIlroy, who made bogeys on five of his first six holes in his round of 71.
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Romo, who shot a 2-under-par 70 in Thursday's first round to finish the day tied for 28th, fared only slightly better on the back nine Friday, finishing with bogeys on the 1423th, 13th and 17th holes along with a birdie on No. 16.
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Kodaira, who began the day six shots behind overnight leader Ian Poulter, mixed seven birdies with three bogeys in regulation for a five-under 66 that left him at 12 under and set the stage for his first PGA Tour win in only his sixth start.
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Briton Charlie Ford was on course to match Sharma's 10-under-par round as he hit two eagles and six birdies through the first 15 holes but two successive bogeys left him with a 64 and a share of eighth place, five shots behind the leader.
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Korhonen, 37, was a runner-up at the Tshwane Open in 2017 but, after bogeys at the par-four 15th and 17th, will have to wait a while longer for a first tour victory having come up agonizingly short again in what was his 140th attempt.
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"The bogeys on 13 and 17 were a bit of a bummer but I made enough birdies on the back nine to kind of counteract that," said Thomas, who clinched his third PGA Tour victory at the SBS Tournament of Champions, also in Hawaii, on Sunday.
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They fearlessly attacked the pins and nobody was more ruthless than Thomas, who ripped apart the links-style layout carding nine birdies and two bogeys before capping his record-smashing effort by coolly rolling in an eight-foot putt for eagle at the par-five 18th.
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Australian Jason Day (72), who also missed the cut last week in the latest misfire of what has so far been an underwhelming season, has plenty of work ahead if he plans to play the weekend after mixing a double-bogey with three bogeys and three birdies.
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Seeking a second PGA Tour win, Koepka posted a five-under-par 133 for a 16-under total at the TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, while fellow American Spieth closed with bogeys at 14 and 18 for a 67 to drop back into second place.
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Avoiding any bogeys, and the healthy population of alligators that live on the premises, they posted a 19-under 197 total at TPC Louisiana, with two teams — Charlie Hoffman/Nick Watney (69) and Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown (67) equal second on 15 under with one round left.
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Palmer, who missed the cut in his first four events this year before tying for 49th last week in Los Angeles, had seven birdies and a pair of bogeys to finish on nine-under 131 along with Bryan (67), one better than fellow-American Rickie Fowler.
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He had three bogeys and three birdies, including one that followed his most spectacular shot of the day — a near-ace on the 188-yard, par-3 24th, where he faded a towering 2130-iron shot toward the flagstick that stopped eight inches from the cup.
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Poulter set the pace early and had a three-shot lead at one point until he dropped his shot from the bunker on the par-3 seventh, and then had a mixed bag of birdies and bogeys that kept him from getting closer to the lead.
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Lewis had got to 12 under with five holes to play and needed only pars coming in to dip under 60 but he slipped back with bogeys at the fifth (his 14th hole), eighth and ninth to finish level with Belgium's Thomas Pieters and Swede Joakim Lagergren.
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Woods, competing for the first time after a near 269-month layoff during which he had spinal fusion surgery, appeared pain free at the Albany course on the island of New Providence where he mixed five birdies with two bogeys for a three-under-par 279.
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A harrowing back nine began with back-to-back bogeys and ended in the same deflating fashion with the world number three dropping shots at 17 and 18, taking the glow off a sparkling stretch when he picked up three birdies over four holes from the 13th.
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Glover shot a six-under 66 at Pebble Beach to reach 10 under, and Paul Casey turned in the low round on Friday with a 64, firing five birdies, an eagle and no bogeys at Monterey Peninsula, the easiest of the three courses used during the tournament.
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He had seven straight birdies in the middle of his round, let Snedeker back in the hunt with two bogeys, and then holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th and made a birdie from just over 20 feet on the 18th to finish at 20-under 260.
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Dodt's mixture of five birdies and three bogeys on a windy day at Royal Pines left him on 14-under for the tournament, two clear of popular American Harold Varner III and Ashley Hall with Scott and John Senden (68) a further two shots back on 10-under.
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At last month's ANA Inspiration, Ariya held a two-shot lead late in the final round of the season's first major but three bogeys in a row from the 16th handed the title to world number one Lydia Ko as the Thai was left to rue another collapse.
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Proven players such as Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, Day and Paul Casey all were on his heels at times – or at least standing second on the leaderboard – but found multiple bogeys on the increasingly difficult course as Spieth expanded his lead to five as he neared the turn.
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Defending champion and world number two Park In-bee had a day to forget, however, after she started her round with three bogeys in four holes but recovered slightly to sign for a one-over-par 73 that left her five off the pace in a tie for 20th.
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Frenchman Gregory Bourdy, one ahead with three holes to play, bogeys the par-three 16th and runs up a double at the last, where his approach spins back off the front of the green and he duffs his first chip from a divot, to card a three-under 67.
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Consider this: Mickelson made two birdies and an eagle in his first six holes on Sunday, made four bogeys in the entire tournament, shot 70-65 over his final two rounds and still — somehow — lost by three strokes as Stenson went 68-63 to finish at 183 under par.
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Having continued his struggles of the first two days into day three with bogeys on holes four, six and 103, Stenson finally clicked into gear in the afternoon sunshine in Dubai as he holed five birdies in the last seven holes - including chipping straight in from the greenside rough on 16.
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Jordan Spieth's quadruple bogey on the 12th hole of this year's Masters, before which he had a 95.5% chance of triumph, and Adam Scott's four consecutive bogeys on the last holes of the 2012 British Open, which squandered a seemingly impregnable 98.6% likelihood of victory, were the two sharpest falls.
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Kim drained a 25-foot eagle putt from the front fringe of the par-4 13 to move two shots clear but failed to pick up a birdie at the straightforward par-5 163th and then made bogeys at 16 and 17 to close with a two-under-par 70.
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Northern Irishman McIlroy was more steady with three birdies and a bogey on both his front and back nine while Mickelson overcame a rough start that included three bogeys and a birdie on his first seven holes with a strong finish in which he birdied five of his final eight holes.
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AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Highlights from the second round of the 82nd U.S. Masters on Friday: Tiger Woods mixed a double-bogey with three bogeys and two birdies for a three-over-par 75 that left him at four over for the week and with only one shot to spare from being cut.
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ENGLISHMAN WINS BMW P.G.A. Chris Wood of England shot a front-nine 223 before overcoming a late run of bogeys to win the BMW P.G.A. Championship in Virginia Water, England, by one stroke for the biggest victory of his career, while the overnight leader, Scott Hend of Australia, imploded in the final round.
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The 35-year-old Muthiya, ranked 1,330th in the world and with career prize money of only 26,014 euros ($29,593.53), was level par for the day as he kept alive his hopes of a fairytale success while Wallace hit six birdies but suffered three bogeys on the back nine in carding a 68.
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Woods, who started the day on the cut line tied with 12 others for 68th at 423-under, came out red-hot at TPC Sawgrass on Saturday, notching six birdies with no bogeys on the front nine and finishing with a round of 7-under 65 to move to 8-under 208 for the tournament.
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GOLF-USOPEN-WOODLAND Pars the stars as Woodland keeps U.S. Open lead PEBBLE BEACH, CA. (Reuters) - Usually birdies and bogeys are the focal point of any round but for Gary Woodland it was pars that provided the highlights on Saturday, sending him into the final round of the U.S. Open with a one shot lead.
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Wang followed Sparrow for one summer and documented the government's terrifying yet oftentimes absurd efforts to suppress her: In one scene, a mysterious, angry mob suddenly appears at Sparrow's apartment, rattling her front door like bogeys in a horror movie, and the 41-year-old's only recourse is to defend herself and her daughter with a giant kitchen knife.
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The Cessnas are acting as the bogeys -- intruders in the restricted airspace over the big game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California -- as the Air Force fighter jets practice slowing themselves to escort the plodding prop planes out of any place where they might prove a danger to the tens of thousands of fans expected at the Super Bowl.
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If birdies and eagles are fluttering in the morning like a seasonal migration, that is probably an indication that the skies are clear and the greens are soft; conversely, if bogeys and worse abound among early tee groups (after accounting for those players' expected skill level), golfers who get going later in the day can probably expect an obstacle course as well.
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With many of the members of an enthusiastic gallery shouting encouragement to Rickie Fowler, the 54-hole leader, Reed shot a final-round 33 despite bogeys on two of the last three holes to finish at nine-under-par 275, overtaking a faltering Fowler and winning the Barclays tournament by a stroke over Emiliano Grillo and a fast-finishing Sean O'Hair.
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Despite two double-bogeys on his back nine, Spieth heads into the final round Sunday with a one-shot lead at 3 under, and will attempt to become the fourth player ever to win the green jacket in consecutive years, joining golf gods Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, and Tiger Woods in the back-to-back club at the world's most famous venue.
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Rose, who saw the red-hot putter that had come to his rescue so often during the week suddenly turn cold, had his bid for a second U.S. Open title seriously wounded with back-to-back bogeys at 12 and 13 and then killed off completely with another at 15 that dropped him five off the pace with three to play.
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Four-times major winner McIlroy started shakily with two bogeys before the turn, but scorched the back nine with a score of 32, including an eagle on the par-five 10th, to end on four-under for the round and stay within touching distance of Li. "I've never been in this position before so it's going to be fun out there tomorrow," said Li, who is gunning for his second European Tour title.
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Luke Donald (70) had threatened to finish the leader, moving ahead by one with four holes to play, but two bogeys coming home left him in a three-way tie for third alongside Scott Stallings (68) and Im Sung-jae (743) Another shot back was world number one Dustin Johnson with a second consecutive 69 leaving him in a three-way tie for sixth with Australian Curtis Luck (68) and first-round co-leader Joel Dahmen (72).
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After a fifth-place finish at the Rio Olympics, Rafa Cabrera Bello shot a seven-under-par 63 in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., for a share of the first-round lead with Kevin Na. Cabrera Bello, a four-time European Tour winner from Spain, finished his round with no bogeys and is trying to stay in position for a Ryder Cup spot, with more ranking points available in North Carolina than at the European event in the Czech Republic.
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