Tiger needs a Hail Mary on Sunday to keep his Playoffs aliveLEMONT, Ill. -- Will Sunday be the last time we see Tiger Woods playing a PGA TOUR event in the United States this year?
Perhaps. The two-time and defending FedExCup champion has left himself no room for error in terms of advancing to the final stage of this year's PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.
Woods will go into Sunday's final round of the BMW Championship needing to complete golf's version of the Hail Mary pass. He will need a miracle. It's either go low or go home.
"Looks like probably 61, 62 might have to be the number," Woods said after shooting a 3-under 68 on Saturday. He was not joking. His tone was deadly serious.
Of course, Woods was talking about the number he needs to possibly win the BMW Championship. He's not thinking about the number needed just to finish in the top five, which would get him a spot inside the top 30 who advance to THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola.
He isn't giving up hope that he can defend the title that he won by eight strokes here a year ago. Now, at even par for the tournament, he'll go into the final round eight strokes behind the leaders -- and needing to make up six strokes just to get inside the top five on the leaderboard and keep his Playoffs alive.
No one watches the "playoffs" anyway.
