Zach Johnson hit a seven-iron approach shot into the hole to cap a four-under 68 on Saturday at the 2011 Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California. Johnson's eagle on 18 put him at eight under par for the tournament and gave him one-stroke lead over Tiger Woods after three rounds. Woods shot a one-over 73 on Saturday.
Johnson parred each of the first 10 holes before shooting an eagle on the par-five 11th hole. He birdied the next two holes to briefly catch Woods, but bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes set him back before his heroics on 18.
It was an up and down day for Woods, who had three different bogeys on par fives, a rarity for him. Woods was eight under par on par-five holes through the first two rounds, but was plus three on the par fives on Saturday. The last win for Tiger Woods came over two years ago, at the Australian Masters in November 2009.
| Chevron World Challenge Leaderboard | |||
| Rank | Player | Third Round | Tournament |
| 1 | Zach Johnson | 68 | -8 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 73 | -7 |
| 3 | K.J Choi | 72 | -5 |
| 4 | Gary Woodland | 70 | -3 |
| 4 | Hunter Mahan | 73 | -3 |
| 4 | Matt Kuchar | 74 | -3 |
K.J. Choi shot an even-par 72, but it was anything but steady. He had four birdies, all on the back nine, but also had a pair of bogeys and a double bogey. The low round of the day came from Martin Laird, who shot a 66 to move to one over par for the tournament, moving from a tie for 17th in the 18-man field into a tie for 11th. Paul Casey shot a five-under 67 and is two under for the tournament.
The average scores so far for the tournament have been 72.94 on Thursday, 71.39 on Friday, and 71.44 in the third round on Saturday.
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