Three years ago then World No. 1 Tiger Woods showed the golf world his brilliance in capturing the Jack Nicklaus Memorial.

Three years on and Woods walked from the 18th green on day three of the Memorial signing for his worst score as  a professional – a 13-over par 85.

Woods playing partner was 24-year old PGA Tour rookie Zac Blair and like everyone gathered around the 18th green he could not believe his eyes when Woods ended his third round with a triple bogey at Muirfield Village.

Blair humbled Woods beating the 14-time Major winner by nearly a stroke per hole.

“I’ve always wanted to play with him,” Blair said. “As a little kid that was kind of my dream growing up. But it was unfortunate to see him not play great.

“I thought he handled it great. He never got super outwardly emotional. … But I don’t think he ever got disrespectful out there. And he was always super courteous to me and friendly. It was nice to see that.”

Former Memorial champion Tiger Woods shakes hands with Zac Blair after posting a 13-over par 85 and the 14-time Major winner’s worst round as a professional. (www.pgatour.com)

Woods declined to speak to the media after his round. It’s the second time this year that he’s shot the worst round of his PGA Tour and three shots more than an 82 he posted earlier this year at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and in what was his previous worst.

Woods posted bogeys on Nos. 4 and 5, then made consecutive doubles at Nos. 8 and 9 to make the turn in 42. He found two bunkers on the par-3 eighth hole and hit his approach into the water at the next hole.

He also dropped shots at 11, 12 and 14 before making his lone birdie of the day, at the par-5 15th. He reached the green in two shots and two-putted from 28 feet.

Woods also bogeyed the 17th ahead of his struggles at the 18th where he drove into the creek left of the fairway, took a drop and hit his third shot short of the green. He hit his chip shot fat; his ball rolled down the hill fronting the green and came to rest farther from the hole than where it started. He chunked his next chip into a greenside bunker, then two-putted.

Woods, so used to being atop of leader boards,  is dead last in the field in strokes gained: tee-to-green. His quadruple-bogey on 18 was the sixth of his PGA TOUR career. It has been an otherwise low-scoring week at Muirfield Village. The cut fell at 1 under par. Dustin Johnson and Keegan Bradley both shot 65 after teeing off in Saturday’s fourth and fifth groups, respectively.

Woods was in last place, eight shots worse than the next player on the leaderboard, when he finished his round. Seventy-one players made the cut, so he will play alone Sunday barring a withdrawal or disqualification.

Blair, a PGA TOUR rookie, is 75th in the FedExCup. He finished 40th at last year’s U.S. Open and played in the final group in his first PGA TOUR event as a member, the Frys.com Open. He’s the answer to a trivia question now.

“I wish he would have played better, but it was still fun,” Blair said.

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