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Golf-Woods plays like he practiced - poorly

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods was in a rare position on Saturday at the Quicken Loans National tournament. Contending.

The 14-times major winner, mired in a terrible slump, had shot 66 in the second round but on Saturday he played like he practiced before the third round, pulling tee shots left of target.

"Unfortunately I warmed up that way. I was hitting the ball left on the range warming up," Woods said after his three-over 74 on a day of low scores at the rain-softened Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia. "Couldn't quite get comfortable.