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Tiger Woods shoots 66, makes charge at British Open leaderboard

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Talk about backspin. Tiger Woods, with all the action of a well struck wedge, spun the golf world back years Saturday, playing his way up the leaderboard of the British Open.

With wall-to-wall spectators pressed against the ropes to cheer him on or just get a glimpse of him, Woods put on a show at Carnoustie, making six birdies - punctuated by his signature fist pump - and finishing with a sizzling 66.

It was his best score

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