As errors mount, Tiger fades

Woods blames mental mistakes for poor Open showing

Tiger Woods lamented a succession of errors after the former world No 1 slumped to a one-over-par 73 in the third round of the British Open on Saturday.

The decision by the organizers to bring forward the start time to avoid the heavy rain and thunderstorms that were forecast proved a good one as the softer fairways and greens and the still wind led to a total of 17 sub-70 rounds being carded.