Tiger Woods Moves Into Contention At U.s. Open

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Sun, 06/20/2010 - 12:00am

Tiger Woods moves into contention at U.S. Open

The world's top-ranked golfer fires a third-round 66 to move to one under par and within striking distance of leader Dustin Johnson. Tiger Woods left the Pebble Beach Golf Links on Friday seven shots back of the U.S. Open leader yet insisted he was still in the championship hunt.

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