Tiger Woods has already won one tournament this season on the PGA Tour and he set himself up nicely for another on Saturday, extending his lead to four strokes heading into the final round at Doral for the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

According to ESPN.com, Woods continued his strong play in the third round, making seven birdies to bring his total to 24 over the past three rounds. Woods has won 16 WGC events and he has only had to make 74 putts, a career low. The tournament is set up for Woods to win, as he has gone 39-2 over his prolific career when leading heading into the final round of a PGA Tour event.

Woods shot a five-under 67 to take a four-stroke lead over Graeme McDowell, while Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker are five back. Rory McIlroy had another rough day and has continued his poor play to start the year, as he missed the cut at Abu Dhabi, was bounced at Match Play and he notably walked off the course last week at the Honda Classic after dealing with tooth pain.

The talk Saturday was all about Woods and his excellent putting, as he sank the final shot on the 18th hole from 15 feet to secure his four-stroke lead. McDowell could prove to be a fierce opponent on Sunday, as the two played in 2010 when Woods had a two-shot lead before McDowell came back to win.

The closest McDowell came on Saturday to Woods was three shots, but the number two ranked golfer finished strongly at the end, overcoming a shot he hit into a tree.

"After I made birdie on 15, I was looking pretty good with a six-shot lead, and with a drivable par 4," Woods said. "Two holes later, it's now cut down to three. I piped a tee shot down there, hit a little 9-iron there and was able to pour that putt in there."

Phil Mickelson also had a strong day to keep within striking distance of Woods, shooting a 69, tied with Steve Stricker at five shots behind. Mickelson had a strong finish, taking four birdies after starting slow to keep pace with the field.

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"I threw away five or six shots on the greens and around the greens, and I feel like I don't have to play too much different," Mickelson said. "I just can't afford to give away those shots. I'm going to have to play a round like I played at Pebble last year, something in the low 60s."

Woods has not won a WGC event in his last 10 tries but he is playing strong and looking more and more like the player that went 16-for-30 to start in those same events. The last time Woods won one of the events was in 2009 at Firestone and Doral now appears to be a favorite place to play for Woods.

McDowell went right at Woods for most of the day, but the American was fierce on the greens and was able to keep his four-stroke cushion by the end. The rest of the leaderboard includes Michael Thompon and Sergio Garcia with 67s on the day, while Keegan Bradley shot a 69 and Bubba Watson fell eight shots behind after putting up a 71 on Saturday.

Tiger Woods won his 75th tournament at the Farmers Insurance Open and his next win may just be one day away as he takes a commanding lead into the final round, way over the number one golfer in the world, as Rory McIlroy shot a 69 and is now in a tie for 32nd place.

Woods was excellent in his short game, making 14 of 14 putts from inside 10 feet, something he struggled with earlier in the year. Although this is still the "new" Tiger, Woods has been excellent throughout his career when taking a lead, going 35-of-45 when he has a 36-hole lead and 26-of-31 when he has the outright lead to himself.

The WGC will pick up on the Golf Channel to start and will then move to NBC in the afternoon. Follow all the action on the main official PGA Tour Website.