Chandler’s Cross, England ? Tiger Woods was exasperated after missing a half-dozen birdie putts inside 12 feet, each one costing him a chance to pull away in the American Express Championship.

One putt changed everything.

Woods holed a 35-foot putt on the par-5 18th to make eagle for the third straight day, turning a decent round into a good one at 4-under 67 and building a six-shot lead Saturday going into the final round at The Grove.

He was at 19-under 194 and had a comfortable lead over Adam Scott, who shot 65 but didn’t get his wish.

“At the moment, I’ve made up a few shots,” Scott said. “Hopefully, it will stay where it is right now, and you never know. There might be a chance for me to run him down tomorrow.”

Woods was finishing up the 17th hole at the time, his lead at four shots. After hitting his tee shot into the left rough, Woods caught a decent enough lie to give it a crack at the green, and he flushed it. The ball hopped onto front of the elevated green and rolled 35 feet away, and Woods smiled when it dropped as if The Grove owed him one.

Woods missed birdie putts of six feet on the first two holes, missed another great chance from eight feet on the sixth, and three-putted from 35 feet on No. 8, missing a 5-foot par putt. That dropped him to 14 under par, only two shots ahead of David Howell, and the World Golf Championship was starting to come to life. But that lasted only a few minutes.