Sweden's Henrik Stenson sees late slip up at Tour Championship offer hope to rivals ahead of final round "To think you're going to keep going like that without finding any trouble is probably asking too much," Stenson said. I'm not in the worst position. Indeed, he is not. But Stenson should be concerned with his driving, which went badly awry as the Georgia rains poured after his usual stellar opening. Once again he toyed with East Lake's front nine. His scores so far this week on the outward half have been 30, 31, 31. This latest four-under stroll makes him 13 under for those 27 holes. Johnson is only three under for the front nine. Stenson hit a six iron on the 202-yard second to three feet, holed a 20-footer on the third and struck a nine iron from 156 yards to five feet on the par-four seventh. When he also birdied the ninth so many records seemed possible. But loose tee-shots cost him on the 10th, 14th and 16th and would have again on the 17th had he not holed from 15 feet for a par. A three-putt on the par-three 18th ensured that we have the prospect of a golf tournament instead of a procession. Perhaps we should have expected this wobble as Stenson's week has been anything but smooth sailing. He arrived here on Tuesday with his mind and body in a state. That morning, he had been forced to apologise to Conway Farms Golf Club for demolishing a locker after finishing 33rd in the BMW Championship on Monday and an inflamed tendon in his left wrist made even picking up his toothbrush painful. Furthermore, Stenson had never been to East Lake and only managed to play nine holes before his first round. Then, on Friday, the face of his favourite club, his four wood, caved in, so he played his second round with 13 clubs. However, a few factors have been in his favour - Tiger Woods, for one. The world No 1 managed to fight off the fatigue which he claimed was responsible for his 73-71 opening to post a 69. In fairness, he has not looked himself, but on three over in a tie for 26th, he is still projected to finish runner-up in the FedEx Cup and collect $3million. Stenson was also assisted by the flu which struck his nearest pursuer at the halfway point, Adam Scott. The Australian was put on a drip an hour before his 9am tee-time, brought forward by the organisers because of the forecasted afternoon storms. The Masters champion will likely be rewarded for his courage in shooting a 74 to stand on two under with a $1.5 million cheque for finishing fourth in the FedEx. No, it is not the worst incentive to rise out of one's sickbed, although the lowest sum any player can possible pick up on giveaway Sunday is $300,000. That's $125,000 for finishing last of the 30 in the tournament proper plus the $175,000 for finishing 30th in the FedEx. It is sport's greatest booby prize.