On Saturday afternoon, Tiger Woods was back on the course at the Player’s Championship.Woods led a crowded field that teed off from TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Tommy Fleetwood took a Day 1 lead into Friday morning after he carded a 7-under, 65. Woods, meanwhile, sat five shots off the lead when he took the course for his second round after shooting a 2-under 70. Tiger followed up his first round with a hot start in his second. However, that hot start tuned into a quadruple bogey on No. 17. He ended the day with a 1-under, 71, placing him at 3-under for the tournament. Woods was back out on the course Saturday and despite not shooting his best, looked to be having some fun. During his round on Saturday, Woods and playing partner Kevin Na shared a laugh. Na knocked in a putt and quickly retrieved the ball. Woods mocked Na’s putt after knocking in his own birdie on the hole. Check it out. This is so good. @TigerWoods and Kevin Na share a few laughs on the iconic island green @THEPLAYERSChamp. 😂#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/l1OdXwNkZz — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 16, 2019 Woods finished the day with an even-par, 72, placing him at 3-under for the tournament. He ended the day with three birdies in his final seven holes to salvage the round. After three rounds of play, Woods sits eight shots back of the leaders.<doc-sep>Even though Ryan Moore made a hole in one on Thursday at the famous 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass, Tiger Woods probably had the two defining moments on the famous par 3 at the 2019 Players Championship. On Friday, after playing his way up the leaderboard early on, Woods hit two balls in the water and made a quadruple-bogey seven (! ), which was the only score worse than five for the entire day. It sent him tumbling down the board and eventually resulted in a 11 a.m. tee time with Kevin Na. Things didn't start well with those two either. Na and Woods did not make a single birdie over the first 10 holes in Round 3 before Na righted the ship with a birdie on the par-5 11th and Woods made his own on the par-4 12th. After a full three hours of morose looks and dragging tails, Na eagled No. 16 and Woods birdied it so they went to No. 17 in high spirits. Their tee shots were money, too. On a gettable pin, Woods hit his to 3 feet, and Na hit his to 5 feet. Na putted first and easily sank his birdie, but there was a catch. Na chased after it right after he hit it and waited over the hole for it to drop as if he couldn't wait a single millisecond to get the ball out of the cup after it hit the bottom. He's actually done something similar to this before, which is pretty hilarious, and Tiger cracked up hard. Then on Woods's easy birdie he semi-jokingly did the same. It wasn't with as much earnestness as Na, of course, but Woods jumped after his ball and pulled it out of the cup as fast as he could. Then they walked arm in arm to the 18th hole laughing as hard as they'd laughed all day and maybe as hard as Woods has ever laughed on a golf course. At a hole where Woods has provided innumerable must-see moments in big wins, this one was must see for a different reason. Tiger won't won this week, and he won't come close, but he provided a whole lot of levity and one of the best interactions we've seen on the course this week and probably so far in 2019.<doc-sep>One day after carding a disastrous quadruple bogey on TPC Sawgrass’ signature 17th hole, Tiger Woods and Kevin Na caused the gallery at the island green to crack up with their post-putt antics. Na hit a magnificent tee shot at the par-3 to within five feet of the hole, and he was so sure about his birdie putt that he bent down to pick it out of the cup before it had even reached the hole. Tiger couldn’t help but laugh at Na’s quick move to the cup – and not to be outdone, the 14-time major champion jumped out of his putting stance to pick up the ball on a three-foot birdie putt. This is so good. @TigerWoods and Kevin Na share a few laughs on the iconic island green @THEPLAYERSChamp. 😂#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/l1OdXwNkZz — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 16, 2019 It was a satisfying way to cap what began as a frustrating day for Woods, who played his opening eight holes at 3-over par and was in danger of dropping below the secondary cut line. Woods got a shot back at the par-4 12th hole after driving the green, and then took advantage of the par-5 16th before hitting his best shot of the day at the island green.<doc-sep>
Tiger Woods jokingly made fun of Kevin Na on the iconic No. 17 green on Saturday at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. (AP/Gerald Herbert) It was a rough day for Tiger Woods on Saturday at The Players Championship. Although, it could have been a lot worse. Woods finished with an even par 72 on Saturday at TPC Sawgrass, thanks to three birdies on the back nine, to sneak through the secondary 54-hole cut. Yet perhaps the best moment of his round — at least for those watching — came when he and playing partner Kevin Na took to the iconic island green on No. 17. After both hitting close to the cup, Na finished off his putt first to make birdie. Yet as the putt was about to fall, Na quickly rushed to grab his ball from the cup — even before it had fallen. So, naturally, Woods had to have a little fun with him. Woods had a similar putt himself. So once he saw it was going to fall, he quickly made a move to grab his ball, imitating Na the best he could. This is so good. @TigerWoods and Kevin Na share a few laughs on the iconic island green @THEPLAYERSChamp. 😂#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/l1OdXwNkZz — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 16, 2019 “I thought, maybe I could have a little fun with this,” Woods said, via the PGA Tour. “I had to make sure I started on line first. Once I realized I was gonna make it then I tried to get down there as fast as I could.” “Once I realized I was gonna make it then I tried to get down there as fast as I could.” 🤣@TigerWoods talks through his race to the cup on No. 17 @THEPLAYERSChamp. pic.twitter.com/8kp9h6tmjg — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 17, 2019 Na ended up finishing six-over on Saturday and failed to make the secondary cut — something he likely knew would happen well before he teed off on No. 17. Story continues Hopefully, if nothing else, his hilarious moment with Tiger helps to make up for it a bit. Woods sits at three-under heading into Sunday’s round after failing to break 70 all week. It marks his first tournament back in action since he withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a neck injury. Jon Rahm currently leads the field at 15-under after he fired a 64 on Saturday, just one shot shy of the course record. More from Yahoo Sports: