NASSAU, Bahamas -- Tiger Woods saved par from the dunes with a shot so good that two spectators ran over and scooped up sand for a souvenir.It also served as motivation Friday at the Hero World Challenge. The tee shot on the par-3 eighth that landed next to a bush was so bad that Woods said he told caddie Joe LaCava after his par putt, Im not dropping a shot.And he didnt.Woods capped a bogey-free round with an even more unlikely par save on the 16th hole. What stood out on a balmy day at Albany was a seven-hole stretch in the middle of the round in which he never really missed a shot. It led to enough birdies for a 7-under 65, leaving him six shots behind and in a tie for ninth in the 17-man field.His golf was as good as it was Thursday, his first competition in 15 months, only this time he eliminated the mistakes.I wanted to keep that card clean, Woods said. I dont know what it is about playing and competing, but keeping cards clean, theres something really special. And it feels pretty good about doing that.And he did it quickly, in just under three hours.Justin Rose, who opened with a 74, withdrew with back problems. That left Woods as a single, and when he realized there would not be much wind, he felt he could play just as well without a marker (typically the club pro) to get a feel for how various shots might be affected.He was on his own and moving in the right direction.The par save on No. 8 and a wedge to tap-in range on the No. 9 allowed him to make the turn in 33, just like Thursday. The difference was how he finished.After pounding a drive down with the wind at his back on the par-5 11th -- he had to carry a bunker 290 yards away -- he switch to a 5-iron to play away from a bunker to the right of the green, making sure he would have the right angle to the pin. It was right where he was aiming, a yard off the green, setting up an easy two-putt birdie. He followed that with a 6-iron to a foot for birdie on the 12th, a 10-foot birdie putt on the 14th and a two-putt birdie on the par-5 15th.He made seven birdies, but nothing brought out the emotion like a par.His tee shot on the 16th, where he made double bogey Thursday, took a wild hop into a bush in the sandy area. Enough of the ball was showing that Woods tried to hit 6-iron to the front bunker, but it came out heavy into more of the waste area. The next shot was well beyond the hole.The par putt dropped on its final turn, and Woods thrust his fist toward the cup and slapped the face of his putter.Two more pars, and he was done and feeling much better about the next two days.I really had it dialed in both ways, he said. I was shaping it both ways and I really had nice control of my (trajectory). That was the key. I was able to keep the ball down when I needed to and send it at times.Woods stayed out of golf following two back surgeries over the last three months of 2015, and he had not competed since a tie for 10th at the Wyndham Championship on Aug. 23, 2015. There have been no issues with his back, and Woods said he has made a few changes with his swing and how much he works away from golf.If he looks slimmer, he says he picked up an illness from his children over Thanksgiving. More relevant is that he said he no longer lifts as much weight or runs as he once did. Woods said he used to run 30 miles a week in his early days on tour.Ive had four knee surgeries, three backs. My bodys been through it, he said.As for the weights?I dont load the spine like I used to, he said. Im trying to do other things to gain strength. I dont have any problem with suppleness and flexibility, but I also need to have stability.As for his swing, Woods said he has made subtle changes to alleviate the strain on his back.Ive tried to go back and look at and do some stuff that I used to do as a junior that I did naturally, he said.Another change is that he is at Albany without a swing coach. Woods began working with Chris Como in November 2014, but the work is done in what Woods described as training camps.Well have little windows where well practice when I have time to do it, Woods said. Then Ill shut it down, Ill work on my short game in the backyard, chip and putt, and then well have another training camp a week or two later.The real measure might not come until early next year, when he gets more tournaments and different -- and colder -- conditions. Friday was just another round, and a step forward. Fletcher Cox Eagles Jersey . 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JJ Arcega-Whiteside Jersey .com) - The Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks both take aim at their first wins of the season on Saturday, as the Canucks open their home slate at Rogers Arena.Nasser Hussain hailed Englands character after India closed day three of the first Test in Rajkot on 319-4 - still 218 in arrears. Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay hit centuries to make the tourists toil for much of the day, the pair sharing a stand of 209, but Englands reward for a day of patience was two wickets in the final two overs.Spinners Adil Rashid and Zafar Ansari took a wicket each - Haseeb Hameed taking two catches at short leg to remove Vijay and nightwatchman Amit Mishra, respectively. Highlights from the third day of the first Test between India and England in Rajkot Hussain told Sky Sports that the late breakthroughs will give both sides pause for thought with two days of the Test still remaining.Those last 10 minutes will just make both batting line-ups a little bit nervous, he said. In this part of the world, you cant get too far ahead of yourself because things change very, very quickly.Before those two late wickets people watching might have been tempted to think this is going to be another boring draw in India but here you can never assume that. India vs England November 12, 2016, 3:45am Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass He added: England showed a lot of character ttoday and not just because of those two wickets at the end.ddddddddddddhey dived around, their body language was good and there were excellent spells of bowling. Stuart Broad bowled five overs for one run after they took the new ball, Ben Stokes bowled a beautiful spell to get Gautam Gambhirs wicket early on.I thought everyone played their part and it was almost as if those two wickets were reward for the effort they put in throughout the day.But even if they hadnt got those two wickets, I would still say well done England, that was an excellent effort. How do you get Virat Kohli out? Over to Nasser... India skipper Virat Kohli remains unbeaten on 26 overnight after surviving testing spells from Broad and Stokes that kept him without score for 10 balls, and then on one for six more.Hussain said the visitors got their tactics to Kohli pretty much spot on. I think England bowled to him exactly how youd want to, he reflected.Ottis Gibson will sit down with Englands analyst and theyll be pleased. We did a beehive of where they have been getting Kohil out and where they bowled to him and that matched up absolutely perfectly.The only difference is that they are up against a Kohli that is in nick and is lining the ball up well, so hes leaving well outside off-stump. He waited for Englands bowlers to come to him and then he picked them off.Watch extended highlights from day three of the first Test from 2pm and 8pm on Sky Sports 2, with The Verdict following immediately afterwards at 3pm and 9pm. Also See: Day 3 report Scorecard Commentary Highlights ' ' '