They are excellent putters as McIlroy had only one three-putt all weekend, that coming on the 71st hole.
Woods, despite his win at Bay Hill two weeks ago, ranks a miserable 134th on Tour in three-putt avoidance.
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The burly 22-year-old Lowry led by two shots playing the last but he had a three-putt bogey while Rock birdied.
If I didn't three-putt two times and lay up in a bunker my score would have been nearer where it should have been.
Phil Mickelson opened his final round with four straight birdies, and he was still in the picture until a three-putt double bogey on the 14th hole.
Only four off the lead after two rounds, Montgomerie followed a three-putt bogey on the long second by going in the water at the next and dropping two more strokes.
Earlier, Scotland's Marc Warren had held a two-stroke lead with three holes to play, but a three-putt contributed to a double bogey at the 16th which he followed with a bogey at the 17th.
After his three-putt from 10 feet at the 17th, Garcia needed something special to snatch the lead back from Houston, and he produced it with a stunning 111-yard shot to hole out for two, and regain the lead.
Scotland's Marc Warren had led for most of the final day, but four bogeys in his last five holes meant he finished in a tie for fourth -- one shot away from making the playoff as he was left to rue a three-putt at 18.
Poulter, joint leader overnight on nine under alongside Ross Fisher, moved three shots clear of the field after two early birdies but his first bogey of the week on the fifth, after a three-putt, and another dropped shot on 10 left him level at that stage with Fisher, Kaymer and Jaidee.
He missed 10-foot birdie chances at the second and third holes and also slid a three-foot birdie putt past the outside edge at the par-five sixth.
Donald missed a five-foot birdie putt and Howell three-putted from 20ft after lining up an eagle opportunity.
She makes a bogey on the hole, then hits a nice drive on the par-three ninth and sinks a 6-foot putt for another solid bogey.
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Byrd's round was his best of the year, and he capped it off with a string of birdies that began with a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-three sixth green and ended with a wedge to six feet of the pin on eight.
American Kevin Na could have made it a three-way tie-off, but missed an eight foot birdie putt on the last and finished third on 271 while former USPGA champion David Toms and James Nitties were tied for fourth another stroke away.
Webster moved alongside Manassero with a seven-under 64 which included a spectacular eagle at the par-five 13th, which saw his second shot from a fairway bunker strike the flag, leaving him with a six-foot putt for his three.
Els' eighth par in a row is not enough as Garcia reduces the deficit with a 10-foot putt for a birdie three.
Els makes the green with his tee-shot and then hits a stunning 30-foot birdie putt to go three up with eight holes to play.
Then came successive bogeys at 11 and 12 to give Furyk his three-shot cushion, which had gone by the time the American missed a short putt on the 17th.
Noren, whose only European Tour victory was at the European Masters in 2009, had a mixed start with three birdies, two bogeys and a double -- and he faces a long birdie putt at the ninth when he returns on Sunday morning.
Even in the play-off at the Open I did, when I missed a putt to go three shots up on the 17th green.
Ogilvy recovered from three bogeys in four holes at the start of his round by making a 7-foot birdie putt at the end for a 70.
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