Three golfers achieve rare feat in Tiger Woods’ tournament

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It was, as they say in golf, lights out at the Chevron World Challenge today.

Three golfers achieved the rare feat of holing out fairway shots within an hour of each other in the tournament’s final round at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks.

Steve Stricker first holed his second shot on the par-four 10th for an eagle two. British Open winner Stewart Cink, playing in the twosome behind Stricker, then did the exact same thing when he played the 10th hole. [Note: An earlier version of this post incorrectly said Cink played before Stricker.]

But Camilo Villegas then did them one better, holing out his second shot from the fairway on the par-five 13th hole for a double eagle two.

Jim Furyk held the lead of the tournament, which benefits Tiger Woods’ charity, at 11 under par midway through the final round on the Jack Nicklaus-designed course. Three golfers -- Zach Johnson, Lee Westwood and Graeme McDowell -- were two shots back at nine under.

-- Jim Peltz