Francesco Molinari two ahead at Masters but Tiger Woods is prowling

• Open champion Molinari is on -13 after third round
• Tiger Woods and Tony Finau sit joint-second

Maybe Tiger Woods should employ the services of the security officer who earned infamy at Augusta National on Friday by slide-tackling the 14-times major champion. After all, conventional means of competition are not affecting Francesco Molinari negatively at all – again.

Molinari might be beginning to annoy Woods. At last year’s Open Championship the Italian brushed off a Sunday partnership with one of the most famous names in sport to lift the Claret Jug – and rather comprehensively at that. Nine months on Molinari is proving – in the nicest possible sense – a nuisance once more. Molinari’s unflappability under what must be intense pressure is extraordinary.

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