Wood closes in at BMW
05/22/2010 11:32:18 PM
out to enjoy it, but don't touch my putter - you could burn your hands."
Asked where he ranked the round Karlsson just smiled and replied: "Probably the most unexpected."
His chances of the first prize were boosted further when Donald bogeyed the first two holes and struggled to the turn in 37, but Wood did not buckle.
Fifth and third in the last two Opens, he had a hat-trick of birdies from the second for an outward 32 and went three clear with more birdies on the 11th and 12th.
Shaggy-haired Wood, last season's Rookie of the Year, did then bogey the 13th and 15th, but he found the target from 25 feet at the 16th and a stunning bunker shot on the last enabled him to finish with a par five on the controversial 18th.
He and Karlsson both stand 6ft 5in, but Wood's mop of blond hair just gives him the edge.
"The girls love it," he joked.
"That's what is going to make me keep it, I think."