Woods is moving through the gears

Tiger Woods stayed on course to win an eighth straight event after shooting a 66 to lie one shot behind leader Geoff Ogilvy at Miami's WGC-CA Championship.

Woods made eagles at the 12th, when he chipped in from the bunker, and at the first, helped by a 330-yard drive, before finishing with a 23-foot birdie.

Australian Ogilvy shot a 67 for 12 under while compatriot Adam Scott also hit a 67 to finish third on nine under.

But Colin Montgomerie's Masters hopes are over after he ended on five over.

The Scot needed a top-four finish to jump into the top 50 in the world and therefore qualify for the Masters.

It was a different story for world number one Woods, who said the four-under score he carded from the par-five holes was the key to his successful round.

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"The par fives are where you've got to score," he said.

"With today's wind, you could hit two of them with irons, so you've got to make sure you take care of those.

"Play those in three or four under and the rest of the round in one or two under and you're looking pretty good.

"On the 12th I had a simple little bunker shot and kept telling myself to make sure I hit it hard enough. When it landed, I thought 'that looks pretty good' and about two feet out it was centre cut."

Woods has won the World Golf Championships event six times in eight attempts, on six different courses.

He began the day two strokes adrift of overnight leaders Ogilvy and Miguel-Angel Jimenez, but the 40-foot eagle from the bunker on his third hole, the par-five 12th, changed the complexion of the competition immediately.

It was really a case of grinding it out for me today. Luke Donald

A birdie on the par-four 16th and an eagle on the par-five first saw him increase his advantage.

However, it was not all plain sailing for the 13-time major winner as he dropped a stroke at the par-four third after pulling his drive behind a tree, forcing him to lay up with his next shot.

But a final flourish of two birdies on the last two holes more than made amends for the error.

The closest British challenger is Luke Donald who is on four under and is currently tied for 10th spot.

Fellow Britons Graeme Storm, Ross Fisher, Justin Rose and Nick Dougherty are all on three under.

"It was a lot tougher out there today with the wind change and especially tough for me because of the things that I am working on," Donald said.

"It's a tough course at the best of times so it was really a case of grinding it out.

"It's not far away. I feel the changes are close to really kicking in but it does get harder and harder the longer the club.

"I am still struggling a little bit off the tees in those right-to-left winds but I'll keep plugging away."