Stuart Appleby struggled to seven bogeys on a Saturday to forget. (Gross/Getty Images)

The leader by one shot after 36 holes at Torrey Pines' South Course, the Australian began to fall apart on the 37th hole. By the time he finished his bogey-strewn round of 8-over 79, he was an also-ran at 5-over 218. That was eight shots behind Tiger Woods, who had a 1-under 70 on a painful left knee to take the lead at 3-under 210.

The final damage for Appleby: Seven bogeys and one double bogey. His only birdie came way, way too late, on the 18th.

Teeing off with Rocco Mediate in the final group, Appleby set the tone for his awful afternoon by making bogey from the bunker on the first hole by missing a 5-foot putt.

This is the first Open played on a city-owned course, and at the worst possible time Appleby looked like a muni-course player.

He four-putted No. 5 for his double bogey. On No. 9, he turned a three-foot birdie chance into a three-putt bogey.

After rolling in a 10-foot birdie putt on 18, he raised his arms -- yes, he can make one, and yes, it was finally over. He had 34 putts, tied for 68th in the 80-man field.

A day earlier on 18, Appleby sank a 45-foot birdie putt to take his first lead in a major since he was one shot ahead of Woods going into the final round of the 2007 Masters.

He and Woods played together that day at Augusta. Woods finished second to Zach Johnson while Appleby made a 6 on the first hole, trudged through a cold, windy day and wound up shooting 75 to finish seventh.