SAN DIEGO — Vintage “Tiger roars” returned Saturday to the South Course at Torrey Pines, where Tiger Woods has won nine tournament titles.

It did not seem to matter to the huge galleries following Woods that he was ranked No. 647 in the world or that he had begun the day near the bottom of the 77 players who survived the 36-hole cut here at the Farmers Insurance Open.

He was still the game’s biggest name, the 14-time major winner making a comeback after a year away from the PGA Tour to deal with a deteriorating spine and recover from his latest surgery. This event is Woods’s first on tour since he missed the cut at last year’s Farmers and the first one in which he has made a cut since 2015.

Even though he wildly sprayed the ball off the tee, Woods posted a two-under-par 70 in the third round on Saturday. Having improved by one shot each day, he had a total of three-under-par 213 to tie for 39th heading into Sunday’s final round, eight shots behind the leader, Alex Noren.