Alex Noren opened up about playing at Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge while the 15-time major winner was watching him. The Swedish golfer teed it up this week in the Bahamas on Thursday, and after three rounds, he is in contention to win the title.Noren carded a round of 67 on Saturday to jump three spots on the leaderboard and settled in a tie for third place. In the post-round press conference, he was asked what it felt like playing while Woods was watching him."It's amazing. I grew up idolizing Tiger," Noren said. "That was a perfect time in my life, I was 18 in 2000, 16 in '98 when he kind of came on. So yeah, I mean, I have so much respect for him and admiration. And seeing him out there and asking questions and -- not that he's asking questions for his own, but I think he just loves golf and it was good to talk to him"Tiger Woods is the host for this week’s event. After three rounds, it was Sepp Straka who took the lead in the game at 17-under. He has been fabulous so far and is settled one stroke ahead of Scottie Scheffler.Alex Noren started the campaign at the Hero World Challenge with an opening round of 69. He then carded 66, followed by a round of 67 on Saturday. He will tee off for the final round just three strokes behind the leader, Sepp Straka.Alex Noren opens up about his performance at the Hero World ChallengeAlex Noren started the third round of the Hero World Challenge on the first tee. He made a par and then added a birdie on the second hole. He made an eagle on the third, followed by another birdie on the sixth.He made three birdies, a bogey, and a double bogey on the front nine, and two birdies and a bogey on the back nine for a round of 5-under 67. In the post-round press conference, Noren talked about his performance."Just more solid, all of it. Just the irons were good, driver's good. Everything I kind of worked towards is a little bit better, so I'm pleased," he said (via Tee Scripts).Alex Noren has had a decent season on the PGA Tour this year. He played in 11 tournaments and made the cut in seven of them. He started the campaign with a T51 finish at the Truist Championship and then a T17 at the PGA Championship. He was tied for T7 at the 3M Open and T3 at the Wyndham Championship. In his last outing on the PGA Tour at the Bank of Utah Championship, he carded two rounds of 67 and 74 but struggled to make the cut.