Woods's double bogey on the 14th hole pulled him back into a four-way tie with Sergio Garcia, rookie David Lingmerth of Sweden and 49-year-old Jeff Maggert.
But the hosts hit back immediately as Nick Robinson's inside pass tricked the Bath line to send brother Jamie through a hole, the centre treating supporting back-row Molitika with a perfect offload that saw the Tongan lope under the posts.