Chris DiMarco will wake up on Sunday with The Masters lead at -13. The only catch is he has 27 holes left to play. Today he posted his 2nd 67 in a row, and added another -3 for nine holes. No player has shot 4 rounds in the 60’s at The Masters. Will he be the first?
Tiger Woods turned his ship around and jumped back into the hunt by shooting a 66 for his 2nd round. He then kept the momentum going by firing a 31 on the first 9 of his 3rd round. Tiger leapfrogged all but one player ahead of him to end up in 2nd place at -9 after 2.5 rounds.
Thomas Bjorn is in 3rd place at -8 and the closest pursuers (Singh, Pampling and Hensby) are 4 strokes behind him. This could turn out to be a 3 horse race unless someone completes a low 3rd round.
Jack Nicklaus waved goodbye today from the 9th hole after missing the cut. He started his 2nd round from the 10th hole and therefore didn’t get that Hollywood finish he deserved on the 18th at Augusta. He says this was his last Masters and I believe him. Even at his age he does not believe in playing unless he can compete. He’s also not interested in being a ceremonial starter.
Third round play at The Masters will resume Sunday at 8 a.m. ET. without the following notable players: Charles Howell III, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Davis Love III, David Toms, John Daly and Paul Casey.
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I’m watching this live feed from masters.org right now. It is really cool. You can watch either hole #6 or hole #12 which are both par 3’s. Unfortunately there is no sound.
Today’s pin placement on 12 is way left. I don’t know if it is a strange yardage or if there is some wind the players can’t see. It seems like 2/3 of the players are airmailing the green and the flag is not moving at all.
This is the first post in my new domain here at Hooked On Golf Blog. Since the beginning I’ve been using the free service at blogspot and the blogger software. This served me fine for a while, but my blog is growing fast. I’ve been feeling growing pains and having some formatting & display issues.
Now I’m no longer tied to blogger. I have my own domain and hosting now. I’ve been able to use much better blogging software and hopefully the interface and features will be much better. I also anticipate better speed and performance as well.
My new server also has TONS of other capabillities and scripts that I’ll be able to use to make the experience here even better. For now, I’m just working on the design and basics of the blog. More features will be coming soon.
Unfortunately during the conversion process, the comments from the old posts didn’t make the transition. They will still be at the old location.
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Vijay compained to tournament officials that Phil (playing in the group in front of him) was wearing metal spikes that were too long and creating spike marks in the green. “He said on the 12th hole that someone in the group in front was tracking the green with his shoes,” said Steve Rintoul, a PGA Tour rules official working at the Masters.
This isn’t the first tiff these two have had. They have a history of getting under each other’s skin.
I wonder if I played Augusta they’d let me wear steel spikes? Probably not.
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