Critics are commenting about the pairings for Sunday’s Presidents Cup and I can hear what they’re saying. From a ratings standpoint, the big name players Like Woods may be completely irrelevant by their back nine as the Cup could be over by then. But that is assuming the early USA players win some matches. You never know. That’s why they play the game.
Presidents Cup Sunday Pairings
MATCH 23: K.T. Kim, International vs. Webb Simpson, USA
MATCH 24: Dustin Johnson, USA vs. Charl Schwartzel, International
MATCH 25: Ryo Ishikawa, International vs. Bubba Watson, USA
MATCH 26: Bill Haas, USA vs. Geoff Ogilvy, International
MATCH 27: Jason Day, International vs. Hunter Mahan, USA
MATCH 28: Nick Watney, USA vs. K.J. Choi, International
MATCH 29: Adam Scott, International vs. Phil Mickelson, USA
MATCH 30: Matt Kuchar, USA vs. Retief Goosen, International
MATCH 31: Ernie Els, International vs. Jim Furyk, USA
MATCH 32: David Toms, USA vs. Robert Allenby, International
MATCH 33: Aaron Baddeley, International vs. Tiger Woods, USA
MATCH 34: Steve Stricker, USA vs. Y,E. Yang, International
Presidents Cup Final Round TV Schedule
Saturday: 6:30PM-12:30AM ET Golf Channel
Sunday: 12PM-6PM ET (replay) NBC
After 36 holes of play on day three (Saturday in Australia, Friday afternoon/evening here in the USA), the USA team leads the International team 13-9. The International team still has a chance, but they need a big day for day four.
Tiger Woods finally recorded his first win in the 2011 Presidents Cup, then lost in the afternoon. So Woods is 1-3. Good decision for Fred Couples to pick him over Keegan Bradley? Comment in below if you wish.
| Saturday Four-Ball |
| USA |
Result |
International |
| Simpson/Watson |
LOSE 2 & 1 |
Goosen/Schwartzel |
| Woods/Johnson |
LOSE 1 DOWN |
Kim/Yang |
| Stricker/Kuchar |
LOSE 1 DOWN |
Ogilvy/Choi |
| Mahan/Haas |
WIN 2 & 1 |
Baddeley/Day |
| Furyk/Watney |
WIN 1 UP |
Scott/Els |
| Saturday Foursomes |
| USA |
Result |
International |
| Simpson/Watson |
WIN 3 & 2 |
Allenby/Ogilvy |
| Haas/Kuchar |
LOSE 1 DOWN |
Els/Ishikawa |
| Mahan/Toms |
WIN 5 & 4 |
Goosen/Schwartzel |
| Woods/Johnson |
WIN 3 & 2 |
Scott/Choi |
| Mickelson/Furyk |
WIN 2 & 1 |
Baddeley/Day |
FedEx Cup Playoff Round Three
BMW Championship TV Schedule
Set your DVR!
Thursday: 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Friday: 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Saturday: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (Golf Channel) & 12-3:30 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday: 12-2 p.m. (Golf Channel) & 2-6 p.m. (NBC)
Field
To get a listing of the qualifying field for this event, check this HOG post from last week.
I don’t pass up an opportunity to golf with my dad, especially at his fantastic club Hidden Valley CC. So yesterday when the email rolled in with an invite I hit record on the DVR to record round one of the PGA Championship and flew out the door. When I left Tiger Woods had played 5-6 holes and was -3. It was looking like he was in control of his game. I was amazed when I got back to find out that he’d apparently completely lost that control and finished with his worst ever opening score in a major championship, 77. Some how TW had lost 10 shots to par after I stopped watching. Wow.
The quote below is very telling. It seems Tiger has no control over his shots at this point. I’m sure this isn’t good news to his swing coach Sean Foley.
“My shots don’t shape like they used to. I don’t shape the ball as much. I went ahead and, as I said, just played by feel and I just hit it, aimed too far right and it didn’t move. And a lot of fades out there did the same thing. I aimed left for a fade and it doesn’t move, it moves about a yard or two and I’m used to having it cut a lot more than that. And my draw used to move a lot than that as well.” ~Tiger Woods following first round of 2011 PGA Championship
Steve Stricker posted a major championship record tying 63 yesterday. I’d sure love to see him win a major. Stricker is certainly one of those who could qualify as “current best player who hasn’t won a major.” I just wonder if he can keep it together all weekend. Typically super low rounds aren’t followed up by another.
Rory McIlroy should have dropped away from that tree root yesterday. Round two is underway as I write this and his wrist is wrapped as he has some tendon damage. Judging from his swings, he’s a bit worried about it but he’s still hitting some great shots.
I’m very surprised by the performance of Jerry Kelly who shot a 65 yesterday (2nd) and Shaun Micheel shooting 66. What is it with Micheel and the PGA? Just plays well in this event?
Phil Mickelson was quite outspoken about his low opinion of the design work on the course by Rees Jones, namely the very long par-3 holes. He was saying that these holes were fine for tour play, but too hard for the average golfer. Strangely though, some of what he said was removed from the transcripts from the event. Hmmm. Phil is still in it, shooting a +1 71.
There are many other interesting story lines from day one, but I can’t possibly cover them all. Comment in your thoughts.
2011 PGA Championship Round One Leader Board
| 1 |
Steve Stricker |
-7 |
63 |
| 2 |
Jerry Kelly |
-5 |
65 |
| 3 |
Shaun Micheel |
-4 |
66 |
| 4 |
Scott Verplank |
-3 |
67 |
| T5 |
Brendon de Jonge |
-2 |
68 |
| T5 |
Matteo Manassero |
-2 |
68 |
| T5 |
Davis Love III |
-2 |
68 |
| T5 |
John Senden |
-2 |
68 |
| T5 |
Bill Haas |
-2 |
68 |
| T5 |
Brandt Jobe |
-2 |
68 |
| T5 |
Anders Hansen |
-2 |
68 |
| T5 |
Simon Dyson |
-2 |
68 |
| T13 |
Bob Sowards (CP) |
-1 |
69 |
| T13 |
Adam Scott |
-1 |
69 |
| T13 |
Stewart Cink |
-1 |
69 |
| T13 |
Brendan Steele |
-1 |
69 |
| T13 |
Brian Davis |
-1 |
69 |
| T13 |
Miguel Angel Jimenez |
-1 |
69 |
| T13 |
Mark Wilson |
-1 |
69 |
| T13 |
Trevor Immelman |
-1 |
69 |
| T13 |
D.A. Points |
-1 |
69 |
| T13 |
Ricky Barnes |
-1 |
69 |
| T23 |
Gary Woodland |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Jason Dufner |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Luke Donald |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Nick Watney |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
K.J. Choi |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Robert Garrigus |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Alexander Noren |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Pablo Larrazabal |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Jhonattan Vegas |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Robert Karlsson |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Rory McIlroy |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Camilo Villegas |
E |
70 |
| T23 |
Michael Bradley |
E |
70 |
| T36 |
Ross Fisher |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Phil Mickelson |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Peter Hanson |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Spencer Levin |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Keegan Bradley |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Bill Lunde |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Jim Furyk |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Steve Marino |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Johan Edfors |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Johnson Wagner |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Y.E. Yang |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Justin Rose |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Ryan Palmer |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Charl Schwartzel |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Jason Day |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Matt Kuchar |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Lee Westwood |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Zach Johnson |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Jonathan Byrd |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Ben Crane |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Sean O’Hair |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Scott Piercy |
+1 |
71 |
| T36 |
Seung-yul Noh |
+1 |
71 |
| T59 |
John Rollins |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Andres Romero |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Angel Cabrera |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
David Toms |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Paul Casey |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Charles Howell III |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Stuart Smith (CP) |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
David Horsey |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Chris Kirk |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Brian Gay |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Martin Kaymer |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Sergio Garcia |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Hunter Mahan |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Robert Allenby |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Harrison Frazar |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Francesco Molinari |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Steve Schneiter (CP) |
+2 |
72 |
| T59 |
Kevin Na |
+2 |
72 |
| T78 |
Kevin Streelman |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Charlie Wi |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Martin Laird |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Alvaro Quiros |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Padraig Harrington |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Scott Stallings |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Bo Van Pelt |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Mark Brooks |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Brad Lardon (CP) |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Yuta Ikeda |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Mike Small (CP) |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Hiroyuki Fujita |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Rory Sabbatini |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
Steve Elkington |
+3 |
73 |
| T78 |
K.T. Kim |
+3 |
73 |
| T93 |
Stephen Gallacher |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Ian Poulter |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Bubba Watson |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Thomas Bjorn |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Sean Dougherty (CP) |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
J.J. Henry |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Fredrik Andersson Hed |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Ernie Els |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Anthony Kim |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Brandt Snedeker |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Rickie Fowler |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Rich Beem |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Bryce Molder |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Graeme McDowell |
+4 |
74 |
| T93 |
Cameron Tringale |
+4 |
74 |
| T108 |
Ryan Moore |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Edoardo Molinari |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Jeff Overton |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Jeff Sorenson (CP) |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Webb Simpson |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Marty Jertson (CP) |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Charley Hoffman |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Ryuji Imada |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Dustin Johnson |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Retief Goosen |
+5 |
75 |
| T108 |
Geoff Ogilvy |
+5 |
75 |
| T119 |
Craig Stevens (CP) |
+6 |
76 |
| T119 |
Vijay Singh |
+6 |
76 |
| T119 |
David Hutsell (CP) |
+6 |
76 |
| T119 |
Gregory Bourdy |
+6 |
76 |
| T119 |
Louis Oosthuizen |
+6 |
76 |
| T119 |
Tom Gillis |
+6 |
76 |
| T119 |
Thomas Aiken |
+6 |
76 |
| T119 |
Fredrik Jacobson |
+6 |
76 |
| T119 |
Raphael Jacquelin |
+6 |
76 |
| T119 |
Jeff Coston (CP) |
+6 |
76 |
| T129 |
Mike Northern (CP) |
+7 |
77 |
| T129 |
Faber Jamerson (CP) |
+7 |
77 |
| T129 |
Wenchong Liang |
+7 |
77 |
| T129 |
Tiger Woods |
+7 |
77 |
| T129 |
John Daly |
+7 |
77 |
| T129 |
Jerry Pate |
+7 |
77 |
| T129 |
Aaron Baddeley |
+7 |
77 |
| T129 |
Jamie Donaldson |
+7 |
77 |
| T129 |
D.J. Trahan |
+7 |
77 |
| T138 |
Brendan Jones |
+8 |
78 |
| T138 |
Arjun Atwal |
+8 |
78 |
| T138 |
Rob Moss (CP) |
+8 |
78 |
| T138 |
Dan Olsen (CP) |
+8 |
78 |
| T138 |
Jose Maria Olazabal |
+8 |
78 |
| T138 |
Larry Nelson |
+8 |
78 |
| T138 |
Darren Clarke |
+8 |
78 |
| T138 |
Robert McClellan (CP) |
+8 |
78 |
| T146 |
Rocco Mediate |
+9 |
79 |
| T146 |
Richard Green |
+9 |
79 |
| T148 |
J.B. Holmes |
+10 |
80 |
| T148 |
Scott Erdmann (CP) |
+10 |
80 |
| T148 |
Lucas Glover |
+10 |
80 |
| T148 |
Heath Slocum |
+10 |
80 |
| T152 |
Daniel Balin (CP) |
+11 |
81 |
| T152 |
Tommy Gainey |
+11 |
81 |
| 154 |
Todd Camplin (CP) |
+12 |
82 |
| T155 |
Ryo Ishikawa |
+15 |
85 |
| T155 |
Brian Cairns (CP) |
+15 |
85 |
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