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Saturday, 11 May 2013

TPC Sawgrass; Garcia putts his way to the top

Sergio Garcia has been playing lovely over the first 36 holes and is perched at the top of the leaderboard on -11. 

Following closely behind is Tiger Woods who sits on -10 following consecutive 67s on Thursday and Friday.

Garcia had an outstanding run of 5 birdies on the front nine from 2-6, he started with a bogey on 1 but stated that run and picked up another on 8. Out in 31 on Friday and in on 34 lead to a brilliant 65 on a day where Scoring was very good.

Other notables at the top of the leaderboard 

Leaderboard; 
  1. Garcia -11
  2. Woods -10
  3. Leishman -9
  4. Maggert -9
  5. Stenson -9
Defending champion Matt Kuchar starts the day at -7 after a 66 consisting of 7 birdies and 1 bogey.

The weather for the later starters will be calm and I'd expect the scoring to be good as a result. Its all down to the putter.








Sunday, 5 May 2013

Quail Hollow Round 4

Only one player in the top 10 shot over par on Saturday, famous Phil. Phil at one stage was putting like I've never seen someone putt before, having made 42/42 putts from inside of 10 feet. Mindblowing.

Their is currently 9 players within 2 strokes of the lead coming into Sunday. John Senden made the biggest move up the leaderboard on Saturday so it will be interesting to see if he has two really quality rounds in him over the weekend.

Mickelson, the overnight leader on Friday finished off his round horribly yesterday with a double on 15 after smashing one way over the OB fence and a bogey on the very next hole.

Nick Watney double bogeyed the par 3 17th on his way to a -1 round. That had a total of 5 birdies.

Scott Gardiner who was in the final pairing on Saturday unfortunately shot a disappointing +4 round. Nevertheless a great experience for the 37 year old rookie.

Rory McIlroy struggled with his putting all day yesterday, and came in at -5 with a +1 round that had an eagle and a double. This course suited McIlroy this week due to the need to hit a flying carry drive as the fairways are damp. 
Plus, McIlroy is the 2011 champion here at Quail Hollow.

I could see Watney-Moore-Westwood shooting low on Sunday to take the tournament between them. 

My money is on Westwood.

Edward Kennedy