Green Posse

Chad Campbell shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take the lead at the Masters. Don’t look back though because the top 5 in the world are all within 5 shots of the lead. Vijay Singh shot a two-over 74 but is still only two back at 3-under par. Ben Crenshaw followed his amazing 1-under on Thursday with an even par round Friday and still finds himself on the leaderboard only 5 back of Campbell. The top 10 includes 7 international players, which emphasizes the fact the international players are every bit as good as their American counterparts.

Unfortunately, fan favorite Chris DiMarco missed the cut after playing in Sunday’s final pairing for the previous two years. He’s obviously sill nursing a rib injury from skiing two weeks ago in Colorado. Other surprises to miss the cut were David Toms, Michael Campbell (reigning U.S. Open champion), Colin Montgomerie, John Daly, Tom Lehman, and Sean O’Hair.

Was reading some Masters statistics and for all the noise about technology making the ball go further, and Augusta making the course longer, Tiger Woods is hitting his driver 25 yards less than he did in 1997, the first year he won the Masters. Ponder that for a while.

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