Woods Still Leads; Els One Back at Open Championship
Tiger Woods shot a stellar 7-under 65 and leads the Open Championship by 1 over Ernie Els. Woods is hitting his iron shots about as pure as anyone can hit them, as evident by his eagle coming from 238 yards on the 14th hole. The fact that Woods is not hitting his driver has vaulted him to the top of leaderboard as he’s kept the ball in play on most of the holes. His miscues have been relatively minor and he’s been able to recover with birdies (or eagles) that kept him in or near the lead all day.
Ernie Els also shot a blistering 65 and is looking forward to playing with Tiger for Saturday’s round at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Retief Goosen is only 4 back and is starting to resemble the player he was 2 years ago when he won the U.S. Open. Phil Mickelson shot a 1-under 71 but he’s 8 shots back after having an up and down round. Mickelson will have to shoot a 64/64 and then have the leaders collapse around him in order to have a shot come Sunday. Not likely, but stranger things have happened.
Did you catch the interview with Sergio Garcia after his round? Sergio has always been somewhat of whiner (remember him pouting at the press a few years ago at the Masters?), but I figured he’d grown up by now. Alas, I guess not. He felt it was unfair that Tiger got to play in the morning when there wasn’t any wind and he had to play in the afternoon when the wind kicked up. Sadly, it appears Garcia is taking the road traveled by his mentor Seve Ballesteros, who was himself a scratch whiner during his playing years.
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