Woods Still Leads Open Championship
Tiger Woods shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday and holds a one-shot lead over Chris DiMarco, Ernie Els, and Sergio Garcia heading into Sunday’s final round. This could be the Open Championship that everyone has been waiting for, and how appropriate it would be, on a course that hasn’t been in the rota since 1967.
All the smart money is on Woods as he’s never (yes never) lost a major championship when he’s held the 36-hold lead. However, there are 5 players in the top 10 world ranking within 4 shots of Woods and he’s definitely going to be feeling the heat on the inward nine. The local favorite is Sergio Garcia and you can be sure he won’t get the same treatment he received at Bethpage Black when he was in the final pairing with Woods at that U.S. Open. Suffice to say the New York fans didn’t treat Garcia with a whole lot of respect that day (and he brought most of it on himself). Garcia has always felt Woods gets too much attention and has even felt slighted by the press when Tiger’s in the same tournament. Want some whine with that cheese Sergio?
Though Woods still leads, his putter was sputtering coming in and he looked a little tentative on some of the greens. He can’t afford that on Sunday because none of the other competitors have anything to lose and you can be sure they’ll be agressive coming in. I don’t think Garcia will close the deal (though he might outplay Woods) and DiMarco just doesn’t have the game when it comes to the big stage (yes, he took Woods to overtime at the Masters but he still lost).
Something tells me Ernie Els will bring home the Claret Jug on Sunday.
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