Before I take a brief observe in which we stand on the Accenture, I'd want to take a few minutes to catch up with the women. There are two events of interest happening this weekend -- which the Constructivist is trying to maintain up with at his blog -- however I want to get you fast up to date.
The most obvious one is the Honda LPGA Thailand, and the course took revenge on Friday. (Here's the Constructivist's Friday summary. He may have the Saturday summary up by the time you read this.) Anna Nordqvist is still leading... and she's still at -6. Very few players were able to post a low score; Julieta Granada and Azahara Munoz managed to post -4s and passed everybody except Nordqvist. Sandra Gal's -2 tied her with them.
At this point (just after middle of the night) Inbee Park is creating a circulate up the board, going 2-under for three holes to attain -4 for the tourney. As TC points out in his publish, scoring on this direction has verified to be unstable. Drastic adjustments are probable all through the spherical so Inbee may additionally fall returned quickly. As an instance, at some point of Friday's round So Yeon Ryu got it to -7 for the tourney in thirteen holes earlier than losing 4 photographs in three holes.
The other tournament is the first Symetra event of the year, the Visit Mesa Gateway Classic. It may get some attention simply because Cheyenne Woods (pictured above) is in the field... but her first round wasn't so good. She's +3 after the first round, 8 shots behind the lead group (6 players at -5). I should point out that a couple of Big Breakers are playing well right out of the gate -- Mallory Blackwell and Sara Brown are both in that lead group.
As for the WGC-Accenture Match Play, the big news (for me, anyway) is...
I've Still Got Two Horses within the Race!
Yes, two of my Final Four are nonetheless plugging away. I lost Patrick Reed within the second round to the Announcer's Curse (yes, capitalized and intoned in a spooky Vincent Price voice) and I lost Sergio Friday whilst Rickie Fowler in the end determined his putter again.
A quick note about that: I know Sergio is going to take a lot of heat for conceding that long putt on 7, but I'm giving him a pass. One of the best pieces of advice my uncle ever gave me was that life is much easier when you live without guilt. I'm not going to second-guess Sergio for making a decision he could live with.
Most of you probably aren't too surprised that Jordan Spieth is still in the game. (Although he said it in jest, I'm guessing Matt Kuchar probably regrets that remark about playing "12-year-old Jordan Spieth" he made to GC before the third round.) Jordan's match with Ernie Els today should be interesting since Ernie has had some moments of brilliance to win matches. If his game clicks today, Jordan could have his hands full.
However, I bet very few of you picked Victor Dubuisson to make it. You should have. (In case you've forgotten, check this post.) Victor plays arch-thief Graeme McDowell today, which could end up being the best match of the day.
Well, that or the Jason Day/Louis Oosthuizen healthy. Those boys were tearing it up at Dove Mountain. The Rickie Fowler/Jim Furyk healthy have to also be pretty suitable.
At any rate, we'll have our Final Four by using the cease of the day and I'll have a risk to see if I even have any selections left. (For those of you who do not recall, ultimate year only one among my Final Four -- Ian Poulter -- made it... And he finished in 4th area. I'm hoping for better this time.)
Like I stated, there is a whole lot of golf to preserve up with this weekend. Don't overlook to check the Constructivist's weblog to maintain up with the ladies.
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