I wasn't planning to write about the WGC-Cadillac today... but this is turning out to be just too good to ignore. ( Note to self: Send Donald Trump a thank-you note.)
The wind died down for the 0.33 round, even though it modified direction for the third day as nicely. (Unless some thing modifications, today's spherical will see wind from but a fourth path -- some thing unusual at Doral before the elimination of such a lot of trees.) The field's scoring common dropped nearly 3.5 strokes from Friday's 76. A lot of balls still went inside the water, however it was normally because of poor photographs -- gamers had been starting to play Doral greater like a hyperlinks direction and seeing a few success.
And yet most effective 5 gamers completed beneath par, in comparison with 4 on Friday. And guess who one of them changed into...
Tiger's charge up the leaderboard early in the round got the media in a festive mood. CBSsports.com eagerly announced Tiger Woods Shoots Scorching 66, Will Compete for Doral Title Sunday while SportingNews.com proudly proclaimed PGA Tour: Tiger Woods Tames Blue Monster with 66 at Doral . ESPN.go.com (the source of the photo above) went all Jason Dufner on us and enthusiastically offered an understated Tiger Woods back in it after 66 .
But all jokes apart, it turned into truely newsworthy. Tiger's 66 -- eight birdies and a pair of bogeys -- turned into the first-class of only 9 sub-70 rounds on an afternoon where Doral became there for the taking. He leapt over 21 players to seize a T4. But he also seemed to select up proper wherein he left off closing Saturday at Honda earlier than back troubles derailed him on Sunday. To be simplest three out of the lead (-1) isn't any small deal after the start of Tiger's 12 months to date.
On pinnacle of the heap (-4) is one of the guys from my Final Four on the Accenture, Patrick Reed. (Clearly I became a WGC early. My terrible.) How Patrick will fare with the Big Cat playing within the pairing beforehand of him stays to be seen, however I suspect his revel in at Humana (in which he barely held on to win after taking pictures 3 63s) will help him right here. Patrick is presently the youngest player with 2 PGA Tour wins; he has a critical chance to make it three today.
Likewise, you have to like Dufner's chances. He's finished the predominant win element before; unlike Reed, he is used to gambling against a stiff subject like this. He's simplest off the lead at -2.
Hunter Mahan additionally sits at -2 and has won WGCs before. But I need to admit I actually have my doubts approximately his capacity to finish this one off. It's now not his mental durability; he simply seems to be a chunk wilder than normal together with his drives and tactics this week.
And rounding out the beneath-pars is Jamie Donaldson, the neglected member of trendy Fab Five. Donaldson, from Wales, has 2 wins at the European Tour, is #6 within the Race to Dubai and #30 within the OWGR. He managed to post 70 in that nasty weather on Friday, the high-quality of the day, so do not sleep on his chances.
Of direction, these aren't the only men with a chance to avoid getting fired at Trump's Playground today. But they're honestly the most likely... And you've got were given to assume that seeing Mr. Sunday Red in the penultimate group goes to make it lots more interesting than it's been in a while.
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