That sounds abnormal -- why wouldn't or not it's an awesome day to lead a event? -- but Saturday virtually seems to had been just that.
Let's start at the Bridgestone. Jim Furyk had quite an opening among him and the rest of the field. Saturday he shot a good par 70 and misplaced floor. Now Louis Oosthuizen is a single shot lower back.
Or keep in mind the Cox Classic on the Web.Com Tour. Luke Guthrie had the lead entering Saturday, shot even par 71 and ended up tied for the lead with Russell Henley, who already has a win (you can recall he gained as an beginner final 12 months) and lightly shot a third-spherical sixty four to tie him on the pinnacle.
How approximately the 3M Championship at the Champions Tour? It became best an 18-hollow lead, of path, on the grounds that it's best a fifty four-hole event. But there was a 4-way tie there to begin the day -- Gil Morgan, Chien Soon Lu, Steve Pate and Peter Senior all held a bit of the lead. Saturday Morgan shot 1 and the alternative 3 -1... And none of them are nearer than 6 returned.
Even Stableford scoring wasn't immune. Alexandre Rocha led after Friday's spherical at the Reno-Tahoe Open and even published a respectable 9 factors on Saturday. But it wasn't sufficient to keep him ahead of J.J. Henry, whose 14-point spherical vaulted him to a three-factor lead.
Granted, a 3-point lead isn't a lot in Stableford. But neither is 1-stroke lead or a tie in stroke play. (We won't even mention the 6-stroke lead. It's still a 36-hole lead, but we've all seen just how little they mean week after week after week this season.) Clearly no 36-hole leader this week is safe after 54 holes.
I'd be willing to offer that 6-shotter a try, although. ;-)
At any price, I've determined the Tours ought to be required to put a warning on all their tournaments any further:
The Surgeon General has decided that all leads will expire within 24 hours. Please test expiration date earlier than accepting take a look at.And then the player should cash it quick!
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