Well lets put the train wreck of yesterday behind us.  I don't think it's realistic right now to think he will win,  he could win,  but with so many players ahead of him, Sunday pins and conditions, and 5 back it's a tall order at best.   My hope is he gets it back in the right direction shoots a 67 or 68 makes some noise,  posts a good score and sees how it plays out.

I don't think he has the luxury today of trying to just survive the first 6 holes,  he will have to be more agressive there.

His play on the 2 par fives is really what strikes me,  especially 17,  yesterday he was one over again for the par 5's.   And the shot on the short 3 par playing at 105 yards where he air mailed it way past the pin?

I'd say within the first 3-4 holes we will know how he will finish.   With so many near the top the USGA is going to make the course super tough so a true winner surfaces.

I forgot to add,   Tiger please make a birdie on #7   :-)

YOU NEVER KNOW

SO MANY PEOPLE AHEAD MAKE MISTAKES, THAT'S WHY THEY WERE BEHIND HIM.

 

 

 

On this Sunday morning, I enjoyed reading your statement  and you are right, "the train wreck" is over and now it is time to as I always indicate  "go tiger go    onward to victory".    No one saw that 75 coming after Tiger's first two rounds.     It arrived and now it is time to focus on the 4th round.    Therefore, my call is simply ----- Tiger must shoot a 65 today to make it into a Playoff on Monday.   Without a 65, Tiger will be leaving the Bay Area and going forward to get ready for the AT&T National @ the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.    

65 would be a nice number.    I think the course will be very tough today, not saying that it already hasn't been.   Just to say it again #7 and #17 are going to be the real indicators.   They should be birdie holes that Tiger has played into par's and bogey.   If he can't get red numbers on those holes,  he's not going to get under par.

Too many good players ahead of him,  it's all on him to go out a shoot a low round.  They all aren't going to come back to him.   I like the way Graham and Westwood are playing,   Jim Furek is in the mix,  but I don't think he's got enough to overtake them.

I'll be interested to see if he keeps bring out the 2 iron,  A few of those holes I think he needs the 3 wood out to give a better chance at a good approach and get the ball onto the right part of the green hopefully having more uphill putts than those downhill snakes of yesterday.

IF TIGER HAD KEPT HIS DRIVER INSIDE AND 3 WOOD OUT THAT WOULD'VE MADE A WHOLE LOT CHANGES.

DRIVER ON THE 16TH WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA.  HE DIDN'T STICK TO HIS PLAN.

I was more thinking on the first 6 holes,  the mid irons left him too far from the pins to have reasonable chances.   I was OK with the other clubs off the tees.

I REALLY THINK HE LOST HIS HOPES ON THE 16TH WHEN HIS DRIVER WENT STRAIGHT TO THE TREES, A DAY BEFORE HE USED THE 3 WOOD. HE WAS FOOLED WITH THE GREENS TOO WHICH THEY HAD WATERED TWICE.

Maybe,  but that was a old Tiger shot,  we hadn't seen his driver do that.   Respectfully I thought it was the right club,  just bad execution.   He really lost that hole in my opinion on subsequent shots,  he should have made par.