A scintillating run between the fifth and the ninth holes included three birdies, an eagle and a bogey leaving him four under for the first nin, but he lost his momentum and catch fire again on Saturday as his hopes of another triumph here realistically ended. He still misses nearly as many fairways as he hits, but Mickelson can be brilliant in managing his misses.
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“I missed it in the right spot a number of times”.
“If I get off to a fast start (on Saturday), then I’ll be right there back in the tournament, ” McIlroy said.
“I have a few big weeks coming up and I have been doing better at the Players every year”, said McIlroy. “To recover off the tee is very challenging because the penalties are so severe”, said Mickelson, who recognized he must improve significantly on his 22 of 56 fairways and 44 of 72 greens hit in regulation last week.
He shot a 2-over 74 to tie for fourth at 7-under 281. “I was in contention, but I kind of just was able to hold on and get myself into the playoff”. The shot from there looks so much shorter to me because it takes the dead ground behind the bunker out of your eye visually.
Roberto Castro, who has never won anything of note, not even on the Web.com Tour, is an unconvincing US Tour maiden who seems likely to tighten up badly in the final pairing alongside Fowler.
Clément Sordet of France won the Turkish Airlines Challenge, shooting 69 for a 20-under-par 268, beating compatriot Pavon Matthieu by a shot.
After winning twice in 21 starts previous year, Fowler once again has gotten into contention while seeking his first victory this season.
“It’s halftime, ” Loupe said.
“I just need to go out tomorrow and shoot a good second round, something in the 60s”.
The fan was escorted from the property by police.
Blair said in a statement he didn’t notice the putter was bent until the next hole, at which time he immediately turned himself in by notifying a PGA Tour official of the situation. The things that give me an advantage over some of the field, you know, they don’t really give me an advantage there.
There were some weird shots, too. Major renovations are being made to the course ahead of next year in addition to the change already made in 2014 to the 16th hole, where the green was moved 40 yards to the left and now borders the lake that comes into play on the 14th, 16th and 17th holes. Unlike the fictional Roy McAvoy, Kokrak failed to make the cut.
Rohanna shoots 71 at Yohohama Tire Classic: Ariya Jutanugarn birdied eight of the final nine holes to match the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic record at 9-under 63 and take a three-stroke lead.
The top of the leaderboard switched during the first two rounds of the tournament between ordinary names Steven Wheatcroft and Andrew Loupe. 2-4 and added two more on the par-4 sixth and par-5 eighth.
First-round leader Mike Goodes was at 6 under after 72.
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Australian teen Minjee Lee (70) and Americans Morgan Pressel (68) and Ryan O’Toole (67) were at seven under, with Germany’s Caroline Masson (68), American rookie Annie Park (71) and first-round leader Laetitia Beck (73) a further stroke back.
