Last year, Couples chipped in for eagle for a 61 in the final round, then beat Billy Andrade with a tap-in birdie on the first playoff hole.
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It’s a course he likes.
The only thing the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational will effect is ownership for the PGA Championship next week.
It hasn’t been from a lack of effort. In 2001, he lost a seven-hole, sudden-death playoff with Tiger Woods despite several good looks to win. He set up his closing eagle with a 7-wood to 9 feet.
According to reports by ESPN, Jim spoke to the media after his round and discussed his mindset and how he looked forward to continuing his stellar play throughout the weekend. “All in all, I got the most out of the round”.
“I would say that I’m disappointed I’ve never won here”.
“I like to see the golf course firm”, Furyk said. But to have, like, a chip on my shoulder?
If he is able to produce another low round tomorrow he stands to earn yet another big cheque to add to the US$2.56 million he has already earned in season 2014/2015.
It might take every bit of that considering the cast behind him.
The American hit a second straight 66 to go eight under par, four shots clear of compatriots Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson and Ireland’s Shane Lowry.
Steve Bowditch also had a 63 and was in a group four shots behind.
“This is a tough test”, Watson said.
Arjun Atwal and Daniel Chopra missed the halfway cut at the Barracuda Championship golf tournament here.
Miscellany: Reigning U.S. Open tennis champion Marin Cilic moved into the final four at the Citi Open in Washington for the first time since 2010 by beating 18-year-old Alexander Zverev of Germany 7-5, 7-6 (3). “I haven’t really gotten much out of my game the last two days, but it is what it is”. At 7-under 203, he now sits alone in third place, two shots behind Furyk and Justin Rose. He followed with back-to-back bogeys.
Despite a good opening round, Furyk received some tips from his father and coach Mike on Thursday evening and said: “I think I’ve found a way to get the ball in the hole”.
Bogey holiday: Rose and Bernd Wiesberger, who shot a 66 Saturday, produced the only bogey-free rounds of the tournament. He wound up nine shots behind, all but assuring that Rory McIlroy will be No. 1 going into the PGA Championship next week.
Andrew Dodt (+10) and Nick Cullen (+16) remain near the rear of the field. Speith is at two under par par after shooting a two under par 68. Obviously, he’s doing everything pretty well, which this golf course calls for. It’s not when you’re playing well.
Lowry, whose best PGA Tour finish was a tie for seventh at the Farmers Insurance Open in February, soared up the leaderboard with five consecutive threes before the turn, including birdies at the sixth, eighth and ninth. He parred his way home to end the day on four-under and he admits he will have to improve if he is to be in with a shout of victory.
But he recently read a story that mentioned the amount of scars that golfers suffer from losing and how much it affects them.
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“Everyone’s got them out here”. “It’s happened to all of us”.
