YOU CAN’T DO THAT
Looking for lucky No. 13
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Unless space aliens descend on Southern Hills Country Club and stop play, by nightfall today, Tiger Woods will have won his 59th career PGA tournament and 13th major championship. He will have earned $7.8 million this season and $73.5 million for his career.
YOU CAN DO THIS
Golf gods mess with Fasth
You’re sailing along out on the local track, imagining what it’s going to be like to sign your scorecard and have it posted in the clubhouse as the new course record. Moments later, you’re mumbling to yourself that you’ll never play the game again. That was kind of the feeling Niclas Fasth had Saturday. When play began, the Swede was one of just six players with an under-par score; by the end of the day he was in 58th place. Fasth bogeyed the first hole; he bogeyed the ninth. On the back, he shot a 7-over 42 – with a birdie.
GRITTY, GUTSY COMPETITORS
Fighting the man and his mystique
Media hype has certainly contributed to the aura that has grown around Tiger Woods through the years – the sense that he’s dramatically unlike any other player in golf.
To that, Woody Austin says, “Bunk.”
An outspoken 21-year veteran of the PGA Tour, Austin has been known to bend putters and break clubs after bad shots. On Saturday he expressed his displeasure at how his emotions are portrayed, versus Woods.
“I watched him (Friday), just like anybody,” Austin said. “He hits his drive on No. 5 on the same line I hit mine today, through the fairway to the right. What’s the first thing he did? He slammed his driver onto the ground.
“‘That’s his competitive fire,’ is what it’s called. ‘He’s competitive. He’s aggressive.’ If I do that, I’m a ‘loose cannon,’ I can’t control myself.
“One of the quotes they always say is, ‘Nobody likes making bogey worse than Tiger.’ Well, we all like making bogeys, I guess. … (The Golf Channel) asked me yesterday about the putter and all that. It’s like I’m not good enough to get mad, but he’s good enough to get angry all the time. Why? I don’t get it.”
SATURDAY’S SCORES
AT SOUTHERN HILLS C.C.
Tulsa, Okla.
7,131 yards, par 70 – 210
THIRD ROUND
Tiger Woods 71-63-69-203
Stephen Ames 68-69-69-206
Woody Austin 68-70-69-207
John Senden 69-70-69-208
Ernie Els 72-68-69-209
Boo Weekley 76-69-65-210
Nathan Green 75-68-67-210
Kevin Sutherland 73-69-68-210
K.J. Choi 71-71-68-210
Arron Oberholser 68-72-70-210
Adam Scott 72-68-70-210
Scott Verplank 70-66-74-210
Trevor Immelman 75-70-66-211
Geoff Ogilvy 69-68-74-211
Peter Hanson 72-71-69-212
Sean O’Hair 70-72-70-212
Steve Flesch 72-73-68-213
Ken Duke 73-71-69-213
Luke Donald 72-71-70-213
Justin Rose 70-73-70-213
Anders Hansen 71-71-71-213
Stuart Appleby 73-68-72-213
John Daly 67-73-73-213
Steve Stricker 77-68-69-214
Brandt Snedeker 74-71-69-214
Shaun Micheel 73-71-70-214
Ian Poulter 71-73-70-214
Joe Durant 71-73-70-214
Bob Tway 71-72-71-214
Darren Clarke 77-66-71-214
Tim Herron 75-68-71-214
Corey Pavin 74-68-72-214
Stewart Cink 72-70-72-214
Heath Slocum 72-70-72-214
Padraig Harrington 69-73-72-214
Troy Matteson 72-69-73-214
Camilo Villegas 69-71-74-214
Brett Wetterich 74-71-70-215
Richard Green 72-73-70-215
Kenny Perry 72-72-71-215
Shingo Katayama 76-67-72-215
Retief Goosen 70-71-74-215
Graeme Storm 65-76-74-215
Anthony Kim 73-72-71-216
David Toms 71-74-71-216
Hunter Mahan 71-73-72-216
Rod Pampling 70-74-72-216
Nick O’Hern 72-72-72-216
Simon Dyson 73-71-72-216
Bart Bryant 74-70-72-216
Brett Quigley 76-67-73-216
Will MacKenzie 72-70-74-216
Paul Casey 72-70-74-216
Paul McGinley 74-66-76-216
Pat Perez 70-69-77-216
Charles Howell III 75-70-72-217
Phil Mickelson 73-69-75-217
Colin Montgomerie 72-73-73-218
Chad Campbell 77-68-73-218
Tom Lehman 73-71-74-218
Lee Westwood 69-74-75-218
Niclas Fasth 71-68-79-218
Todd Hamilton 73-72-74-219
Lucas Glover 70-75-74-219
Robert Karlsson 73-71-75-219
Billy Mayfair 76-69-75-220
Frank Lickliter II 70-75-75-220
Thomas Bjorn 73-71-76-220
Brian Bateman 71-74-76-221
Mike Small 73-70-78-221
Ryan Benzel 71-72-80-223
Sergio Garcia 70-75-DQ
STAT SHEET
Tiger Woods’ leads going into the final round at a major, with his lead after 54 holes and the final margin:
Year Major Lead Margin
2007 PGA 3 ?
2006 PGA tie-1 5
2006 British 1 2
2005 British 2 5
2005 Masters 3 playoff
2002 U.S. Open 4 3
2002 Masters tie-1 3
2001 Masters 1 2
2000 PGA 1 playoff
2000 British 6 8
2000 U.S. Open 10 15
1999 PGA tie-1 1
1997 Masters 9 12
