Masters Sunday Pairings & Times

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods

1	9:35 a.m.	B. Crenshaw	A. Oberholser
2	9:44 a.m.	T. Immelman	B. Mayfair
3	9:53 a.m.	S. Katayama	S. Lyle
4	10:02 a.m.	F. Zoeller	C. Pettersson
5	10:11 a.m.	A. Cabrera	B. Quigley
6	10:20 a.m.	J. Sluman	T. Herron
7	10:29 a.m.	R. Karlsson	F. Couples
8	10:38 a.m.	M. Jimenez	N. Fasth
9	10:47 a.m.	D. Howell	A. Scott
10	10:56 a.m.	Y. Yang	M. Weir
11	11:05 a.m.	S. Ames	J. Olazabal
12	11:15 a.m.	J. Rollins	A. Baddeley
13	11:25 a.m.	R. Beem	S. Cink
14	11:35 a.m.	G. Ogilvy	C. Howell III
15	11:45 a.m.	T. Pernice jr.	C. Stadler
16	11:55 a.m.	D. Love III	J. Henry
17	12:05 p.m.	I. Poulter	S. Verplank
18	12:15 p.m.	B. Wetterich	R. Pampling
19	12:25 p.m.	H. Stenson	M. Calcavecchia
20	12:35 p.m.	P. Casey	L. Glover
21	12:45 p.m.	L. Westwood	K. Choi
22	12:55 p.m.	J. Singh	V. Singh
23	1:05 p.m.	T. Clark	D. Wilson
24	1:15 p.m.	J. Furyk	J. Kelly
25	1:25 p.m.	D. Toms	L. Donald
26	1:35 p.m.	P. Mickelson	R. Sabbatini
27	1:45 p.m.	B. Dredge	R. Goosen
28	1:55 p.m.	Z. Johnson	V. Taylor
29	2:05 p.m.	J. Rose	P. Harrington
30	2:15 p.m.	S. Appleby	T. Woods

The U.S. Open at Augusta National

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods

Saturday at The Masters

Masters Identity Crisis – Augusta National thinks it’s hosting the U.S. Open

Augusta National released even more fury on the field today, bringing all players to their knees except the one lone player under par: Retief Goosen. Average score today: 77.35. In the history of The Masters there has never been as high of a leading score after Saturday as in 2007, two over par.

Since 1991 the winner of The Masters has come from the final pairing on Sunday. Somehow, some way Tiger Woods ended up in the final group despite another bogey-bogey finish and a round of 72. Tiger is in the final group at The Masters, where he’s never lost.

A blonde Aussie leads The Masters going into Sunday

A blonde haired Australian leads going into Sunday at The Masters and Nick Faldo is suiting up! No I’m not talking about Greg Norman. Stuart Appleby somehow managed jump up 7 spots to the lead by shooting two over for the day. When is the last time a two over round shot someone up the leaderboard, let alone into first place? What is this the U.S. Open?

Had Appleby not experienced a total meltdown on 17 with a triple bogey he’d be way ahead of the field.

I have my doubts about Appleby managing to win. Watching his “yippie” putter falter last week on three footers in the Houston Open makes me think the pressure might be too much Sunday. This is not the Houston Open, this is not Redstone. This is The Masters. This is Augusta National!

Brett Who?

Remember Brett Wetterich? You know, the guy who led yesterday? He managed to shot +11 for the day and drop to 22nd place at +9. Adios.

In the hunt

Players like Phil Mickelson and Retief Goosen who were in the clubhouse at +6 may have thought they were out of the hunt, but they’re not. Even players at +7 like David Toms and Vijay Singh could win. Oh wait, Tiger is in the last group… Perhaps not.

Dark horses

Vaughn Taylor and Zach Johnson are in great position at +4 to have a chance.

Comments on Saturday

As I’m trying to figure out how to end this commentary on Saturday’s Masters I just can’t help thinking how brutal it was today. Vijay in the water on 12…Ogilvy going in the water multiple times on 15 etc. This is a Masters like I haven’t seen and I look forward to tomorrow.

Leaderboard

Place	Start	Player	Today	Total	R1	R2	R3	218
1	7	Stuart Appleby	+2	+1	75	70	73	218
T2	2	Justin Rose	+3	+3	69	75	75	219
T2	13	Tiger Woods	E	+3	73	74	72	219
T4	1	Vaughn Taylor	+4	+5	71	72	77	220
T4	—	Zach Johnson	+4	+4	71	73	76	220
T4	4	Padraig Harrington	+4	+3	77	68	75	220
7	1	Bradley Dredge	+5	+4	75	70	76	221
T8	7	Tim Clark	+6	+8	71	71	80	222
T8	4	Jerry Kelly	+6	+6	75	69	78	222
T8	6	Jim Furyk	+6	+4	75	71	76	222
T8	7	Luke Donald	+6	+3	73	74	75	222
T8	17	David Toms	+6	+2	70	78	74	222
T8	19	Rory Sabbatini	+6	+1	73	76	73	222
T8	19	Phil Mickelson	+6	+1	76	73	73	222
T8	38	Retief Goosen	+6	-2	76	76	70	222
T16	12	Vijay Singh	+7	+7	73	71	79	223
T16	1	Jeev Milkha Singh	+7	+4	72	75	76	223
T16	1	Dean Wilson	+7	+4	75	72	76	223
T19	11	Lucas Glover	+8	+7	74	71	79	224
T19	4	Paul Casey	+8	+5	79	68	77	224
T19	14	K. J. Choi	+8	+2	75	75	74	224
T19	27	Lee Westwood	+8	E	79	73	72	224
T23	22	Brett Wetterich	+9	+11	69	73	83	225
T23	8	Mark Calcavecchia	+9	+6	76	71	78	225
T23	2	Henrik Stenson	+9	+5	72	76	77	225
T26	18	Geoff Ogilvy	+10	+9	75	70	81	226
T26	11	Craig Stadler	+10	+7	74	73	79	226
T26	11	Tom Pernice Jr.	+10	+7	75	72	79	226
T26	1	J.J. Henry	+10	+5	71	78	77	226
T26	1	Davis Love III	+10	+5	72	77	77	226
T26	7	Ian Poulter	+10	+4	75	75	76	226
T26	7	Scott Verplank	+10	+4	73	77	76	226
T26	20	Rod Pampling	+10	+2	77	75	74	226
T34	26	David Howell	+11	+10	70	75	82	227
T34	19	Mike Weir	+11	+8	75	72	80	227
T34	7	Yong-Eun Yang	+11	+6	75	74	78	227
T34	7	Jose Maria Olazabal	+11	+6	74	75	78	227
T34	1	Stephen Ames	+11	+5	76	74	77	227
T34	6	Aaron Baddeley	+11	+4	79	72	76	227
T34	6	John Rollins	+11	+4	77	74	76	227
T34	12	Stewart Cink	+11	+3	77	75	75	227
T34	12	Rich Beem	+11	+3	71	81	75	227
T34	12	Charles Howell III	+11	+3	75	77	75	227
T44	2	Miguel Angel Jimenez	+12	+4	79	73	76	228
T44	2	Adam Scott	+12	+4	74	78	76	228
T46	13	Robert Karlsson	+13	+7	77	73	79	229
T46	—	Niclas Fasth	+13	+5	77	75	77	229
T48	33	Tim Herron	+14	+11	72	75	83	230
T48	8	Jeff Sluman	+14	+7	76	75	79	230
T48	2	Fred Couples	+14	+6	76	76	78	230
T51	11	Shingo Katayama	+15	+8	79	72	80	231
T51	5	Carl Pettersson	+15	+7	76	76	79	231
T51	5	Fuzzy Zoeller	+15	+7	74	78	79	231
T51	5	Brett Quigley	+15	+7	76	76	79	231
T51	5	Angel Cabrera	+15	+7	77	75	79	231
T56	16	Trevor Immelman	+16	+9	74	77	81	232
T56	10	Sandy Lyle	+16	+8	79	73	80	232
T58	25	Ben Crenshaw	+18	+12	76	74	84	234
T58	25	Arron Oberholser	+18	+12	74	76	84	234
T58	18	Billy Mayfair	+18	+11	76	75	83	234

Masters.org Sunday Coverage

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods

Masters.org coverage for Sunday

Masters Extra coverage of the Final Round is scheduled to begin at 1:30pm.

Live coverage from Amen Corner continues tomorrow at 1:30pm.

Live Coverage from the Driving Range begins tomorrow around 8:30pm.

Watch live Player Interviews.

Watch the Green Jacket Ceremony live from the Putting Green.

Friday Carnage at The Masters

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, April 6th, 2007
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods

The new “big boy” setup at Augusta National showed it’s teeth today.

Tiger Woods struggled to a 74, which in the end was a fairly decent score compared to the field. Tiger once again flared drives to the right trees, had to hit a left handed shot, and also went into Rae’s Creek twice. Amazingly Tiger went in the water twice and only lost one shot.

Including the three rounds in the 60’s today, there have been a total of five rounds in the 60’s in two days at The Masters. That’s five rounds in the 60’s for two days with about 100 of the best golfers in the world. Three players are under par in two days.

Brett Wetterick and Tim Clark sleep on a tie for The Masters lead at -2. Do they have the golf balls to stay atop the leaderboard?

Players who will be watching on TV this weekend

The cut ended up at +8. Notables who couldn’t get as low as +8:

Ernie Els, new Callaway gear in his bag… gone after shooting +10. Sergio Garcia is gone after shooting +10 and will never contend in this tournament until he has a complete putting overhaul. Chris DiMarco, Colin Montgomerie, Chad Campbell, Ben Curtis….gone.

Tom Watson had a heartbreaker of an 18th hole where he took two to get out of the greenside bunker and then three-putted to miss the cut by one shot. Ouch.

Notables around for the weekend

Fred Couples had a nail-biter back nine but managed to keep his consecutive Masters cuts made record going with a +8 finish. EatGolf and I exchanged emails hoping Freddy would make it. Adam Scott, Charles Howell III, Retief Goosen eek in at +8.

Full leaderboard

T1	Brett Wetterich	-2	F	+1	69	73	142
T1	Tim Clark	-2	F	-1	71	71	142
3	Vaughn Taylor	-1	F	E	71	72	143
T4	Jerry Kelly	E	F	-3	75	69	144
T4	Vijay Singh	E	F	-1	73	71	144
T4	Zach Johnson	E	F	+1	71	73	144
T4	Justin Rose	E	F	+3	69	75	144
T8	David Howell	+1	F	+3	70	75	145
T8	Lucas Glover	+1	F	-1	74	71	145
T8	Padraig Harrington	+1	F	-4	77	68	145
T8	Bradley Dredge	+1	F	-2	75	70	145
T8	Stuart Appleby	+1	F	-2	75	70	145
T8	Geoff Ogilvy	+1	F	-2	75	70	145
14	Jim Furyk	+2	F	-1	75	71	146
T15	Tim Herron	+3	F	+3	72	75	147
T15	Jeev Milkha Singh	+3	F	+3	72	75	147
T15	Craig Stadler	+3	F	+1	74	73	147
T15	Mark Calcavecchia	+3	F	-1	76	71	147
T15	Tom Pernice Jr.	+3	F	E	75	72	147
T15	Luke Donald	+3	F	+2	73	74	147
T15	Paul Casey	+3	F	-4	79	68	147
T15	Tiger Woods	+3	F	+2	73	74	147
T15	Dean Wilson	+3	F	E	75	72	147
T15	Mike Weir	+3	F	E	75	72	147
T25	David Toms	+4	F	+6	70	78	148
T25	Henrik Stenson	+4	F	+4	72	76	148
T27	Yong-Eun Yang	+5	F	+2	75	74	149
T27	Rory Sabbatini	+5	F	+4	73	76	149
T27	Davis Love III	+5	F	+5	72	77	149
T27	J.J. Henry	+5	F	+6	71	78	149
T27	Phil Mickelson	+5	F	+1	76	73	149
T27	Jose Maria Olazabal	+5	F	+3	74	75	149
T33	Robert Karlsson	+6	F	+1	77	73	150
T33	Stephen Ames	+6	F	+2	76	74	150
T33	Ian Poulter	+6	F	+3	75	75	150
T33	Scott Verplank	+6	F	+5	73	77	150
T33	Ben Crenshaw	+6	F	+2	76	74	150
T33	Arron Oberholser	+6	F	+4	74	76	150
T33	K. J. Choi	+6	F	+3	75	75	150
T40	Jeff Sluman	+7	F	+3	76	75	151
T40	John Rollins	+7	F	+2	77	74	151
T40	Aaron Baddeley	+7	F	E	79	72	151
T40	Trevor Immelman	+7	F	+5	74	77	151
T40	Billy Mayfair	+7	F	+3	76	75	151
T40	Shingo Katayama	+7	F	E	79	72	151
T46	Stewart Cink	+8	F	+3	77	75	152
T46	Carl Pettersson	+8	F	+4	76	76	152
T46	Rod Pampling	+8	F	+3	77	75	152
T46	Miguel Angel Jimenez	+8	F	+1	79	73	152
T46	Lee Westwood	+8	F	+1	79	73	152
T46	Retief Goosen	+8	F	+4	76	76	152
T46	Fuzzy Zoeller	+8	F	+6	74	78	152
T46	Brett Quigley	+8	F	+4	76	76	152
T46	Sandy Lyle	+8	F	+1	79	73	152
T46	Niclas Fasth	+8	F	+3	77	75	152
T46	Rich Beem	+8	F	+9	71	81	152
T46	Angel Cabrera	+8	F	+3	77	75	152
T46	Fred Couples	+8	F	+4	76	76	152
T46	Adam Scott	+8	F	+6	74	78	152
T46	Charles Howell III	+8	F	+5	75	77	152
CUT
T61	Michael Campbell	+9	F	+5	76	77	153
T61	Chris DiMarco	+9	F	+6	75	78	153
T61	Tom Watson	+9	F	+6	75	78	153
T61	Mark O’Meara	+9	F	+4	77	76	153
T61	Colin Montgomerie	+9	F	+5	76	77	153
T66	Todd Hamilton	+10	F	+8	74	80	154
T66	Darren Clarke	+10	F	-1	83	71	154
T66	Thomas Bjorn	+10	F	+5	77	77	154
T66	John Kelly (a)	+10	F	+5	77	77	154
T66	Chad Campbell	+10	F	+5	77	77	154
T66	Ernie Els	+10	F	+4	78	76	154
T66	Bart Bryant	+10	F	+10	72	82	154
T66	Sergio Garcia	+10	F	+6	76	78	154
T74	Joe Durant	+11	F	+3	80	75	155
T74	Fred Funk	+11	F	+1	82	73	155
T74	Bernhard Langer	+11	F	+5	78	77	155
T77	Ben Curtis	+12	F	+8	76	80	156
T77	Nick O’Hern	+12	F	+8	76	80	156
T77	Steve Stricker	+12	F	+7	77	79	156
T77	Richie Ramsay (a)	+12	F	+8	76	80	156
T81	Ray Floyd	+13	F	+8	77	80	157
T81	Ben Crane	+13	F	+6	79	78	157
T81	Johan Edfors	+13	F	+7	78	79	157
T84	Paul Goydos	+14	F	+7	79	79	158
T84	Troy Matteson	+14	F	+7	79	79	158
T84	Kenneth Ferrie	+14	F	+11	75	83	158
T87	Robert Allenby	+15	F	+8	79	80	159
T87	Shaun Micheel	+15	F	+5	82	77	159
89	Gary Player	+16	F	+5	83	77	160
90	Larry Mize	+17	F	+6	83	78	161
T91	Hideto Tanihara	+20	F	+7	85	79	164
T91	Julien Guerrier (a)	+20	F	+9	83	81	164
T93	Camilo Villegas	+21	F	+13	80	85	165
T93	Casey Watabu (a)	+21	F	+6	87	78	165
T93	Dave Womack (a)	+21	F	+9	84	81	165
96	Seve Ballesteros	+22	F	+8	86	80	166