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Great weekend in prospect with The Players Championship on. The fifth major as it known is easily one of my favourite tournaments.

Top class field, alot of interesting side plots with Tiger trying to get his game back together, Mikelson looking to take over as World Number one. McIlroy is getting alot of press aswell after last weeks victory.
 
TIGER SOLID, WESTY AND DONALD STAR

By Mark Garrod, Press Association Sport Golf Correspondent, Sawgrass

Tiger Woods started with a drive into trees and ended with another into a lake, but in between dug so deep that he was able to sign for an opening two under par 70 at The Players Championship in Florida.

Six days after his dreadful 79 at Quail Hollow, Woods matched the score of Masters champion Phil Mickelson, who could take his world number one spot on Sunday, but they were four behind Australian Robert Allenby and American JB Holmes.

They were also three behind Luke Donald and Lee Westwood, both impressive as they began their bids to make it three European victories in a row at the £6.2million event, golf's richest, following the successes of Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia.

There had been criticism of Woods' swing following his missed cut - by a massive eight strokes - last week, but he said after his three-birdie, one-bogey round: "People need to be realistic.

"I'd had only six competitive rounds in seven months. It takes time. It takes tournaments. I don't feel too bad about it."

Rory McIlroy, the winner on Sunday, managed only a one over 73 and like Woods went into the water on the dangerous 18th - it was his ninth - but Donald and Westwood both made magnificent birdies there to finish with 67s.

While Donald - runner-up in 2005 - was all smiles, compatriot Greg Owen was all seething fury after becoming yet another victim of one of the most famous holes in the sport.

A quadruple bogey seven on the tiny 137-yard 17th left the Mansfield player ready to explode after he handed in a one over 73.

"I'm not saying a word about the 17th - I'm fuming at the moment," said Owen when asked by a US Tour official to speak to reporters.

"Forget the 17th please. This is The Players Championship, I've not had a great year, I was playing nicely and I go and do that."

Owen's nine-iron tee shot to the near island green failed to carry the water and then from the drop zone his next attempt was nowhere near making it over.

"I hit two bad shots. There's no wind, the greens are soft, it's easy - what more do you need to know?"

Woods, inevitably, had far more eyes on him when he tried to hit back from the worst performance of his entire career.

His first shot did not bode well, a three-wood that flew into the left-hand trees. But escaping with a par was a taste of things to come.

A poor approach to the long second did not cost him a shot either and nor did a shocking 190-yard three-wood that popped up in the air off the seventh tee.

With the same club he produced a wonderful shot into the heart of the green on the par five ninth - this time it carried 270 yards - and he two-putted for his first birdie in 19 competitive holes.

Another came on the 558-yard 11th thanks to a chip to six feet, but there was still the dangerous finish to come. Including, of course, Owen's nightmare hole.

Donald had four birdies in five holes around the turn and after bogeying the 15th hit a superb approach to six feet on the formidable 462-yard last and made the birdie putt.

"You don't often get to see this course with hardly any wind and soft greens and it was nice to take advantage," he said. "At the 18th you'd take four pars every time."

Masters champion Phil Mickelson three-putted it for bogey, but happily accepted his 70 given how poorly he felt he played.

"I didn't have it today, but I can still get right back into the tournament," said the left-hander.

Westwood did not make a mistake until hitting his approach to the long 16th into the water at virtually the same moment Woods found the lake off the final tee.

It cost the European number one and world number four a bogey six, but his second shot to within five feet on the 462-yard last made up for it.

Big-hitting Holmes did not drop a shot in his pacesetting 66, but Allenby then reached seven under after 13 holes before making a lone bogey at the difficult short eighth.

Owen was not the only player to have a seven on his card. Paul Casey had one too on the long ninth - three of them were bunker shots - and also returned a 73.

Padraig Harrington had bogey sixes at the second and 11th and had to settle for the same score, but Ross Fisher and defending champion Stenson produced 69s.

Italian Francesco Molinari, who unlike his brother Edoardo opted for the event rather than his home Open, needed to birdie the long ninth to be joint leader, but instead ran into bunker trouble and with a bogey six dropped to 68.

McIlroy, who celebrated his 21st birthday on Tuesday, said: "I found it quite tough to get anything going and struggled to read these Bermuda greens.

"There was definitely a different atmosphere to Sunday. I hit it OK apart from a terrible shot on the eighth and it's so bunched that a good start tomorrow can get me into the top 20."


Collated first-round scores (USA unless stated, par 72):

66 J.B. Holmes, Robert Allenby (Aus)

67 Kenny Perry, Ben Crane, Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Luke Donald (Eng), Heath Slocum, Lee Westwood (Eng), Ryan Moore, Jason Bohn

68 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Scott McCarron, Charley Hoffman, Matt Kuchar, J J Henry, John Rollins, Bill Haas, Bo Van Pelt, Troy Matteson, Tim Clark (Rsa)

69 Nick Watney, Ross Fisher (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Davis Love III, Woody Austin, Alex Cejka (Ger), Alex Prugh, Kevin Stadler, Vijay Singh (Fij), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Paul Goydos, Jim Furyk, K J Choi (Kor), Andres Romero (Arg), Boo Weekley, Henrik Stenson (Swe)

70 Tiger Woods, Jeff Overton, Bill Lunde, Oliver Wilson (Eng), Brian Gay, Martin Kaymer (Ger), James Nitties (Aus), Bob Estes, Sean O'Hair, Y.E. Yang (Kor), Stephen Ames (Can), Brendon De Jonge, Chris Stroud, Adam Scott (Aus), Zach Johnson, John Merrick, Lucas Glover, John Senden (Aus), Greg Chalmers (Aus), Lee Janzen, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Charlie Wi (Kor), Camilo Villegas (Col)

71 Spencer Levin, David Toms, Harrison Frazar, Ben Curtis, James Driscoll, Nick O'Hern (Aus), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Roland Thatcher, Jimmy Walker, Bryce Molder, Kris Blanks, Pat Perez, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Steve Flesch, Bubba Watson, Mark Wilson, Derek Lamely, Kevin Na, Dustin Johnson, Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Cameron Beckman, Scott Verplank, Jay Haas, Troy Merritt

72 Vaughn Taylor, Jeff Quinney, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Nathan Green (Aus), Justin Leonard, Brett Quigley, Justin Rose (Eng), Mike Weir (Can), Brian Davis (Eng), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Graeme McDowell (NIrl), Fred Funk, Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Mathew Goggin (Aus), Ian Poulter (Eng), D.J. Trahan

73 Greg Owen (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Steve Marino, Ryan Palmer, Rickie Fowler, Nicholas Thompson, Jerry Kelly, Jason Dufner, Michael Bradley, Ted Purdy, Stewart Cink, Ricky Barnes, D.A. Points, Mark Calcavecchia, Paul Casey (Eng), Jonathan Byrd, Brandt Snedeker, Padraig Harrington (Irl)

74 Rodney Pampling (Aus), J.P. Hayes, Kevin Sutherland, Chris Couch, Matt Bettencourt, Jason Day (Aus), Webb Simpson, Michael Allen, Marc Leishman (Aus), Ernie Els (Rsa), Martin Laird (Sco), Briny Baird

75 Michael Letzig, Jeff Klauk, George McNeill, Chad Campbell, Chad Collins, Tim Petrovic, Kevin Streelman

76 Richard S Johnson (Swe), Scott Piercy, John Mallinger, Charles Howell III

78 Daniel Chopra (Swe)
 
I'd like to see Westwood hanging on. If he could get this monkey off his back, he will go on further and win majors, in my opinion.
 
Should be a great final day. I reckon there might a late charge from someone to win it. Course is gona play very difficult today. Westwoods short game is gona face a big test


Summary of yesterdays round.....



LEE WESTWOOD STAYS IN FRONT

By Mark Garrod, Press Association Sport Golf Correspondent, Sawgrass

After 108 starts in America since his one and only win 12 years ago Lee Westwood could make it three European victories in a row at golf's richest event on Sunday.

The world number four, trying to follow Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson, goes into the final round of the £6.2million Players Championship at Sawgrass in Florida one ahead of Australian Robert Allenby.

That was the advantage he held at halfway, but it was far from smooth sailing for the Worksop 37-year-old before he handed in a two under par 70.

First American Heath Slocum moved into a two-shot lead before bogeying the 13th and 15th and horribly dumping his tee shot into the water at the near island green short 17th.

Just before that Allenby had made it a three-way tie thanks to a 14-foot eagle putt at the long 16th and a 12-footer on the dangerous next.

But Westwood - third, third and second in the last three major championships - kept his cool and with a birdie at the 523-yard 16th and two closing pars he posted a 14 under aggregate.

Allenby was round in 67 to take over as closest challenger, while one further back are Italian Francesco Molinari and two more Americans in Ben Crane and US Open champion Lucas Glover.

But there is still a chance that Phil Mickelson will deny Westwood just as he did at The Masters a month ago - and that the left-hander will take the world number one spot after 244 weeks at second.

Mickelson moved into joint 11th with a 66 and is five behind - just as Stenson was before charging through to win by four 12 months ago.

To go top of the rankings for the first time in his life Mickelson has to win and Tiger Woods has to be outside the top five.

That latter half of the equation seems a given. A bogey-bogey finish for 71 left Woods down in 45th spot - and a young boy took the chance on receiving Mickelson's autograph to point out the situation.

"Tiger, say so long to number one - kiss it goodbye," he said as Woods walked by to hand in his scorecard.

Westwood commented: "First and foremost I thought it was quite tricky out there.

"The greens had firmed up and were glassy, which was quite a scary thing first thing, but overall I was pleased with the day.

"I felt pretty confident all day, but I was surprised how much harder the course was.

"Obviously I'd love to win a major, but all you do is try your hardest and I have a lot of experience from what happened at the (2008) US Open, The Open last year and then The Masters.

"Once again I'm in with a chance. You don't expect to win - you hope to win - but I expect to play well."

Luke Donald and Graeme McDowell both disappointed after resuming in sixth and eighth spots respectively. Both shot 72, which dropped Donald to 15th and the Ulsterman to 24th.

Westwood led by two on three separate occasions early in his round and that would have been four times if he had not missed from under five feet on the fifth.

When he bogeyed the 237-yard eighth after coming up way short Slocum moved ahead with a birdie on the ninth that Westwood then matched.

The English star could not follow Slocum's birdies on the 11th and 12th, but he was much the more solid of the two over the closing stretch and after a wayward drive down the last he got out of trouble with a towering six-iron over the trees.

Mickelson, nine behind at halfway, commented: "I felt like things started to click to a little bit and I think I've got one more low round in me.

"I just hope that it will be enough, that I'll be within striking distance."
 
Tiger must be loving life these past six months
 
Well done Justin Rose!!! A great first win on the PGA tour on a difficult, big hitting and great golf course with a very strong field. A very mature solid performance, very very impressive. Not as spectacular as McIlroy's win, but impressive never the less. Rose has changed the position of his swing and he now just looks very solid. Didn't even look like playing a bad shot even. With that kind of form he must be a real threat at the US Open and Open.
That's now 3 Birts winning in the US already this year, and 5 in roughly the past 15 months.
 
When writing the above I didn’t realise that the qualification cut off for the US open was 2 weeks ago. Rose was still outside the top 50 in the world at that moment so he had to qualify yesterday, which he failed to do. Seems unfair because he wouldn’t have had any preperation for yesterday's qualification (2 rounds) after his Memorial win and he’s now well inside the top 50.
 
Had Ryan Moore to finish in the top 5 at over 30/1. Think 3 of them shared 5th spot which killed my pay out. Fair play to Rose, its been a long time coming. To do it the way he did, on greens that were as fast as Ive seen this year was quite an achievement. His composure was very impressive I thought.
 
Great round from Monty, considering the newspaper reports about his affair. His jokes about Tiger look a bit foolish now.
 
Well done Westwood, and another PGATour win to the brits. The Yanks must be getting sick and tired of us.
 
Garrigus fecked up there big time. A triple at the last and was unlucky to smack that 3 wood 350 yards right behind the tree at the first extra hole. Well done to Westy for holding his nerve in the playoff though. Surely a major is now in site for the big lad. Seems to be in contention every week.
 
brewlio said:
Garrigus fecked up there big time. A triple at the last and was unlucky to smack that 3 wood 350 yards right behind the tree at the first extra hole. Well done to Westy for holding his nerve in the playoff though. Surely a major is now in site for the big lad. Seems to be in contention every week.
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Did you see it? Not only that, Garrigus also missed an easy put at the same 1st play off hole to stay in it. AND Karlsson also missed an easy put to win it a few holes later. Westwood won't complain about his luck. Still, he's the most consistant golfer in the world at the moment, seems to be on the leaderboard in every tournament he plays in.
 
I dont think Westwood has a hope in the majors. His driving and long iron play are excellent.but its his touch around the greens that isnt good enough imo. His range of shots here needs to improve especially with the rough being such a factor compared to previous seasons.

Dont mean to sound harsh as hes done very well of late but long term I dont see him finishing majors the way he needs to.
 
The US Open - Pebble Beach

US OPEN NEWS

EUROPEANS AIM TO END BARREN RUN

By Simon Lewis, Press Association Sport, Pebble Beach

Europe's top players will go into Thursday's US Open believing they can vie with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to break a 40-year title drought in America's national championship.

World numbers one and two Woods and Mickelson are set to start as joint favourites with many bookmakers for victory and Pebble Beach and between them the Californian rivals have plenty of credentials to back their short odds.

Woods ran riot at the California links when the US Open last visited Pebble Beach in 2000, winning by 15 strokes at 12 under par - the largest margin of victory in a major - while Mickelson comes in as a five-time runner up in the event and as reigning Masters champion.

Yet while there have been plenty of near misses since Tony Jacklin of England won the 1970 US Open at Hazeltine in Minnesota, including runner-up finishes for Nick Faldo (1988), Ian Woosnam (1989), Colin Montgomerie (1994, 1997 and 2006) and Miguel Angel Jimenez (2000), the present crop of European big guns does not believe in curses or any other type of conspiracy.

"That's a coincidence. That's all it is, there's nothing more to it," said three-time major winner Padraig Harrington, who ended a 78-year barren run for Europe when he won the 2008 US PGA Championship at Oakland Hills.

"The US Open is no tougher a major to win. Why are so many US guys winning The Open?

"It's just a coincidence. It's the way things have run. I don't read anything into it.

"If Europeans had won the last 39 US Opens, would it mean that Europeans are going to win this week?

"No, it doesn't. It's the best player going out this week, regardless of where he's from.

"There's a lot of good European players. One of them is going to win a US Open pretty soon."

European number one and world number three Lee Westwood and world number 10 Rory McIlroy agreed with Ireland's Harrington.

Both have won on US soil this year, Westwood at the St Jude Classic last Sunday and McIlroy at last month's Quail Hollow Championship.

"I don't think there's more to it than that," said Englishman Westwood, who was third at the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines.

"I think it's coincidence and we have not played well enough.

"We've had a lot of good chances recently. Obviously Faldo had a couple of good chances and Monty's had a couple of decent chances.

"I did, I had a decent chance at Torrey Pines. I'm sure there's more that I've forgotten, but we have not finished it off and if you don't finish it off, you don't deserve to win.

"So we've got a record number of competitors in the field this week and 59 or 60 or so seems like a good percentage to have a decent chance."

Northern Ireland's McIlroy was certainly very bullish about European chances at Pebble Beach.

"I don't think Europeans are going into this event thinking 'oh, we've got to win, it's 40 years or whatever since Tony Jacklin won'," said the 21-year-old.

"I think this year there's a great chance that a European could win.

"Especially the way the golf course is set up. If it continues to get as firm as it has been the last couple of days, it's playing like a links out there.

"Lee and Robert (Karlsson of Sweden) were in the play-off last week, so they're playing pretty good. There's so many others as well.

"You never know. Hopefully if it isn't myself it can be one of the other Europeans."

Whoever wins will be joining a cast of previous Pebble Beach winners that features some of golf's greatest names, from Jack Nicklaus in 1972, Tom Watson in 1982 and Tom Kite in 1992 to Tiger Woods in 2000.

Westwood is paired with three-time champion Woods and South African Ernie Els for the first two rounds while Harrington is in a group with Mickelson and his successor as US PGA champion YE Yang of Korea.

McIlroy finds himself paired with fellow young gun Ryo Ishikawa of Japan alongside 60-year-old Watson, who proved last year at the age of 59 when he finished runner-up at the Open at Turnberry that he is still a force to be reckoned with, confirming the wide-open nature of the tournament
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Fancy Furyk myself, Harrington is talking weird again which usually means he's in with a good chance!
 
I've played Pebble Beach...by that I mean I sneaked onto the driving range there and hit a bucket of balls. It's crazy, they even charge you $20 to drive down the main road to get to the course.
 
Decotron said:
I dont think Westwood has a hope in the majors. His driving and long iron play are excellent.but its his touch around the greens that isnt good enough imo. His range of shots here needs to improve especially with the rough being such a factor compared to previous seasons.

Dont mean to sound harsh as hes done very well of late but long term I dont see him finishing majors the way he needs to.
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He doesn't have the balls to win. He gets into winning positions time and time again and instead of going on and winning, he tries not to lose. Playing golf myself it's something that i've struggled to change my mindset around. it's hard. but by now he should be finishing tournaments more strongly.
 
Karel_Poborsky said:
He doesn't have the balls to win. He gets into winning positions time and time again and instead of going on and winning, he tries not to lose. Playing golf myself it's something that i've struggled to change my mindset around. it's hard. but by now he should be finishing tournaments more strongly.
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Im not a big Westwood fan but thats very harsh. Its just as I said earlier the weaknesses in his game are always exposed in the US and especially a course like pebble beach. The rough in parts is fantastic
 
Decotron said:
Im not a big Westwood fan but thats very harsh. Its just as I said earlier the weaknesses in his game are always exposed in the US and especially a course like pebble beach. The rough in parts is fantastic
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Nah. He doesn't have any weaknesses in his game at all. I remember being around the Yorkshire scratch scene 6 or 7 years ago, and everyone was seeing he would be world number 1 eventually. The reason he hasn't done so, and it may be harsh, it because he doesn't have the knack of coping or dealing with pressure. His game is faultless on his day.
 
Karel_Poborsky said:
Nah. He doesn't have any weaknesses in his game at all. I remember being around the Yorkshire scratch scene 6 or 7 years ago, and everyone was seeing he would be world number 1 eventually. The reason he hasn't done so, and it may be harsh, it because he doesn't have the knack of coping or dealing with pressure. His game is faultless on his day.
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Its a pretty established fact that his weakness is his short game. He's said it himself.
 
TIGER BACK IN HUNT FOR PEBBLE PRIZE

By Simon Lewis, Press Association Sport, Pebble Beach

Graeme McDowell saw Dustin Johnson snatch the US Open lead from his grasp on Saturday night as Tiger Woods entered the championship fray.

Northern Ireland's McDowell was a two-shot leader at the start of the day and was four shots ahead after two holes before Johnson, twice a winner at Pebble Beach in February on the PGA Tour, made his local knowledge count.

The American's five-under-par 66 gave him the 54-hole lead at six under, three shots better than McDowell, who posted a level-par 71 and was not overly disappointed.

"I'd rather be three shots in front, of course," McDowell said. "But I shot 71 not being in control of my game and I've got to be pretty happy with that.

"It's going to be a fun day tomorrow."

Five behind Johnson, Woods showed a glimpse of a return to form as he posted a 66 on the course where he won by a majors' record 15 strokes at the 2000 US Open and Gregory Havret of France booked a tee time with the world number one in Sunday's penultimate group after a 69 got him to level par.

Two-time winner Ernie Els is also level after a 72 with Masters champion Phil Mickelson a shot behind the South African after a rollercoaster 73, two shots ahead of Tim Clark, Alex Cejka and Ryo Ishikawa.

Mickelson had wowed Pebble Beach with his second-round 66 and on Saturday it was Woods' turn.

Starting seven strokes behind McDowell, he had been searching for lost form following an on-course struggle of late that was pre-empted by turmoil in his private life.

After carding three birdies and three bogeys on his front nine, Woods' struggles seemed to be continuing but he changed gears, delivering five birdies on the supposedly more difficult back nine to come home in 31, closing birdie, birdie, birdie.

Woods had looked back to his imperious best as he negotiated the difficult par-three 17th with a big-breaking birdie putt to get to level par and then produced a brilliant second shot from the 18th fairway to inside 15 feet, from where he two-putted.

Woods, though, was not getting carried away with his performance, despite the animated manner in which he had celebrated his closing birdies with caddie Steve Williams.

"I was just trying to get back to even par or one over for the Championship," Woods said. "I thought that would be a nice place to end up and I just happened to do one better than that.

"I just kept telling myself it's a process, you've got to stay patient.

"It's a long haul, the US Open, just keep plodding along. I made a couple of key saves for par, one at nine and you've just got to hang in there and I did that."

McDowell made a flying start with two birdies but bogeyed the third, and when playing partner Johnson eagled the fourth his lead had been cut to one.

Johnson birdied the sixth and then showed he was more than just a big hitter as he sent his wedge tee shot at the 99-yard par-three seventh to within a foot for another birdie and the outright lead.

The lead changed hands again at the ninth as McDowell birdied and his rival bogeyed before the American birdied the 11th.

McDowell made a nerveless par save at 12 but the closing holes bit back.

Johnson bogeyed 13 and McDowell 16 before a crucial two-shot swing at the 17th saw another bogey for the Northern Irishman as the American birdied.

Johnson recovered from a wayward tee shot on 18 to sink his fifth birdie of the round and give himself some added insurance for a final round that will see not just McDowell and Havret breathing down his neck but majors big guns Woods, Els and Mickelson.

He struck a confident note, though, as he looked ahead to the challenge.

"Today was a good day," Johnson said. "I hit the ball well.

"I had a couple of loose drives on the back, but I held it together pretty good and made a few good putts coming down the stretch.

"Nothing is going to change with the game plan tomorrow."

England's Paul Casey, a first-round co-leader, suffered another big number following his eight at the 14th on Friday with another triple-bogey - a seven at the second - as he posted a 77 to drop to six over alongside 60-year-old Tom Watson, the 1982 US Open champion at Pebble Beach, who shot 70.

Ian Poulter also posted 77 to fall to seven over in a tie for 23rd with, amongst others, Ryder Cup team-mates Padraig Harrington (74) and Luke Donald (74).

Collated third round scores & totals in the US Open Championship, Pebble Beach GC, Pebble Beach, California, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 71):

207 Dustin Johnson 71 70 66

210 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 71 68 71

212 Tiger Woods 74 72 66

213 Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 71 69

214 Phil Mickelson 75 66 73, Ernie Els 73 68 73

216 Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 72 72, Alex Cejka (Ger) 70 72 74, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 70 71 75

217 Sean O'Hair 76 71 70, Davis Love III 75 74 68, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 74 71 72

218 Justin Leonard 72 73 73, Brandt Snedeker 75 74 69, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 71 75

219 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 74 71 74, Russell Henley 73 74 72, Tom Watson 78 71 70, John Mallinger 77 72 70, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 75 72 72 Brendon de Jonge 69 73 77, Paul Casey 69 73 77

220 K J Choi (Kor) 70 73 77, Ian Poulter (Eng) 70 73 77, Luke Donald (Eng) 71 75 74, Matt Kuchar 74 72 74, Stewart Cink 76 73 71, Robert Gates 75 74 71, Shaun Micheel 69 76 75, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 73 73 74

221 Jason Allred 72 73 76, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 75 72 74, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 75 72 74, Scott Langley 75 69 77, Steve Marino 73 75 73, Vijay Singh (Fij) 74 72 75, Robert Allenby (Aus) 74 74 73, Jim Furyk 72 75 74, Scott Verplank 72 74 75, Lee Westwood (Eng) 74 71 76, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 77 70 74

222 Ricky Barnes 72 76 74, Kenny Perry 72 77 73, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 74 72 76, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 76 73, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 77 72 73, David Toms 71 75 76, David Duval 75 73 74

223 Lucas Glover 73 73 77, Eric Axley 75 73 75, Ben Curtis 78 70 75, Fred Funk 74 72 77, Matt Bettencourt 72 74 77, Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) 72 77 74, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 74 75 74, Peter Hanson (Swe) 73 76 74, Ross McGowan (Eng) 72 73 78, Jason Gore 76 73 74, Ryan Moore 75 73 75, Jerry Kelly 72 70 81

224 Nick Watney 76 71 77, Jason Dufner 72 73 79, Steve Wheatcroft 74 73 77

225 Chris Stroud 77 72 76, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 75 74 76, Craig Barlow 73 75 77, Gareth Maybin (NIrl) 74 75 76, Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) 73 76 76, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 73 76 76

226 Steve Stricker 75 74 77, Camilo Villegas (Col) 78 69 79, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 75 81

227 Kent Jones 73 76 78, Zach Johnson 72 77 78, Jason Preeo 75 70 82, Ty Tryon 75 74 78, Rhys Davies (Wal) 78 70 79

228 Erick Justesen 74 74 80, Matthew Richardson (Eng) 73 75 80

229 Bo Van Pelt 72 75 82

230 Jim Herman 76 73 81

232 Mike Weir (Can) 70 79 83, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 76 83
 
Johnson is going to be tough to catch, he has won on the course the last two times he has played there including one last month.
 
Horror start for Dustin Johnson, Els has started well. I'm going with Els or Mickelson to win.
 
Yep, Johnson absolutely imploded. Love to see Els win another major.
 
McDowell still ahead by 1. Els just missed a birdie putt, he and Mickelson have had their chances but can't seem to do anything. Anyone think it might go into a playoff 'fifth-round' like 2008?

If McDowell wins, he'll apparently be the "first European to win the U.S. Open since 1970" :eek:
 
Did Harrington not win it only a few years back? Or was that something else
 
Dustin Johnson's day summed up with the putt on the 18th - missed from about 2 yards
 
McDowell wins the US Open, finishing level-par, winning by 1 shot.

Well played, held his nerve whilst others couldn't make shots they really should have. Good final day, feel bad for Johnson though, horrific stuff from him.
 
Name Changed said:
Sky Sports News still haven't even bothered reporting about McDowell winning the golf.
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You do know SSN is not actually a 24-hours broadcast like BBC News or Sky News? Between midnight and 6am, they play a tape of the 11pm news.
 
Name Changed said:
No, I did not know that.
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:lol: The only time SSN keeps broadcasting live beyond midnight is on transfer deadline day, when they show highlights of saturday's PL matches or when there is a breaking football story.

The reason I found out was because when Jose got sacked at Chelsea, the news broke at about 1:30am, and I turned on SSN the presenters said: "we have had hundreds of e-mails, even though we didn't ask for any!" Plus, you can tell it's a loop of a tape because the graphic on the top right corner usually tells the date&time, but when it's just a tape playing (hence not live) it just says "skysportsnews" without changing.

Therefore, SSN is not technically 24-hours a day, more like 18...
 
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