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Adam Scott is 3 over through 7 holes, and Sneds finished at 5 over.  The course is not playing as easy as Tiger made it look.

On the other hand, Rory is -3 through 7, and he started on the front nine.  Almost everybody else who went low fast started on the back nine.  Rory may go really low today.

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3 minutes ago, brocks said:

Adam Scott is 3 over through 7 holes, and Sneds finished at 5 over.  The course is not playing as easy as Tiger made it look.

Tiger likes courses where par is a good score, and then he wins by making birdies or eagles on the par fives.

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A McIlroy / Woods showdown would be so awesome.

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16 minutes ago, iacas said:

Tiger likes courses where par is a good score, and then he wins by making birdies or eagles on the par fives.

If you look at where he has dominated on tour that is absolutely true. I'll throw 3 courses at you. Torrey Pines, Bay Hill, Firestone. On those 3 courses alone Tiger has 23 of his 79 Tour wins and 1 major. That's a Hall of Fame career if he didn't win another tournament. Par is a good score on all three that I mentioned.

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I hate that I think of Rickie Fowler as an underachiever, but I do. That said, the guy just gets it. It's impossible for me to root against him.

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Looks like Tiger will be near the lead at the end of the day. He played very well.. Very top heavy field this week, so many guys playing here this week that just never could compete.

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McIlroy tied for lead at -5. It's like, okay childhood hero, enough, this is what I can do!

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Both McIlroy and Stenson at - 5 a few holes into the back nine, with two par fives to come. They could get really low. Rose knows you can shoot low numbers on the back nine. 

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1 minute ago, nevets88 said:

McIlroy tied for lead at -5. It's like, okay childhood hero, enough, this is what I can do!

This might amaze a lot of people here, but I doubt most of these guys are obsessed with Tiger as his fans are. I'd imagine they are fairly confident in their own abilities

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31 minutes ago, GrandStranded said:

This might amaze a lot of people here, but I doubt most of these guys are obsessed with Tiger as his fans are. I'd imagine they are fairly confident in their own abilities

That does not obviate the fact McIlroy himself called Woods a hero.

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And it's nice to see that they're friendly too.

 

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7 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

That does not obviate the fact McIlroy himself called Woods a hero.

http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/22442254/genesis-open-rory-mcilroy-excited-pairing-tiger-woods

And it's nice to see that they're friendly too.

 

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Hate to be cliched, but really good looking leaderboard shaping up, Stenson, McIlroy, Reed, Woods, Fowler, Rose, McDowell, ZJ, single length guy.

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Yeah, the top of the leaderboard is getting pretty crowded with great players. If these conditions stays, it’ll be a fight to go low.

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This is a hell of a leaderboard. Rest of the field better hope McIlroy and Stenson don't keep their A+ game for all 4 days. Those two guys have the talent to run away from the field. Stenson would have won the 2016 Open by 14 shots if Mickelson wasn't there. And we know Rory has won two majors by 8 shots.

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The course and especially the greens are looking really good this week. Maybe that’s why they are pouring them in.

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I didn't get to watch or keep up with much of anything today, but started following when Tiger nailed his 70 footer. Man going to be a fun week (end)!

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