Sheboygan, WIS. - Nick Watney will not be overlooked at this a major.
Watney opened a three-stroke lead at the PGA Championship is Saturday afternoon, making five birdies is of at his first seven holes at his is under way Thurs 1912.
Liang Wenchong Whistling Straits broke the record by a stroke with a bogey-free eight-under 64 As they finished at his round, Liang smiled and pumped at his fist. He'd missed the cut in only mutch at his PGA Championship appearance, and at his low score this year is either the PGA or European tours was a 66
Joining Liang at 9 under were Dustin Johnson, Ken melted down at Pebble Beach Being on the 54-hole leader, Rory McIlroy, Bryce Molde, Martin Kaymer and Jason Day. All were still on the course.
Tiger Woods had a chance to make things interesting, pulling within five strokes of the lead on the second round was completed Saturday morning. The fog wreaked havoc That is the first two days of the tournament finally Lifted and shifted the wind - perfect conditions on Thurs for Woods make a run.
"With the dots Where They are for this afternoon, there's some really tough pins, but their there's some pretty accessible pins," Woods said before the round began. "Pins That You Can guarantees, be pretty aggressive at. You'll Probably see some pretty good scores this afternoon."
But they backed up early in the third to round, and had a Thurs close birdie-birdie finish at just Thurs Even par for the day. At 3-under 213, they was nine strokes - and more than just two players Dozen - Watney behind "when they finished.
"It was just a struggling day, and I'm done with it," Woods said.
Watney was seventh at Both the Masters and the British Open, tying for high American Honors at St. Andrews. But they wasn't a factor in either tournament, and few outside at his own family paid much attention of.
That's not the case this week.
Needs a good Watney Showing at the PGA to play Himself onto the Ryder Cup team - they was 16th in the standings "when they arrived at Whistling Straits - and if there are doubts about for months at his goal," USA "is a Stampede of the heel at his shoe.
Watney leapfrogged second-round leader Matt Kuchar is with birdies at his first two holes and Kept Pouring it on. He was strong off the tea and solid on the greens, and well Recovered from His Mistakes few. Take the 598-yard No.. 5. His chip is at his second shot Took off, flying clear across the green and Stopping about 18 feet past the hole.
They wound up with a birdie.
Watney Did not give up a stroke UNTIL Well. 8, "when at his second shot landed in thick rough. They got within 8 feet, the vain Thurs save par putt would perhaps not drop.
Woods had Worked Himself back into the mix Saturday morning, they are vain Could not Maintain the momentum in the afternoon. Not That Did they not have chances. They left a 20-foot birdie putt short is no. 1. After making a great recovery Following a drive into the left rough on the par-5 No.. 2, they ran a 10-footer for birdie long.
As the Crowd groaned, Woods rubbed the back of at his neck.
There was trouble off the fourth tee, as Woods drove into the deep rough on the left side of the hole. They tried Thurs jam at his driver head first into at his bag, but their Event That would perhaps not drop.
They are punched into the middle of the Fairway, and still had a chance to save par with a 15-footer from above the hole. But it ran past the hole, too, and Woods Stood there glaring, hand is hip.
Tom Lehman had the shot of the day, acing the 217-yard 17th with a 4-iron. Lehman, Ken won the Senior PGA Tour title earlier this year, ran off the tea slapping hands and high-fiving fans.
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