U.S. Open: Tiger Woods Charges To Challenge Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson

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Published: June 20, 2010

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Tom Watson is not finished as a golfer. Tiger Woods’ career is not over. Phil Mickelson is still unpredictable. And Dustin Johnson is not a fluke. These were the lessons of the third round of the US Open at Pebble Beach. The exciting part is that Saturday felt like a Sunday, but there’s still one great day of golf to go.

Tom Watson rolled back the clock once again, at least for a few holes.  He was three under par for the day, at +4, before falling back to +6 with untimely bogeys at the 15th and 17th holes.  The 17th, where Watson made US Open history in 1982, was not as kind to him today. He hit into the back fringe, right of the pin.

“I flubbed the chip,” he admitted. “I had a chip that was in the loose fescue grass around there. It’s unpredictable, and I tried to hit is, and it went about a foot.”

He missed a short putt at the 18th for birdie. 

“It was kind of a disappointing finish because I bogeyed 17 and missed the birdie at 18,” he said, “But all in all, I’m very happy with shooting 70.”   

Tiger Woods, finishing nearly two hours ahead of the second round leaders, finally found his form, firing a 66 for -1 and third place at the US Open. 

“I put it together today,” Woods said simply. “I kept telling myself all day, you just need to get back to even par for the tournament.”

At the beginning of his round it did not look like it would be his day. He started with two bogeys, then ripped off three birdies in a row and was at +3 before giving one back and posting an even par 35 on the front side.  Then on the back nine, he birdied the 11th, 13th, and the last three for a 31. 

“All the Opens that I’ve won, I’ve had one stretch of nine holes,” Woods explained, meaning nine exceptional holes. “I...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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