Windy Conditions Beat Up Field, Including Tiger Woods, at Bay Hill

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Published: March 25, 2011

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With winds whipping to 29 MPH, Tiger Woods and the rest of the field at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Invitational had problems with more than the golf course.  The challenge was keeping the ball on target. 

Woods struggled to keep the ball in the fairway most of the afternoon.  He was not alone. Yuta Ikeda had an 11 on the 6th hole with three balls blown into the water.  On his eighth shot he hit a lay up which landed 82 yards from the green, and his ninth landed behind the pin and he two putted for the 11. 

“I didn’t drive the ball very well at all today, early, and then towards the end, I hit pretty good,” Woods said.  “I hit my irons well all day.  That wasn’t a problem.”

The wind proved problematic for putting as well as long shots.

“It was hard to stay steady out there,” Woods explained about the conditions. “ It’s one thing to have it windy, but it was actually gusty, and I had a hard time with the putter going back straight.  And Dustin ( Johnson) and Gary ( Woodland) and I were talking about that most of the day.”

Woodland said he did not know what golf course Spencer Levin was playing, but it did not seem to him that it was the same course he played.  Levin was -6 and Woodland was +5.

“Dustin and Gary hit some beautiful putts that were bouncing off line,” Woods said.   “It was a tough day.”

Woods backed off a putt at the 18th because of the wind.

“The wind blew my putter,” he explained. “ It blew it straight out.  That’s why I backed off and regrouped.  I did it twice over there on 13, same deal.”

Despite that, Spencer Levin was -6 for the day, followed by Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan and Daniel Chopra, all at -3.  Fowler and Mahan played in the morning, and ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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