How are my picks doing after round 3? Sabbatini is back in the pack, Pablo Martin is back in the pack, Justin Rose is tied for 3rd and Angel Cabrera has had his bad round of the tournament and is 4 shots off the lead.
Aaron Baddeley has a 2 shot lead going in to the final round tomorrow and will be paired with Tiger Woods.
What's going to happen tomorrow? Well yesterday I was willing to consider those 2 to 3 shots off the lead as contenders and that list is: Baddeley, Woods, Ames, Casey, Rose, and Watson. Despite what Johnny Miller said (that the +8s might have a chance) I wonder if 4 shots back is too far back, but those there are Cabrera, Stricker and Furyk.
Thoughts: Cabrera had his bad round today so he might come out and do really well tomorrow. At Wentworth, he shot a 76 in the third round and came back with a 70 in the final round. It would be neat to see Ames win so he could remind Woods of the 9 and 8 thing. hee hee. But I would like to see Baddeley, Casey or Rose win. But if Justin Rose wins, then my pick for him to be the runner up won't hold. I'm willing to be wrong in that case. Justin Rose is a favorite of this blog because he was nice enough to respond personally to a fan email I sent him.
Just to point out something: Baddeley is under 30. Casey is just under 30. Rose is under 30. Watson is under 30. I don't want to hear about how there are no young players out there to challenge Tiger.
Media criticism of the day: On the 8th hole, Bubba was in the lead. The announcer guy said "If he keeps playing well, he might have a spot in the final group with Tiger." Tiger wasn't in the lead, it was completely inappropriate to disregard all the players playing in the tournament and just promote Tiger to the final round. It was way too early in the round to just say all those players weren't going to make it. Because you know what? Aaron Baddeley did. These announcers are supposed to be experts on golf. Well, gee, anyone can sit there with a microphone and say Tiger's going to be in the final group. Doesn't take any experience at playing golf for that. They might as well hire rejects from The Apprentice to cover golf events for NBC.
Not watching the Live From coverage on the golf channel. They too will be sucking up to Tiger for the entire time, except for the brief respite people will get when they air Megan West's Pittsburg tourist features.
Tennis is supposed to be on tonight. I'll have to watch Andy Roddick. He drives me nuts (I swear he needs ADHD medicine), but he's better than Tiger Fest.
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