支持を得ようと努めるd in PGA mix にもかかわらず four-putt shocker
Having tamed Torrey Pines eight times before, Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd has not given up hope of another US PGA 小旅行する victory にもかかわらず 落ちるing away from the 主要な group after day two.
支持を得ようと努めるd shocked the galleries on the first 穴を開ける at the South course on Friday when he 攻撃する,衝突する a solid approach 発射 to 25 feet, but four-putted for a 二塁打-bogey six.
"I tried to 押し通す it in the 穴を開ける and it bounced, and 明白に I 攻撃する,衝突する a terrible third putt; pulled it," 支持を得ようと努めるd said at the 農業者s 保険 Open.
But the 15-time major 勝利者 fought hard to 選ぶ up a 一打/打撃 with a 71 that left him at four-under-par and six 発射s off the pace.
American Ryan Palmer (機の)カム from the clouds with a sizzling 62 to 最高の,を越す the leaderboard at 10 under, two 発射s ahead of former event 勝利者 Brandt Snedeker (67).
Joining 支持を得ようと努めるd at four under are world No.2 Rory McIlroy and Australians Marc Leishman (72) and two-time event 勝利者 Jason Day (67).
Like 支持を得ようと努めるd, Day has not given up hope as he 注目する,もくろむs a third 勝利,勝つ in five years at Torrey Pines.
"Fingers crossed that history repeats itself this 週末," Day told AAP.
"Torrey Pines (South) is a ゴルフ course that exposes your 証拠不十分s."
支持を得ようと努めるd has made the San Diego course one of his happiest 追跡(する)ing grounds, winning the 正規の/正選手 US PGA 小旅行する event there seven times, 同様に as the US Open in 2008.
He said he would draw inspiration from his first victory there, in 1999, when he was nine 発射s behind after 36 穴を開けるs.
"I 発射 62-65 on the 週末 (to 勝利,勝つ by two)," 支持を得ようと努めるd grinned.
The 悪名高くも difficult South course was the longest on the PGA 小旅行する last year and has been lengthened 67 yards to now 手段 7765.
In five of the last seven 版s of the event, the winning 得点する/非難する/20 in relation to par has been worse than the 36-穴を開ける total.
That stat is not lost on 支持を得ようと努めるd.
"If you make the 削減(する) on the number here, anything can happen on the South course," he said.
"特に the way it's playing now; it's so much more difficult and so much more volatile."
After Leishman and Day, next best of the Australians are Cameron Smith (71), Cameron Percy (73) and Cameron Davis (65), all at three under.
Rhein Gibson (73) is a 発射 その上の 支援する at two under, while Aaron Baddeley (72) and Matt Jones (68) made the 36-穴を開ける 削減(する) on the number at one under.
John Senden (eight over) was the only Australian to 行方不明になる the 削減(する), but high-profile 早期に 出口s 含むd Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson.