PGA Championship

[94duke]

I thought I might kick this off:

Tiger is even after his first hole (starting on 10, I believe).
Leaders are at -1.

Interesting that Tiger is in a group with Harrington after last week.
What are the odds they are in the same group all four days?

[94duke]

Here is a link to Gary Van Sickle's blog.
Entertaining and informative.

http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2009...rst-round.html

[roywhite]

Tiger at -2 thru 7.

He's had a problem with poor 1st round scoring in the majors this year. This start looks promising.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Tiger is -3 through 11 holes. Michael Bradley is -4 through 9 to lead at the moment.
http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2...ring/index.cfm

[94duke]

And Tiger makes birdie on 3 to tie for the lead.

[94duke]

Bradley makes bogey on 12.
Tiger takes sole lead.

[hurleyfor3]

Y'all can quit paying attention now. It's over.

[94duke]

So, Tiger finishes the day -5 (67). He has the lead for now.
Time to wait and see if anyone else can put up a score like that.

[Turk]

Paddy H is alone at -4 right now, one shot behind. It would be hard not to wager on a wire-to-wire win by El Tigre at this point...

Not sure the hole but I happened to pass by a TV (nudge nudge wink wink) and saw Philly Mick gack another one of those two-footers. I am perplexed how someone as good as he is can have such brain farts on the short ones as frequently as he does... They say Arnie had moments like that too way back in the day...

[hurleyfor3]

Paddy H is alone at -4 right now, one shot behind. It would be hard not to wager on a wire-to-wire win by El Tigre at this point...

Not sure the hole but I happened to pass by a TV (nudge nudge wink wink) and saw Philly Mick gack another one of those two-footers. I am perplexed how someone as good as he is can have such brain farts on the short ones as frequently as he does... They say Arnie had moments like that too way back in the day...

After watching Mickelson negotiate the 10th green at Oakmont a couple years back, my dad and I now refer to him as Four-Putt Phil.

[94duke]

Vijay Singh starts off with a birdie on 10 to move to -4 (T2).

[JasonEvans]

Vijay Singh starts off with a birdie on 10 to move to -4 (T2).

And a bogey on 12 takes him back to minus-3.

-Jason "I dunno why, but I've never been a fan of Vijay" Evans

[DUKIECB]

Did anyone see the graphic they put up yesterday showing Tiger's major wins in relation to what par was? It went like this:

When par is 70 he is 2 for 19 - 11%
When par is 71 he is 2 for 9 - 22%

but

When par is 72 he is 10 for 21! - 48%

That is remarkable! And just so you know the par is 72 this week.

I know some people on the board don't care for Tiger but you can't argue that some of the career numbers he's putting up are nothing short of astonishing.

[94duke]

Vijay is even on the day through 11 (-3 overall).
Phil is also even on the day through 9 (+2).
The movers and shakers:
Lucas Glover -2 through 9 (-3).
Tim Clark -4 through 10 (E).
Angel Cabrera -3 through 9 (+1).

[94duke]

Here's a link to the blog for round 2:
http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2009...ond-round.html

[94duke]

Phil just dropped to +4 on the day, +6 overall, through 14. Do you think he's in danger of missing the cut?

Looks like the wind is picking up. Scores might be worse this afternoon.

[JasonEvans]

The morning groups are starting to finish their rounds. Just like yesterday, he course is not playing easy. As I write this, there are--

14 guys who are under par on their round today.
19 players are even on their round.
45 players are over par.

--Jason "if Tiger puts up anything in the 60s, this sucker could be over" Evans

[JasonEvans]

Phil just dropped to +4 on the day, +6 overall, through 14. Do you think he's in danger of missing the cut?

The cut will probably be right around +3. Is it only top 60 plus ties or is it anyone within 10 shots of the lead? Right now, +2 is the top 60 but I think that number will get higher because the course is not easy. If it is 10-shots then it all depends on whether Tiger or Paddy get to 7 under or so.

--Jason "Tim Clark is 5-under on his round and 1-under overall... a huge round" Evans

[94duke]

Looks like Clark and Els both went -4 today. Pretty impressive.

[JasonEvans]

Tiger has birdied 3 holes in a row to go to 8-under after 16. He is now 4 shots clear of everyone else. I am not saying the tournament is over, but I'd give anyone 3-1 right now on the field versus Mr. Woods.

--Jason "still very likely that Paddy will play with Tiger all 4 rounds" Evans