Sunday
Sep122010
Crowd awaits Woods and Mickelson
Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 4:12AM
Writing from Lemont, Illinois
Sunday, September 12, 2010
It’s less than one hour before the marquee pairing of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson tees off the first hole at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, and the crowd is filing in.
The world’s top two players tee off in the 107th Western Open – or the BMW Championship, if you’re watching NBC – at 10:56 a.m. CT, and the great majority of the gallery will be with them. The final group, leader Ryan Moore and contender Dustin Johnson, start at 12:45 p.m. Moore’s at 8-under, Johnson’s at 7-under. Charlie Wi and Matt Kuchar, also at 7-under, start at 12:35 p.m.
The day’s first twosome, D.J. Trahan and Angel Cabrera, teed off at 7:30 a.m. and were finished by 9:57 a.m., with Cabrera’s even par 71 allowing him to finish at 13-over 297. Trahan, at 301, could end up last in the field of 70.
The weather is perfect, with nary of breath of wind, and accessible pins on the early holes. The cups on the 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th are tucked rather tightly.
Updates as warranted, and a full report after the round.
– Tim Cronin
Sunday, September 12, 2010
It’s less than one hour before the marquee pairing of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson tees off the first hole at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, and the crowd is filing in.
The world’s top two players tee off in the 107th Western Open – or the BMW Championship, if you’re watching NBC – at 10:56 a.m. CT, and the great majority of the gallery will be with them. The final group, leader Ryan Moore and contender Dustin Johnson, start at 12:45 p.m. Moore’s at 8-under, Johnson’s at 7-under. Charlie Wi and Matt Kuchar, also at 7-under, start at 12:35 p.m.
The day’s first twosome, D.J. Trahan and Angel Cabrera, teed off at 7:30 a.m. and were finished by 9:57 a.m., with Cabrera’s even par 71 allowing him to finish at 13-over 297. Trahan, at 301, could end up last in the field of 70.
The weather is perfect, with nary of breath of wind, and accessible pins on the early holes. The cups on the 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th are tucked rather tightly.
Updates as warranted, and a full report after the round.
– Tim Cronin
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