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Old July 4th, 2005, 02:19 AM
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As far as that second consecutive bogey...he went aggressively at the front pin and came up a few feet short landing near the lip of the bunker. Unfortunately it rolled back in an extremely awkward position(ball way below his feet as he was standing outside of the bunker) and he flubbed it trying to get cute. He got the next one up and down. If he was leading..I garuantee you he wouldn't have gone for that pin. He felt like he had to at the time, IMO.

IMO, I think he also got somewhat stiff waiting around for the guys on 15 to tee off. Something tells me if he was leading or tied, instead of 3 or 4 back at the time and somewhat deflated...he would have gone threw his routine for the shot. Instead he looked like he somewhat rushed the shot that required all of his attention.

As far as seething over a bogey affecting the next hole...I guess you could make a case for 17 and 18 at Augusta and 16 and 17 at Pinehurst...and possibly today.

But personally, I've always admired his ability to grind it out and focus even after a bogey. Or better yet, focus on having to make a 10 footer for bogey. He's made a ton of those throughout his career, especially when leading on Sunday.

Interesting question though.
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