Zach Johnson & Chris DiMarco, two Floridian's in the field. Should be interesting for sure. I'm booking on Tiger or Goosen this weekend though. Phil has never put up a good showing at Doral, ever. And well, Vijay, muh . . . no comment.
T1 Franklin Langham........-9
T1 Tiger Woods .............-9
T1 Craig Parry................-9
T1 Retief Goosen............-9
T1 Vijay Singh................-9
T5 Stewart Cink.............-8
T5 Jose Maria Olazabal....-8
T5 Phil Mickelson............-8
T5 Brian Davis................-8
10 Harrison Frazar...........-7
T11 Jim Furyk.................-6
Think the network execs and sponsors are salivating at the thought of this leaderboard possibly holding out til Sunday?
Imagine being Franklin Langham in this sea of top ten golfers all around him on the leaderboard, plus Craig Parry, the defending champ. How do you approach this weekend if you are Franklin? This is a golden opportunity for a HUGE win.
Just to show how meaningless driving accuracy is at this tournament, in his 3rd round so far, Phil has 25% driving accuracy, but 90% GIR. He's averaging 320 yards/drive. 2 factors in this round: even though he hits the ball 75% not ont he fairway, the rough is not too bad, and his iron game is just superlative right now.