Round 3 Notebook
by Dave Weissman, Columbus Wired
The
story of the day is the weather
It was rainy, windy, cold, wet and generally miserable for the
third round. Play was suspended for 45 minutes in the morning.
Once it resumed, the winds picked up, the jackets came on and the
scores were down. The temperature went from a predicted 66 to an
actual 56 at 5:00 p.m., 49 with the wind chill So much for the
‘three degree guarantee’ from channel 6’s Chris Bradley “Partly
sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms early. Cooler with
a high of 62”.
Keeping The Groove
Kenny Perry carded a 2-under par 70 to remain in 1st place. “My
goal was to go out and shoot 18 par holes and see where it went,”
he said. Perry will go for his first back-to-back titles tomorrow.
He will be paired with Lee Janzen who kept the pace by shooting a
1-under par 71.
Moving Day
Generally Saturday is considered ‘moving day’. The day when the
cream rises to the top and others fall to the bottom. Due to the
weather, most of the best moved backwards instead of forwards,
including Tiger Woods (from 7th to 16th). Spike McRoy who zoomed
yesterday to tie for 4th place dropped to 49th while shooting a
12-over-par.
Using Even The Cink
Stuart Cink dropped to even par for the round after nine, but
scrambled his way on the back nine to remain at 5-under par.
Long
John Gone
John Daly, who made the cut this week, started the front-nine with
a 5-over par1-under par 35, but blew up on the back nine. He ended
the day 11-over par 83.
David
Duval Done As Well
This is one tournament the Duval will probably want to forget. He
shot 6-over par to end the round tied for 58th.
This European Player Likes The Conditions
Jose Maria Olazabal went from 30th position to third place. He
shot a 66 to move within contention for championship Sunday.
These Guys Are Human
11 players have shot over 80. Luke Donald, Spike McRoy, Len
Mattiace, Peter Jacobsen, John Daly, Frank Lickliter II, Bob
Burns, David Edwards, Jerry Kelly, Chris Smith and J.L. Lewis.
Lewis
and Clark Seen Again
Not since they left St. Louis in September 1806 have Lewis and
Clark been seen together, until today. In a rare appearance,
Columbus Wired assistant noticed them together on the 15th tee.
Lewis shot a 85 and Clark shot a 79.
Not This Year, Tiger
Tiger Woods vying for his 4th victory at the Memorial will
have to wait until next year. He said yesterday that he welcomed
the weather and wind predicted for today, but he came to regret
that comment after carding a 4-over par 76, including a triple
bogey on 6.
Finishing All Alone
Gary Nicklaus wound up finishing the round alone. His playing
partner Pappas withdrew on the 10th hole after finishing the
ninth. He was at 39 on the front nine. There were varying stories
for his departure including injury and one reporter told me that
he was upset after going side-to-side a few times on the 10th
green.
