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Post by Dale on Oct 12, 2007 18:31:28 GMT -6
www.pgatour.com/2007/tournaments/r047/10/12/maginnes101207/John has always been a streaky player. Over his career, his cuts-made percentage is only slightly more than 50 percent. But over the last couple of years, his consistency has been of a rather less desirable sort.
So what happened for a couple of hours on Friday morning was surprising on many levels. It was even a bit surprising for John. Through 27 holes, he was 2 over par for the event and it certainly seemed as if he was well on his way to missing his 15th cut of the year.
But something happened after a 340-yard drive at the par-4 10th. Left with a short wedge shot to the downhill par 4, John hoisted it up to seven feet and converted the birdie putt. The few spectators following John and Charles Howell III applauded politely, but they couldn't know that they were in for a treat. There were no indications that John was about to put together perhaps the best stretch of holes of his career.
After a birdie at No. 11 and a par at No. 12, John went on a roll. At the 606-yard, par-5 13th, he reached the green in two from 273 yards and confidently rolled in the eagle putt. He would birdie the next four holes and save par at 18 from 8 feet for a back-nine 28 and make the cut.
When the birdie putt at the picturesque 17 curled up the hill and over the front lip, John quietly pumped his fist in triumph. He repeated the gesture on 18 when he converted the par putt.
The end result was a 9-under-par 63, John's lowest round on the PGA TOUR since 2001, when he shot 62 in the second round in Las Vegas.
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