The thrill of Phil
But seeing Phil make a Masters charge was an itch I needed to scratch so this morning I moncler factory outlet decided to follow him around Augusta’s front nine.
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Rather than dread the impending chip, I hoped this would be my first glimpse of Mickelson magic and, right on cue, Phil waved the magic wand (his wedge) and dinked his chip to three feet. Par.
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A slope behind the fourth tee is a great vantage point to see players hit their shots at the long par three.
moncler sale outlet Left handed Phil decided to cut one in from right to left and what a beauty it was, his ball arrowing towards the pin, coming back down a slope and settling just a few feet away. A second straight birdie. moncler sale outlet
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As I can’t write or tweet from the course (no mobiles are allowed), I usually dash back to the media tent after watching the tee shots at four. But with Phil on a roll moncler jacket sale “Phil’s got some mojo” shouted a man next to me I decided to stay out there and walk to five and six, the only two holes on the course I’ve never seen before.
I’m not talking about Mickelson’s play he three putted five and had to hole a testing par putt at six despite a fine tee shot cheap moncler I’m talking about Augusta National itself.
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cheap moncler coats Move further down the fairway to near the fifth green and you come to the moncler outlet online sixth tee box moncler sale and there was another big surprise. cheap moncler coats
The green moncler outlet uk is far down below but in the hollow before the land rises up again there were hundreds of patrons. It means the tee shots sail over their heads!
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The love for Mickelson at Augusta is enormous. I must have heard a thousand shouts of “Go Phil” as he made his way through to tee boxes while playing partners Hunter Mahan and Peter Hanson hardly got a look in.
This, despite Hanson overcoming a double bogey at the first to move into a tie for the lead with birdies at three, four and five thanks to some strong iron play and three good putts.
Of course, a round with Phil isn’t complete without him having to scramble from trees and bunkers and he did just that to save pars at seven and eight.
And Cheap Moncler Jackets by keeping his card intact he was able to produce the back nine move (which I watched on the monitor back in the press tent) to end the day on two under.
The only man who bettered Mickelson’s 68 was the man he outdueled in the 2006 Masters.
cheap moncler sale Rolling back the yearsFred Couples seems to have been rolling back the years at Augusta for ever and ever. One day it has to stop moncler outlet store but for now Freddie can still compete with the best of them around his favourite course. cheap moncler sale
His superb 67 today means he goes into the weekend as the joint halfway leader with Jason Dufner. Not bad for a 52 year old with never ending back problems.
Everyone loves Fred. “He’s just cool,” said Rory McIlroy with perfect brevity and that languid swing and laid back attitude gets everyone, even the players themselves, rooting for him.
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By contrast, Tiger made the game look impossibly hard, his swing deserting him completely and his putter seemingly going into mourning at the loss.
He did well to agree to a TV interview to be honest although, despite the attempts at positive words, you don’t win majors from tied 40th at halfway. There are too many players ahead of him and the weight of history against him producing a charge from his position is overwhelming.
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