Hot! Two Others Tied Atop Pebble Beach Leaderboard

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PEBBLE BEACH , Calif. Twenty several weeks later, finally make the generate he or she wished at Pebble Beach . Ten a long time later, must have wondered just what retained your pet faraway from the actual Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

On a spectacular morning with beautiful places along with scoring, Johnson blasted a new tee chance within the third target with Pebble Beach after which it pitched set for eagle through 41 meters before this green. He added in an additional eagle on his / her method to a 9-under 63 as well as a three-way tie on top of the actual leaderboard Thursday.

Harig: Annoyed Tiger Shows Progress

After a 68 about Thursday at Pebble Beach, Tiger Woods couldn't sound pleased, despite his / her stats suggesting otherwise. Maybe of your good thing regarding him, writes Bob Harig.

Woods has been several images right out the lead, powerful commence to be able to his PGA Tour season. He had 6 months time birdies inside a 4-under 68 during Spyglass Hill, this fourth-best report on this course. Spyglass appeared to be the most difficult of the three courses, though definitely not through much. The weather condition had been hence absolute that will all some programs performed concerning one opportunity beneath par.

Charlie Wi has been around at Monterey Peninsula as well as had a chance at 59 without ever previously understanding it. Wi has been 8-10 beneath following your tap-in birdie about the 13th hole, in addition to wanted only several birdies in the past five holes. Trouble is, he or she had very little idea the Shore Course seemed to be a 70. He built yet another birdie and possessed a 9-under 61.

"I ended up being contemplating that scorecard like, 'What's this par here?' I have not learn it turned out some sort of par 70," Wi said. "That 59 by no means crossed my own mind. Not once."

Joining these people seemed to be former U.S. Amateur Danny Lee , exactly who holed your bunker result to get eagle from No. 2 along with holed released through the 11th fairway that has a wedge for yet another skull cap to be able to coordinate Johnson with 9-under 63.

Johnson is turning out to be his / her generation's "Prince regarding Pebble." He won your AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am around consecutive years, and then had a new three-shot lead from Pebble while in the U.S. Open couple of years back until finally they shot 82 in the last round. On thirdly hole with that round, your dog make driver still left on the bushes for any lost tennis ball as well as manufactured 2 bottle bogey.

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