Holy Luke Donald: First Round at the Memorial
His putter is Cylon technology...
Wow, ok, it seems that Luke Donald’s bogey on the first hole only seems to have granted him super birdie powers for the remainder of his first round at the 2009 Memorial Tournament. Donald only needed to putt 20 times during his 18 holes and 9 birdies. That’s a (w)hole lot of one-putts.
Many golfers tried to match Donald’s low round of an 8 under 64, but alas, no one comes come closer that 5 under. One of which being Jim Furyk, who himself had 7 birdies. Too bad he also had 2 bogeys. Australian Jason Day almost matched Donald, and was playing strong with nothing but birdies (7 of them actually) until he hit 17 and 18 and bogeyed out both holes. Ted Purdy and South African Thomas Aiken are also in that 5 under tie for 2nd.
Last week’s playoff contender Steve Marino is just behind at 4 under with Stewart Cink and Mark Wilson. Tiger Woods is lurking behind at 3 under and in a tie for 9th with nine other guys including Reiner Saxton, an amateur with a truly awesome name.
While the men are in Dublin, Ohio, the Ladies are in Springfield, Illinois at Panther Creek (sounds so fierce, doesn’t it?) playing the LPGA State Farm Classic. Jee Young Lee and Se Ri Pak are leading at 6 under after round one. Natalie Gulbis and Suzann Petersen are 2 strokes back at 4 under. Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel are at 3 under with a gazillion others — it goes from a tie for 7th to a tie for 36th on the leaderboard, which is where we find Michelle Wie at 2 under.
On the European Tour, it’s the Celtic Manor Wales Open in Newport, Wales (that’s the Celtic Manor to the right). Not much to report as it’s a bunch of guys no one really hears about all that much. It’s a four-way tie at the top at 5 under and in that tie are Thomas Bjorn, Nick Dougherty, David Frost and Alan McLean — see what I mean?
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June 5th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
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