Monthly Archives: December 2006

Final-round tee times

Sunday at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks 9:50 a.m. _ Luke Donald, Adam Scott 10 a.m. _ David Howell, Jose Maria Olazabal 10:10 a.m. _ Davis Love III, John Daly 10:20 a.m. _ Colin Montgomerie, Fred Couples 10:30 a.m. … Continue reading

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Quotable

“I’m sure I’ll be (nervous). I mean, I’ve never played in the last group at a little non-official event like this, so I don’t know … I’ll tell you (this) afternoon how I felt on the first tee.” _ Geoff … Continue reading

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Second to one

Chris DiMarco has made a habit of being a bridesmaid. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that he enters the final round in a tie for second place. Eight times since his last PGA Tour victory, at the … Continue reading

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Finishing strong

The 18th hole yielded just two birdies during the first two days of the Target World Challenge. The pairing of Geoff Ogilvy and Chris DiMarco doubled that total Saturday. DiMarco made an eight-foot putt and Ogilvy, who heads into the … Continue reading

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Final round

Geoff Ogilvy shot the best round of the day with a 67 and leads the field by one stroke. Chris DiMarco and Tiger Woods are tied for second. Ogilvy and DiMarco will play in the final group while Woods will … Continue reading

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Perfect 10?

Tiger Woods was 10-under par after he birdied the first two holes, but the standard bearer’s sign just showed a 1. His playing partner, Henrick Stenson, showed an 8. The standard bearer was looking for a zero in his pockets … Continue reading

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Rain, rain go away

About an hour into Tiger Woods’ round, fans were lined up outside Sherwood Country Club to take the shuttle to their cars so they could go home. Unexpected rain hit the Target World Challenge a lot earlier than expected. As … Continue reading

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Great eighth

Adam Scott’s karma finally changed a bit on the eighth hole Saturday. The Australian, who five-putted for a quadruple-bogey 7 on the 232-yard par-3 in the opening round and three-putted for a triple-bogey 6 Friday, hit his tee shot so … Continue reading

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Wet conditions

The forecast for noon Saturday was for mostly cloudy skies with a chance of very light rain or drizzle. The forecast was wrong. By the time TIger Woods teed off at 11 a.m., there was a heavy rainstorm, forcing players, … Continue reading

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A little Love

Davis Love III, who took himself out of contention with an opening-round 77, became the first player this week to eagle the par-5 second hole when he did so early Saturday. Love followed with a birdie on the par-3 third … Continue reading

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