Golf foresee - Tiger to stay empty handed in JBWere Australian Masters
Tiger Woods Christmas eve will be dry and sore without a victory in 2010.
The man, who secured the 82nd title of 2009 by this time of the year, seems to be in trouble in JBWere Australian Masters with one-under-par after the third round. The word trouble is not new for the former world number one. Ever since the start
of 2010, Woods has been in news for being in thick soup. To add to his misery, the legendary Tiger lost world’s top ranking on the last day of October.
After opening the $ 1.35 million purse event with a 68, Woods has not been quite in a form to tackle the wet greens of Victoria Golf Club. With rain pouring in Melbourne, the 34-year-old could hardly help a par on the third day. Wood had being trying hard
to fight against the norms of the overcast weather, but has not been successful. He wrapped the third round at par, which was not quite impressive, as he could have done better than that.
Tiger teed off from the front nine in light downpours and picked up a big blow to his confidence on the second hole. To make it worse, he drove a long tee shot at the par-4 sixth, but the shot missed the fairway and rolled into the bunker. Sand wedged the
ball, which ultimately reached the green, but owing to rain and poor putting, Tiger missed the shot and settled with the second bogey of the day.
To counter off the blemishes the world’s richest athlete sparked a birdie on the par-3 seventh, but could not stick to the change for long; he bogeyed one more hole after that. However, to prove to the world that he is capable of tacking par fives, Tiger
Woods wedged a tee shot at 350 yards. He rolled the second shot onto the green and aimed for an eagle, but failed. The ball stopped few meters away from the pin, which Woods putted into the hole for a birdie.
Back nine was a sequence of plot less drama. He parred eight holes and walked the 18th tee with a birdie on another par five. The defending champion wrapped the third day with a score, which would hardly make a difference in the results.
However, the last round will be comparatively better as Tiger does not want to bid good-bye to victory. Despite of knowing the fact that the fourth round's score would hardly make a difference, Tiger will try to match his early stride. He will tee off from
the front nine in similar weather conditions, but this time he will not bogey the fifth and sixth hole; an idea which has dawned on him by now. After learning from his experience, Tiger will hit irons on the seventh and ninth hole to pick birdies. The defending
Champion will wrap the half with two-under.
The 14-time major winner will play safe on the back-nine, as this is his problem area. He will par the first two holes, as this is what he had been doing in the last three rounds. However, failing to understand the next hole, Tiger will smack a bogey on
the par-4 12th.This would bring the score down to one-under and Tiger would keep it vaulted for the next four greens until he would reach the 17th hole. Following the previous stats, world number two will roll a birdie on the 17th
walking away the 18th green with one more to wrap the final with a score of three-under-par.
The veteran will bid good-bye to 2010 with a score of four-under, but will manage to seize a share in top 10s of the leader board.
This is the sketch of the final round of JBWere Australian Masters, which will kick off tomorrow at Victoria Golf Club. The predictions made in the round are based on the last three rounds in which Tiger Woods failed to conquer the course.
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