Posted on 08/10/2007 8:01:15 PM PDT by mdittmar
Tiger Woods tied a major championship record with a spectacular 63 in charging to a two-stroke lead over fellow American Scott Verplank in the second round of the U.S. PGA Championship on Friday.
Woods came agonizingly close to setting the all-time low round in a major as his putt for birdie at the 18th hole spun out of the cup leaving him to tap-in for par.
"I knew if I made that putt on the last hole, it would have been a nice little record to have," world number one Woods said about missing the birdie putt for 62. "But I guess 62 and a half is all right."
The remarkable round lifted Woods to six-under-par 134, two strokes better than Verplank, who shot a bogey-free round of 66.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy (68) and Canadian Stephen Ames (69) were tied at 137.
The 31-year-old American became the 21st player to shoot a 63 in one of the four major championships and the 10th to do so in a PGA Championship.
Greg Norman and Vijay Singh have both twice shot 63s in majors, and Thomas Bjorn of Denmark was the last to achieve it, posting the score in the third round of the 2005 PGA at Baltusrol.
SWELTERING DAY
World number one Woods, who stood six strokes off the pace after posting a one-over-par 71 in the opening round, scorched the Southern Hills layout late on another sweltering day with eight birdies against a lone bogey.
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yet he only wins 25% of his majors, I know! their all on roids. Oh wait no, just the black guys, yeah thats it.
Don’t post that crap again. You’re close to losing your posting privileges on Free Republic.
“Cry to the mods about that, but you’ve posted some things that border on lunacy. At least my aggument is gaining momentum.”
You have managed to draw the attention of all the mods with your recent posts. I would be very careful about what you post next.
You have got to be kidding me......And I'm the guy that is getting looked at by the mods....Don't throw the race card onto this
Seriously, you throw the steroids charge at everyone for no reason, I'll do the same with the race card.
I throw it at atheletes(regardless of color)....you know it and I know it....when cyclists, swimmers, punters, kickers, golfers etc are on them, there is a problem.
Would you stifle yourself Edith?
John Rocker? I heard he was on “roids” too though. :)
LOl! excellent.
LOL! excellent!
Been following sports lately?
Do you want my tin foil back?
Two plus year gloat. Nice. ;)
I had to, I knew this day would come
I hear you. You probably feel like I did on Jan 1, 2000...the day the Y2K doom and gloom crowd dispersed from FR.
Seriously, I'm with TankerKC. A two year gloat is fricking classic.
Yes! Still hate Tiger?
Still never been any indication he’s ever used roids.
He’s still best golfer ever!
And Barry Bonds is the most prolific HR hitter of all time
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