Free Republic

Tiger Woods just withdrew from the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral in Miami. He was taken by golf cart to his car in the parking lot after going to 3 over par on his 4th round. Woods appeared to favor his left leg after a poor iron shot on the 10th hole.Press was told by Woods caddie that it was his left leg that was hurting and caused him to withdraw.Woods had dropped 19 spots down the leader board on a day when the leaders were also having difficulties....except for Rory McIlroy who is putting on a charge with a recent...

My favorite week of the golf season(other than the majors of course)has FINALLY ARRIVED!!!! The world's best make their annual appearance in my back yard, if you consider 30 miles close that is!!! Firestone Country Club(the South Course)is the scene for an event that actually dates back to 1962. The classic, straightforward design provides very few tricks, but creates an opportunity for low scoring which lots of touring pros love to see. The field of 79 players, encompasses all 5 worldwide tours(PGA, European, Japan, Austrilasian and the Sunshine(South Africa)contains 17 of the top 18 top ranked players in the world....

2nd day action is now underway.Here's the latest scores:MICKELSON 3up vs. ZJOHNSON thru 12WESTWOOD 1down vs. CINK thru 11LOVE 2down vs. LEONARD thru 10KIM 2down vs. WILSON thru 9OGILVY AS vs. KATAYAMA thru 8VILLEGAS 4up vs. jIMENEZ thru 7HANSON 1up vs. AMES thru 7GOGGIN 3down vs. CASEY thru 6SINGH AS vs. DONALD thru 4ELS 1up vs. STRICKER thru 4PEREZ AS vs. FISHER thru 3FURYK 1up vs. KAYMER thru 2WOODS AS vs. CLARK thru 1MCLLROY/MAHAN just underwaySCHWARTZEL/POULTER just underwayWEEKLEY/OHAIR just underway