It Must Be Really Hard

What a brutal day at Augusta! No red numbers going into Saturday.

Your final three pairing for tomorrow are Vaughn Taylor (+4) & Zach Johnson (+4), Padraig Harrington (+4) & Justin Rose (+3), and Stuart Appleby (+2) & Tiger Woods (+3).

After watching today I don't know how much worse these guys could play. How many 2-3 footers can these guys miss? I know the greens are difficult but still it is hard to watch. The man that putts the most consistent tomorrow should win this thing. Then you have Appleby on the 17th hitting a straight duck hook off the tee. He is so much better then that. He cleared his head after making triple though and made a nice par on 18.

On to my preview for tomorrow. I still believe Tiger will win this thing. In fact there is some crazy stat that the last person to win outside the final pairing was Nick Faldo in '93. Correct me if I am wrong on this. I think he'll go out there and there may be someone that birdies a couple early to get to +2 or +1 and get ahead of Tiger. They will soon falter along with everyone else as Tiger will probably coast to a two or three stroke victory shooting a 72 and finish +2. However I believe if he goes bogey, bogey on the final two holes again tomorrow he won't win. He has already done it twice and cannot do it again.

It will be a little warmer tomorrow with highs in the low 60's. These guys cannot complain about that. Winds are also suppose to calm down to 10-15 MPH which should make the course more playable, but the men at Augusta can make this course as hard as they want come Sunday with various pin placements and moving the tees far back.

My two sleepers tomorrow are Zach Johnson & Padraig Harrington. Both finished the last three holes at -1, so they have some confidence and momentum going into tomorrow which is most important. But still Tiger will come out on top and be crowned with his 5th, yes a five of those ugly jackets.

Talk to ya kids later and have fun watching that tournament that has some sort of tradition tomorrow.