British Open, Round 3: Norman Takes the Lead
Round 3 Leaders
Greg Norman, 212
Padraig Harrington, 214
K.J. Choi, 214
Simon Wakefield, 215
Ben Curtis, 217
Ross Fisher, 217
Anthony Kim, 217
Alexander Noren, 217
Full Scores
Winds consistently blew in the 30 mph range on Saturday in Southport, England, and weather reports expect high winds for the final round, too. That could bring many more golfers into the equation.
Among those within seven strokes of Norman's 212 are Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter and Rocco Mediate at 218; and Davis Love III, Steve Stricker, Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia and Jim Furyk at 219.
All of those golfers should consider themselves still in contention, and perhaps even those at 220, eight shots off the third-round lead. Anyone who scores par or better on Sunday - assuming the winds are, indeed, still howling - will have a chance. In the third round, for example, Ben Curtis started the day in 37th place, shot 70, and moved all the way up into a tie for fifth.
Comments
Greg Norman has long been my favorite male golfer and I pretty much stopped watching the PGA once he semi-retired. I switched to the LPGA where Annika became my favorite.
Today’s events in both the PGA and LPGA show why the majority of people think that golf is stupid and why it will never have huge TV audiences (unless Tiger plays.)
Golf’s rules need to brought up to the 21st Century. The rule disqualifying Michelle has no place in the 21st century where scores are called in or sent in by computer from each hole.
The insane delays today were all caused by players being afraid that their ball would move once addressed. Golf has a provision for clean and drop in wet weather. Why not a rule to do away with the stupid penalty for a ball moving after address when the winds are high?
The casual golfer, like me, has fun with friends out on the course and we probably break a dozen rules each time we play, with mulligans, give me’s, moving balls from divots, etc. Golf should be fun not a set of antiquated rules which make no sense in the 21st century when TV can show you every shot.
John