Lighting it up? Thats exactly how Phil plays...3,4 birdies, an eagle but a few bogeys and double bogeys as well. Steady is hardly a term that comes to mind when describing Phil's play, which is why he is so popular and enjoyable to watch, and at the same time why he has failed to win so many more majors.
Call it what you want but Tiger completely choked today. Forget what he did the last 3 days. The bottom line is at one point today, he was 3 shots off the lead and he still had 3 holes left to put himself as the leader in the clubhouse. But he hit bad shots and made even worse putts.
Even if he did putt horrible all week long, which by his standards he did...what the hell does that have to do with the last nine holes of a major where the guys in front of you are struggling, given you a window to walk through and make things very close? Its absurd to bring up the way Tiger putted the first 63 holes of this tournament.
As bad as he did, the fact is he knew he still had an excellent chance to win and he didnt.
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