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When Rory was at his peak this summer amongst all the arrows in his quiver was a consistent little 10 foot draw, it is his go to shot.
This week so far at the WGC event in Shanghai his buddy from NIre., Graeme McDowell has that shot working as well, he is keeping it in play on the tight fairways and out of the deep rough on the Sheshan International course. Couple that with a red hot putter and the result is 67,67 -10 and a 3 shot lead going into the weekend.
Former winner and runner-up here last year Ian Poulter birdied 4 of the last 5 for 67 -7 total. Poulter has had a poor year by his standards, but often saves his best golf of the year for the Far East swing.
Bubba birdied the last 5 in a row for 67, -6 tied with Japanese star Hiroshi Iwata had the low round of the day 65 for a -6 total. Adam Scott's even par 72 belies the mess on his scorecard. He mixed a quadruple 9, a double and a bogey with 5 birdies and an eagle !! He is T15 at -2
There is no cut, and only 26 of the 78 starters broke par. Amongst the worst scores Billy Horschel, the hottest player in golf just 6 weeks ago is 75th after 80,77 and a 23 year old Aussie called Brody Ninyette who plays on the Australasian Tour was at +32 86 90 before being disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. He is ranked 949 in the world and the poor guy caught a stomach bug on the flight from Australia, that's the bad news.... the good news is he still picks up $40,000 for last place !!
Nice to see Rickie Fowler has his young, all dressed in orange fans even in China. He is at -5 69,70 as is Kevin Na, 71 68 who started the year ranked as low as 235 and is now in the top 40.
The final pairing tomorrow will be GMac, Poulter and Bubba...
Bryan Angus
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