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different fashions. list with a power game on display with a big drive and an iron shot that was gorgeous. two-putt birdie. thomas, right rough, lay-up, wedge. threatened the hole and then a short putt from a couple of feet away. there it is, 547 yards. and as we hit the tom of the hour, just want to -- top of the hour, just wants to welcome some of you just tuning into the honda classic at pga national resort and spa, the champion course. gone through 72 holes and two are tied. justin thomas, who won the fedexcup last year, was the player of the year. actually the most recent major champion. the winner of quail hollow in august. and luke list, who's seeking a first win. here is the second shot by list.
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nick: beautifully balanced. spot-on line. jim: he would two-putt from that point. as he looks and sees it kind of run out. he knows he hit a brilliant shot. and after the lay-up, thomas playing his wedge, his third. and oh, just maybe, he thought. it could have gone. first degree [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captioning funded by cbs sports division] . so he made his four. we heard from alex noren who finished second at torrey. he's going to have a third-place finish here. now the race against darkness. nick: the two best ball strikers this week and the two best
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scrambling. it could go either way. hopefully before it gets dark. [laughter] jim: don't say that. we did have a monday finish at torrey pines. that's why i had noren on the brain, in addition to his great play. with jason day, a six-hole playoff that did go on to an early morning finish. nick: actually, just about the best in everything. there's their records but their long games are great, their short games are great and they're putting great so wow, this will be a harsh loss for one of them when you play this well on such a tough week. peter: and talking to the pga tour officials down here, they figured we'd have time to maybe play this hole a maximum of twice. nick: so hopefully somebody is feeling very aggressive.
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>> he's going to pick first. >> i got one. >> 18-18. if we have time, we'll go to 17. 18-18. good luck, guys. jim: so slugger reminded them that if it's extended beyond the first playoff hole, they'll go back and play 18 yet again and then if it's necessary after that and assuming there's enough daylight, they would then go to 17. nick: we could light up hospitality at 17. jim: i know they like to finish these tournaments with the huge throng at the 18th but when you're talking about predaylight
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savings time and you have a one-shotter out there, in the case of either 15 or 17. sure have better odds of maybe getting this in if it goes beyond one hole. peter: justin set to play. clearly anything in the fairway easily reachable for him. has to make the adjustment florida for the one he lost to the right in regulation. nick: uh-oh. jim: went right again. nick: be careful. it's going to sit in the first cut so that's fine. jim: sat quietly. peter: that's a good 25 yards behind where he was in regulation but a much better life. nancy: yeah, that's fine. just by an inch or two. jim: and now the big smooth. dottie? dottie: the wildest on the golf
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on a clear evening here in palm beach gardens, florida. that's what it looks like before we open up the camera lens so that's a pretty realistic look at what the players are facing at the moment in terms of trying to get their depth perception and all. sometimes we can make it look a little lighter than it is. that was a real look at it. all weekend long we've watched list now -- thomas, he had five wins a year ago. he's already won this season. he's won seven times overall. he's just a young kid. he's definitely one of the ring leaders of the young brigged and comfortable in all these situations. list, it's taken him longer to get to where the comfort factor is, you kind of settle into it
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but all week long he's looked at total ease. nick: he sure has. once you break through. you have to lose tournaments to learn how to win but once you've found the formula -- he hasn't done anything wrong this week. it's been a tough week to play. the only thing he might have done wrong was that blocked tee shot. jim: to they, what does he face? dottie: the lie is not great but he has a chance to move into the fairway zone into the left of the tree or right. so he does have options and it will be a lay-up. nick: he could leave himself 130 yards. doesn't have to bring any buppingers or any corner of the water into play.
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nick: yeah, a bunch of birdies were made from about 120 yard out. so -- dottie: he's made a swing like he's rehearsing to hit a cut. nick: yeah, that's fine. just a chunk and run down the fairway. dottie: that's all. try not to overhit it. no need to. dottie: oh, dear. that is well left, up into the gallery. nick: oh, didn't get any chop on it and -- any left to right chop.
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oh, he's up against the fence. well, they get a relief from that but it will be off packed hard pan. actually, there's a cart past -- path there. we could have a little bit of dropping going on for a while. jim: take some time against this race against sunset. peter? peter: 240 to cover the bunker in the front. 250 to the hole. jim: he's begging for it to go. nick: oh, with the lofted metal it bites nicely back of the green. fabulous shot. priority was get it over the bunker. forget about the flag. try and get it on the green. that was superb. jim: look at that amazing stat. six of his last 30. there's rickie watching. last year -- of course he won it last year. justin had missed the cut. thomas came out to great him when rickie pulled out of the
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72nd hole and now rickie is returning the favor. he missed the cut, as we watch the ball sailing wild left for list. a little appetizer before dinner. nick: should be shrimps down here. [laughter] jim: did list try to do too much with that second shot? nick: may be. really he needed a good old chicken chop. didn't quite put enough priority
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on the strike. jim: robby ware confirming that he can drop it on the other side of the path here in a moment. dottie: i don't see there's any way he doesn't drop it to the right side of the path. he's going to have 100 to the front and 120 total. nick: he has to go through the process, though, i guess. he's trying to help him -- jim: so this is just for the relief from the grandstand. nick: he did well against the rough.
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well, it's technically bounced outside of two club lengths. he then has to place it on the path and then the nearest point of relief will be to the right. if he wanted extra seximente excitement, he could have clipped it off the path. [laughter] jim: created a few sparks. nick: but i guess he hasn't practiced that for a while. now he's got to be sensible where he drops it. find a trampled-down spot. jim: how far back is he, dottie? dottie: he'll be 120 yards to the home. 120 to the front. the lie should be fine. it will be trampled but i don't think there's any threat of a flier. the breeze from there angle will be a little more into him.
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>> move over that way. jim: didn't take thomas long to step up and hit that second shot on the nose and knock it onto the back of the green in two. nick: that little bit of right-to-left wind will help him. gives him options. either cut it up against it or use it to give him a bit of breathing space to aim to the right of the flag. jim: now to try to do what justin did to him. dottie: very clean contact just right of the hole.
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nick: the top spin. jim: yeah. nick: it was a fine shot. it was right at it. jim: it really was. this is thomas watching and then reacting to the shot. the thumbs up. peter: i will say this guys. walking with luke the last 36 holes, he's made four or five putts of this length to save par over the weekend. nick: yeah. he opened with the one on the
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first, peter. he went over the green at one and i thought he was done. knocked it back to 20 feet, brushed it in for a 4 so that was a nice way to start the day. and again, he's going to get some kind of read off justin's putt coming down the hill. peter: well, the light is so flat, it's going to be difficult to pick all the any subtle contours so you're going to have to go with memory and your yardage book. jim: this is what it truly looks like to the players. now, this putt for thomas, you know, it's -- peter, he's got to be thinking well, you just lag it up there and take my chances that luke is not going to make the putt for a four but how difficult is this one going to be? peter: it's all about speed, no two ways around it. it may move a little bit to the right at the hole. nick: i think it might come back, peter, when it gets down
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there. it could go a little left. he's 40 feet. there's a weird kind of trough coming through here on the green. it feeds in both sides from the right into the middle and from the left into the middle. it's how you track it down that little trough there. oh, he's going to leave a -- luke brushes this in, he's got that for a tie. didn't help him with the read, though, because he didn't get it to the hole. it turns a little bit that last four feet. i think luke's will go left.
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jim: he was more left on that one than thomas was hoping. nick: yeah. jim: and now luke. nick: i think he could hit this a cup outside right. might wander right and i think it should come back. oh, he slammed it. jim: it's gone. nick: yeah, he might be still have another go, mate, wow, i wasn't expecting either of those putts in that situation. jim: it was interesting.
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justin thomas barely even looked up. he was absorbed in his little green charlotte took one passing glance and went back to the book. nick: that's almost like a superstition. i couldn't look. i would be looking but i'd put my eyes down so i couldn't see anything. obviously unless he's on my line. but it was kind of like a little superstition in the placements dottie: the light is fading so quickly that neither one of these putts are nearly as easy as they would have been just three or four minutes ago. nick: should be straight. jim: that's a nice second putt. so a 5 for list and thomas with a putt for 4 and victory. nick: well, don't give the hole away, bottom line. i think it's, as we would call
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it, either right half or inside right. jim: his folks watching. nick: well, you need intestinal fortitude to finish it off on tour. nothing is easy. jim: that's now seven wins in his last 31 tournaments. amazing percentage and here comes his dad, mike. >> good job, man. peter: j.t., this is your eighth
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win on the pga tour, each one uniquely difficult. describe this victory today. justin: it was another level of difficulty, not only the amount of people i was trying to beat but this golf course in itself and luke was playing unbelievable on that back nine. it was a hell of a battlele out there. peter: there were a lot of roller coaster rides today, both emotionally and physically. how'd you get through those? justin: i just stayed patient. i thought i stayed very calm all day. i had a couple of scoring opportunities i didn't capitalize on. it feels awesome to come out on top. peter: describe playing a golf course so difficult. the winds were down but there's really no margin for error. how do you handle that? >> there's not and i'm so proud of how i manneded myself each day. i only dropped one shot all day. you understand when you get out
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of position and sex you have to get back in and try to salvage par. peter: you're now number one in the fed ex-points and jordan is now number one in the world, you're number one. back to dottie. dottie: what do you take out of today? >> i played really well this week. it's going to sting a little bit but i know i found a new kind of restored passion for what i'm doing out here and i'm excited to put my best foot forward. dottie: anything that trig third renewed passion? >> really just focused on giving my best effort on every shot and i was proud of the way i fought back after not a great front nine. in the playoff, you just can't give justin a par. he's going to bhake make birdies. i'm happy with the week. i played well and i know i'll be
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in this position again. dottie: how does it change the way you look at the rest of the year? >> the fedexcup is so huge and for me it's all about getting to the next level of competitive tournaments where i can get to the majors. i just have to wait a little bit longer. dottie: illinois jim? jim: he moved to 16th. not enough to get him into the world golf championship event next week. justin is back in first position with his second win of the season. 7-31. that's 23% and eight overall. that's the winning putt. justin thomas takes the honda classic and we'll be back after
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jim: tonight on cbs, a new edition of "60 minutes." season finale of "celebrity big brother," "ncis: los angeles." let's run down the leaderboard. thomas shoots eight under through 72 holes. the longest putt he made for the week was 15 feet. noren takes third, fleetwood fourth. simpson and an tide fifth. luke list, sam burns. there's tiger. ends up being 12th.
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adam scott had a good weekend. in the group at 13, fathauer had a big day today. 65. it was interesting, last week at riviera, justin played with rory mcilroy and tiger the first two days and we know that tiger didn't make the cut. thomas was eight shots better than tiger over those 36 holes and it was an eight-shot margin here after the 72 holes. thomas is a kid that's gotten accustomed to winning now. i mean, he's resilient, as you can see. nick: yeah, incredible prarge percentage, jim. 20-plus percentage winning. that's phenomenal out on tour. jim: you can see how dark it is. there's the real look at it over your shoulder. we take some things out of this about justin thomas. we've known all along he's a
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big-time talent but the discovery of a guy like luke list, now starting to come into his own. sam burns, just a 21-year-old we'll be finding out more about and tiger can play again. he can be competitive, for sure, after what we saw this week. nick: i agree. because of the golf course. this wasn't just a drive and putting show. these guys really had to play. the your peerns, noren, fleetwood showed what they could do, grillo as well. at the end of the day, guys wherever they finished, they'll learn far more from this week to take through the rest of the year. jim: what a stretch we just had. five consecutive tournaments and the next five will be broadcast by our friends from nbc, beginning with the world couple coverage next week from mexico. there's the former head of the pga of america. jack nicklaus. they're all there for the
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presentation and our man ian presiding. he's a local. he lives here so he's been heavily involved in the charity side of this tournament but it's been a great stretch, nick. a lot of exciting golf. more, again, coming up on nbc in the coming weeks and then we'll see you folks from augusta april 5 through the eighth. nick: and tiger did inclement that after one week recovery i think he'll enter. jim: congratulations to justin thomas. for nick and all the crew. lance and steve and our technical team, jim nantz saying so long from the honda classic.
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