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>> a good-looking shot right here. wow. that was solid. >> 16. >> nick watney's second shot at the par 4. 204 yards. back right hole location. wind coming from the right. and he's leaning like it is going right. he'll find the greenside bunker. back to 12. >> see if choi can put more pressure on furyk. >> 153. well, that was not his best, but it is alive. >> and a moment ago over at the 15th, tee shot for nick o'hern. with a 6 iron. picks it right off that tee. doesn't brush the grass. playing a draw with that lefty and it is a beauty. >> yes, it is.
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tap in birdie for o'hern, 8 under, six back, he is moving up the board. but nobody has been able to move closer than a couple of shots from jim furyk. johnny, good players, great players including yourself, you have gone through a streak where you haven't won in a while. how difficult is this day for furyk? how difficult has it been, a player of his caliber, knowing he has the game to win but hasn't been able to get it done? >> he put in the work ethic and time to get this win. he is playing like he is going to win. 67, 68, 67, he is 3 under today. he is doing what he is supposed to do to win the golf tournament. bubba watson with a great round and so is choi. he could be four strokes up but he has two guys playing great golf behind him. it has made it interesting for us and hopefully you viewers to
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have three players so well. usually single digits, 6, 7, 8, 9 under par. good playing. >> 2 1/2 years and 58 events since furyk won. if he wins he can move up the the fedex projected standings. if the tournament ended now he would move into the the top ten. ninth ranked player in the world. continues to re-establish himself in the upper, upper elite of this sport. you look at bubba watson. dottie. >> he's got it hole high. if this is any grain, he wants to tuck this to the right. hit it necessary to get it back to the hole location. one that didn't used to exist here. >> dottie, he has good karma on this hole does bubba watson. he has the chance to play the hole in less than ten shots for
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the week. a pair of 2s and a 3. >> this is the secondest toughest hole on the golf course thursday that is more impressive. >> mark, the second part of this putt doesn't like to go right. >> no. it flattens up near the hole. overall there is not too much break here. >> that actually goes the opposite way. it is a double breaker. we saw that earlier, didn't we mark. >> bubba was putting. this is the third for goosen at 12. >> very makable. beautiful technique. got the club up high. a lot of you amateurs, when you are in the rough you take it back low and scoop it. get the club up and not catch
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grass before you hit the ball. really important. watch fred couples. he gets it up real quickly and decells into the ball instead of trying to scoop it. >> k.j. choi will be next. or will he. >> i think he is going to tap it in. >> goose is going to finish out. >> he has to watch out for his feet there a bit. his foot a little cockeyed. >> he walked about 80 feet. the ball is only 15 feet from where he started. >> let's go to 13. >> luke donald. having seen what bubba watson's putt did up at the hole with a good chance here even though it is a long putt. >> there it is. there is that left-hand turn. a little more pace and that was in. >> that putt has been misread every year we have been here. >> back to 12. k.j. choi who was in the top ten
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in the world just a couple of years ago. he has plummeted to 75. he is not in the masters in three weeks. he played in the masters the last seven years. he was third in that tournament in 2004. remember that big eagle at the 11th in the final round. he could play his way back in. >> this putt not dissimilar to the put he holed at 3. a little more speed he would have had this one, too, it looked like. >> seven pga tour wins for choi. the most by an asian player. that's a good-looking putt for a long time. he was the asian we thought or a lot of people thought was going win a major championship. it was yang. >> he is a historic player. the first korean man to get a tour card on our tour.
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just first guy to win a tour event. he's had a good career. seven tour wins, k.j., sneaky. >> all right. jim furyk. >> this putt, he is going swing to his left. close to a couple feet. downhill from here. >> 13 wins for furyk. since his rookie year in '94, three years without a win. up with of the most consistent players in his era. that one is just tracking. what a putt. what a putt. jim furyk doesn't want to end all this talk once and for all, when you are going to win again? he is up by three again. transitions lenses adapt to changing light to help you stay comfortable and in the zone
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week. couldn't come at a better time. his fifth birdie of the day, and gets him back up to a three-shot lead as they arrive at the difficult 13th. >> dogleg right par 3, this 13th today. if you can have such a thing. 194 yards. hole location all the way on the right. >> i don't know if it bothers the players so much if that water wasn't there. it is almost a sucker shot, isn't it? >> roger, i wouldn't think furyk would take a chance with that hole location. >> i can't imagine any scenario where the ball would go toward the hole. you have to keep this left of the hole. >> 6 iron for furyk. >> this ball to the center of the green. the wind coming in behind it now. >> that will be okay.
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just into the apron. over at 16 just a moment ago. nick watney's third. the greenside bunker. he has struggled all week out of the sand. gotten it up and down 3 of 9 times. unfortunately for watney, live for the par to remain at 10 under. so 16, the most difficult hole on the course today claims another victim as watney drops back to 9 under. >> back at 13. roger, i give k.j. choi a little bit of an advantage here with his shot shape. >> i would. you think he would have to take a bit of a chance. this is a hard one to go, that 7 iron for k.j. this, too, left of the hole. a little right of furyk's ball. >> he'll get a line from furyk,
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that's for sure. his ball into the apron also. 16, stricker, second shot well left of the green. nice pitch to that. stricker with a nice putt to remain 6 under par. just hasn't gotten much going. got it to 7 under early and nothing much since then as we go back to 13. >> retief goosen, finally. >> he has a 7 iron out as well. >> aiming right at it. he hit it very, very high. it is just left of the hole. and just short. disappointing day, i would think, for retief goosen. he is looking up the leader board at jim furyk. we'll be right back.
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welcome back to innisbrook. padraig harrington. this is for birdie. never had a chance. totally confused. >> mark, we talked about furyk trying to get back to his winning ways. since the 2008 pga championship here is what harrington has done. 41 worldwide starts. no a win. he does have a few close calls. we all remember that harrington decided to tweak his swing and slowly worked his way back into his former self. 14. >> bubba watson taking a rip. there is a lake directly between the hole and him.
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and that's where he hit it yesterday. not as far right but up on the side of the hill. good thing he is left-handed. he will have a nice stance. plenty of green to work with. shouldn't be too big a problem. speaking of problems, what is retief looking at here at 13? >> a bunker shot runs away from him slightly. it is also downwind. but other than that he should have enough green to work with. >> that will come up well short. i mentioned going into the break that retief would be disappointed. playing alongside furyk and choi who are 4 under for the day, that is easy. >> to 17. watney on the tee. johnny, back hole location. only one birdie here all day. >> 217 yards uphill. >> 4 iron for watney.
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somebody says nice shot. but he is leaking a little right. will it hold? okay. just short of the primary rough. >> right up against that longer cut. and jim furyk on the prowl over at 13. >> i think initially it starts to creep to the right but near the cup it will straighten up and maybe go back to his left. >> definitely has two breaks, roger, but neither one of them very huge. >> the second part will move five inches right. >> amazing when you look at jim furyk's resume. he's won 13 times. he has been runner up 22 times. >> sure. a lot of people wouldn't know he has been first or second 35 times his career. >> the right break and the left break comes back pretty good.
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surprise there, mark? that is the first one we have seen come up short. >> i am surprised. he didn't see the break. >> that is going to be a tough read on the second putt. could it be a two-shot swinger? >> well, if nothing else k.j. choi, roger, should have gotten a sense of the pace off furyk's pace. >> i don't think he has to worry about the right component. this putt is going to generally move to his left. >> dan was talking, roger, about choi falling all the way to 75th in the world. he was 93rd on the pga tour money list last year. made 13 cuts in 22 tries. to get back within two.
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he had it on the high side of the hole. hit it through the break. and carl pettersson at 14. dottie? >> this was the most bizarre second shot. it got stuck up in the wind. the line was bad. 154 yards, tree trouble. you have to hit a bubba-like cur curver. it is an okay lie. that grass is on the thick. >> he used to hit big hooks. he is trying to get away from that he told me yesterday. i'm sure he remembers how to do it. >> this is a 9 iron.
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>> sounded to be pretty good contact, dottie. >> it was. just wouldn't turn over. >> back at 13. jim furyk for par. retief goosen already missed his par attempt. >> this one is going to be dependent on the speed he hits it, i think. going to have to get it just off the hole on the right. with some speed. >> the players that have missed it roger, have missed on the left. >> this to maintain a three-shot lead. that is the magic lead that johnny likes. >> that's when you can smile on the 18th tee.
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>> that looked pull to me. >> that one hit a little too hard also. it is not in yet. take another look here. >> doesn't break until it got to the hole, did it? >> no. it was carrying a little too much pace. >> it looks to me like a number of putts i have seen him hit. he aims it right at the line he starts the ball on. i'm behind him and that putt looked like it started left of his line. but still. >> he hit it so flush. first bogey on the back nine this week for jim furyk. so that is a 4 for jim. he falls back to minus 14. two shots clear of bubba watson up on the side of the hill at
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the 14th green. in two shots on the par 5. k.j. choi with a little bit of work for his par. >> ahead at 16. nick o'hern trying to play his second out of the left rough. this is what can happen at the 16th. we've seen scores from 3 to 8 during the week. >> that's expensive. >> yes, it is. nick o'hern was 8 under par as we move back to 14. >> k.j. choi did tap in at 13. this is the third shot for watson at the par 5. >> pretty thick lie, mark, but that should come out tumbling if he has taken waft off this. back in his stance. >> brought it in very low, dottie. that is not a good shot at all. does not get it on the green from 43 yards. >> i think he delofted it too
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much. >> ahead at 17. nick watney. a little chip here from just over the green. all back in your stance. keep your hands ahead. good effort. over to 14. >> and the tee shot. this is the view from the fairway back down to the tee. a double dogleg hole. turns to the left off the tee as you can see there. >> a heck of a hole. >> nice draw, johnny. >> you have a blind second shot. this has some great design. >> 590 yards in all. >> started right and is going right. >> he squeezed that, didn't he, mark? that is never an easy layup out of the rough. that ball seems to be okay.
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it is paramount to play your third shot from the fairway. >> watney for his par at 17. all right. nicely done. 9 under. alone in fourth place. back at 14. >> and jim furyk on the tee. has not made a birdie yet in three tries here. pars each of the first three rounds. >> it is going up the right side. he'll be fine. >> k.j. choi in the right-hand rough. bubba watson, who is one of the pursuers also in a little bit of trouble at 14. they trail by two. the transitions championship boiling up.
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welcome back. nick o'hern's fourth shot. the ball skipped along the hazard line. there is a chance to save his bogey as we go to 14. >> this is a moment ago. carl pettersson from a bogey. able to extricate himself from trouble. a lengthy attempt. that not very good at all. that will come up short. and now live bubba watson with a fairway metal. >> it is also the same club he used in the same position yesterday out of that intermediate rough.
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with about the same result, mark. >> does not take advantage of his tremendous length, though, dottie. that will be a par. a good shot. >> let's take a look at this. folks out there might want to try this. the rocker round bottom you can't hit it fat. the ball is tumbling without any backspin. it is a good way to chip out of rough not too far from the green. you don't want to be more than six feet away to use that club unless it is shaved. >> at the 16th, jonathan byrd, lengthy putt for a birdie. up the hill. slow. byrd coming off a birdie at 15. 7 under. we go back to 15. >> luke donald for par, trying to stay at minus 7. which he does.
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>> tonight you can catch the new series "minute to win it" real people playing off-the-wall games for a million bucks. tonight "minute to win it" on nbc. we have stayed over. just about 6:25 eastern time here in the delayed fourth round. final group here. k.j. choi closest to furyk. two back. >> he is in the right-hand rough at 14, the par 5. his second shot, roger. >> none of these players have an opportunity to go at the green in the wind, 590 yards. this shot a little awkward. a tree up ahead 50, 60 yards. he is going to have to try to cut around. if the ball is above, kind of a downhill lie with the ball up above the feet. >> i'm not so sure about this move he is making here.
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could bring the left trees into play. could bring that tree in front of him into play. >> it is essential to get the ball in the fairway. a low fade, roger. >> low fade that is creeping in the right rough and stays just off the edge of the fairway. >> he didn't hit that very far? >> no. just a little bunk. >> up ahead at the green, carl pettersson for a par. what a par it was. he was everywhere on this 14th hole. still makes a 5. and now jim furyk with his second. >> he is trying to hit it over that hill. you cannot see where you are hitting. it is right in this area. you want to hit to a spot you can't see, mark? >> pretty much, johnny. the tendency would be to hit it too far left. >> you can't see the landing
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area. it is still pretty well defined. there is over that hill we are talking about. didn't go on a divot. >> 16th. o'hern trying to drop one shot. good recovery. nick o'hern to 7 under par. could have been a lot worse. shake of the head as we go back to 15. >> bubba watson looking down the hill at the hole location at the right front portion of the green. >> one mighty big 8 iron, dan. >> wind is helping. you see that unusual hook follow through. a concerned look. >> it is not hooking. >> he says a shank.
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>> they are not really shanks. maybe that is what he calls a big push. we know what a shank sounds like. >> yeah. >> nick watney missed the fairway at 18. a 4 under round going. tough hole location. just over the bunker. 166 yards. pretty good rise from where he is up to the green. >> a couple of wins for the 28-year-old watney. >> i don't know what kind of lie he has. it looks like he is taking dead aim. he swung hard on it. >> and right on to the heart of the green. beautiful shot. >> that was a money shot. 9 under par. gives himself to get doesn't digits.
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