john merrick has pulled out a putter here. nick: i'm surprised at that. david: he's given it a scare so far. nick: but you just risk what the kikuyu grass will do. but you're in control. go on. keep going. easy. jim: that's well played. nick: surprise it ran so straight. david: not lacking in courage. nothing tentative about that. jim: merrick trying to become the second ucla bruin to ever win this tournament. corey pavin actually has won it twice. and was in the field this week. he was the pac-10 individual champion back in 2003. you see ricky barnes on that standard. he was at arizona. but a los angeles-born player has never won the northern trust open. los angeles area player. here's luke donald i thought might work his way into it but he's three over on the final round. nick: took a seven on one hole so nothing happened today. got a couple of cruel putts with no margin for error coming up. jim: which one is the harder of the two? nick: definitely freddy. it's a five-footer and it's probably on the left edge perfect. jim: is it that much david? david:

john merrick has pulled out a putter here. nick: i'm surprised at that. david: he's given it a scare so far. nick: but you just risk what the kikuyu grass will do. but you're in control. go on. keep going. easy. jim: that's well played. nick: surprise it ran so straight. david: not lacking in courage. nothing tentative about that. jim: merrick trying to become the second ucla bruin to ever win this tournament. corey pavin actually has won it twice. and was in the field this week. he was the pac-10 individual champion back in 2003. you see ricky barnes on that standard. he was at arizona. but a los angeles-born player has never won the northern trust open. los angeles area player. here's luke donald, i thought might work his way into it but he's three over on the final round. nick: took a seven on one hole so nothing happened today. got a couple of cruel putts with no margin for error coming up. jim: which one is the harder of the two? nick: definitely freddy. it's a five-footer and it's probably on the left edge perfect. jim: is it that much, david? david

john merrick tied for the lead at 11-under par. this give me putt missed, not too happy. of the playoffs. merrick taps in for his par. now it's belgiums turn. his putt burns the left edge. it won't fall. john merrick becomes the first los angeles native to win the tournament, the first pga win for the ucla grad. >>> coming up forget godaddy. how about go danica. history is made at the tracks qualifying for the daytona 500, that story next. this is dylan right here, this is dylan, and this is his big brother hayden. dylan's only five, but he's already been through two surgeries for brain tumors. and he just went through his second round of chemo. and this is their mother, dawn, who runs this loving and happy home. she too struggled with tumors. but that doesn't slow her down. her love of family comes first. their dad, phil, works two jobs, repairing copiers, and on weekends delivering newspapers. but the bills keep piling up, and the heating bill gets pushed off. when you learn about their difficulties, it just breaks your heart. when we asked the biggest oil companies to

he is three strokes ahead of webb sapir-whorfson, charl schwartzel and john merrick.ng to do it for this saturday night edition of sportswrap. >> they were complaining about pablo's weight and he hit the home runs? >> he is one of those guys can

ucla alum john merrick is a shot back.f the leaderboard but is in position for his first career win. >> it's a marathon out there. we are halfway done. we have, you know, two different golf courses that have to play tomorrow spy glass tomorrow which is the tougher of the three. so hopefully i can get a good round and compete on the weekend. >> coming up right after this newscast stay tuned for the par 5, i'll be joined by hooked on golf john to break it down. i can't believe we got done with the super bowl and the at&t here next week we'll be on to spring training. the giants report to scottsdale, arizona, a week from today. the first cactus league game just two weeks off. it's almost baseball season. crews are working to get at&t park ready for fanfest. a handful of players gathered to talk with the media and tim lincecum debuted his new look. he said he put on a little weight during the off season just not on the top of his head. >> just got tired of the long hair. just needed something different i guess. >> i didn't kno