stricker projected to stay on top. villegas the winner at the honda. ea ernie els who won at doral. >> this will be something for watney to post 10 under. >> this will be quite the up and in from the trees. tremendous shot coming in here. this, too, likes to break toward the front of the green. be careful. this can get away from you and knock it five feet by. it is sort of up and over, this putt. >> watney's second top ten of 2010. >> he is playing it pretty far out right. >> what a year watney is coming off. 12th on the money list last year. won the buick. >> that is a nice par. >> he matches stephen ames' 67 for the low round of the day. pettersson for birdie. >> another good par. all these holes coming in. pars are a good score. >> he'll stay at 8 under. we go to 14. >> beautiful look from above. this is k.j. choi at the par 5 with a very slow put, roger. >> uphiller. should turn to his left. 36 feet, eight inches. >> jim furyk, you can see his coin behind the hole in close at just three feet. >> psychologically not easy for the pursuers right now,

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. >>> 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. 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

stricker's absolutely right. a friend of tiger woods coming out and saying come on, please do not play this tournament first. play another one before this. all of this is about access, mike. that's exactly what it's about. it's about his team, once again, looking to control media access around this man. there is no more restrictive tournament than the masters tournament. the tmzs, the radaronlines they will not be there and the golf media that's there what will happen once we ask a question that tiger woods doesn't want to answer? the masters has no problems taking away your media -- your media credential. so in my opinion it's a very selfish move. >> yeah. >> shudo the media first. do the mea culpa and come out in another tournament. face the media like a man instead going in there trying to inch your way in and insulate yourself. again, it's all about spend, spend, spend, spend and controlling what he wants us to know about. >> right control, control, control and i agree with you ryan, by the way. this is augus

steve stricker, the number two golfer said play another tournament first. get it out of the way. it's going to be a zoo, a circus. now you've made one of the most prestigious golf tournaments essentially a zoo and a circus. >> isn't that going to be a distraction to the other golfers? >> you would think. the masters is ultimately loving this. the ratings were going to be high. now they are really going to be high. they said, quote, we support tiger's decision to return to competitive golf beginning at this year's masters tournament. additionally, we support and encourage his stated commitment to continue the significant work required to rebuild his personal and professional life." what i also found interesting in tiger's statement is he's saying he will not play the cup and arnold palmer prior to the masters. >> so you mean that tells you he's not ready to play? >> it's possible he may not be ready to play. it's very possible that he is still working on personal issues with his family. we have to entertain that as a possibility as well. >> how critical is it going to be to him in