(A) 3 BALL PARLAY: Howell(+120) over Sabbatini/Calcavecchia WITH Perez(+162) over Clark/Coceres WITH Riley(+120) over Kendall/Stankowski for 0.50* @ 11.6/1 @ Bet365
I?d rather be on one too many angles today than three too many (separate) angles.
(B) Fred Couples(28/1) for 0.40* e.w. (Top 3 @ 1/5) @ Bet 365
KOD your bliss, and seal his senior moment as DOA.
GL
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EXCERPTS : Los Angeles Times (2/16/03):
Mickelson joked in Golf magazine that Woods "hates that I can fly it past him now. He has a faster swing speed than I do, but he has inferior equipment. Tiger is the only player good enough to overcome the equipment that he's stuck with."
"Dream pairing?" Faxon said. "I might have to be the judge."
The comment caused quite a stir and resulted in a quick rebuttal by Nike, Woods' equipment manufacturer, in a television commercial.
Last year in Golf Digest, Mark Calcavecchia made the awkwardness between the two public. Today, they will meet in the final round for the first time since the 2001 Masters, when Woods shot 68 to Mickelson's 70 and won his second green jacket.
"It is ironic," Woods said before downplaying his chance to shove a Nike driver in Mickelson's face. "But I can't just worry about Phil. Brad's [right there]. There are a lot of guys right behind us, so if we don't go out there and play well, we will get passed. We have to take care of our own business. But it's going to be exciting to be in that final group again."
"I'm going to watch both of them," said Faxon, who will have the best seat in the house. "I'll definitely be the third guy out there. There's going to be some screaming, some yelling for both guys. I think Phil's going to have a bit more of a home crowd and everyone wants to see Tiger because he hasn't played at all this year.".
"I realize that I'm in the last group and it will be a challenge to overcome, but I wanted that challenge," Mickelson said. "I thought it would be fun to play with Tiger. I wanted to have the opportunity to play with Tiger. If you ever watch him or compete against him when he's in the final group and playing pretty good, he's very impressive. I enjoy that challenge to try to keep up and catch him."
Woods seemed to iron out the driver problems that plagued him through the early rounds. After hitting only nine of 28 fairways through the first two rounds, he hit nine of 14 in the third. Even when he missed, he managed to scramble well. He one-putted six of the last eight holes.
"I've always said that making a big par putt feels better than making a birdie," Woods said. "You never want to lose a shot and I knew I needed to make those to stay on top of the leaderboard."
Woods is not surprised that he and Mickelson, both of whom grew up in Southern California, are contending at Torrey Pines.
"If you were to pick two guys to play well on this course, I think you would probably pick us two," he said.
The only equipment that matters today is that between the ears of the No. 1 and No. 3 players in the world.
"It's going to be mayhem out there," Faxon said.
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