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“I can’t get over how cool this is,” Woods says. “How frickin’ fun it is it.” This is literally moments before he wipes his drive behind some trees on the par-four, 467-yard third. Not sure whether it’s Woods or Mickelson breathing like Tony Soprano directly into the microphone, but it’s given a bit of a Lynchian overtone to the affair. Mickelson hits a clean drive and a tidy approach to about 20 feet, two-putting from there. Woods scrambles for par, recovering nicely to about 35 yards and two-putting to halve the hole. Woods looking shaky early.
Tiger and Phil both find the fairway on the par-four, 430-yard second. Lots of heavy breathing in the mics as Phil tells a story about Fred Couples. Mickelson puts his approach shot just short of the green while Woods sends it a bit far. Mickelson’s chip shot rolls six feet past the hole, but he’s able to drain for par. Tiger’s par putt from three looks good … but it rims out! Oh dear. Mickelson takes the early lead after two. “I’ve never seen him miss one of those,” Phil says.
Written by Bryan Armen Graham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/23/tiger-woods-v-phil-mickelson-the-match-live-updates under the title “Tiger Woods v Phil Mickelson: The Match – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
