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Haas knocks his second at 17 pin high, 20 feet to the right of the flag. He’ll have another chance to move to -6. Nothing’s happening for Tom Watson, incidentally. He had a look at birdie on 11 from 30 feet, but it was never dropping, and that’s his tenth par of the day, the only blemish on his card a bogey at 6. He’s -3 and if he wants to add to the green jackets he won in 1977 and 1981, he’ll have to get a wriggle on soon. “I’m sending this, I think it’s called, electronic-mail, from my brand new Motorola DynaTac 8000 mobile phone,” writes Simon McMahon. “It’s taken me a while, but I think I’ve got the hang of it. Unlike golf, which I don’t think I’ll ever work out. I’m only 14, mind. I like this live reporting thing, though, it could catch on. COME ON SEVE!!!”
Wild scenes at 12, where the Golden Bear is showered with love from the patrons stacked behind the tee. If it was a popularity contest, this would be over already. But Nicklaus is only half of the way through Amen Corner; there’s a long way to go. And to illustrate, he tugs a 6-iron to the left of the picturesque par-three Golden Bell. That won’t be the easiest up and down. His partner Lyle hits an even more wayward 7-iron, pulling it into the azaleas on the bank behind. But he gets a huge break, the ball taking a couple of bounces back down the slope, avoiding the plants and the sand trap, before finally stopping on the fringe. Augusta either loves you, or it doesn’t. Good old Sandy.
Written by Scott Murray
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