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PGA TOUR Notes from the Third Round at the Deutsche Bank Championship TPC of Boston Norton, Mass. Sunday, August 31, 2003 Leader Adam Scott is the second youngest player to make the cut this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship at the age of 23 years, 1 month, 15 days. He is just 14 days older than Justin Rose. Rose was born on July 30, 1980 in Johannesburg, South Africa, while Scott was born on July 16, 1980 in Adelaide, Australia. Scott, who has a three stroke lead heading into the final round, could become the youngest champion of the 2003 season, but so could Rose who is only four back of Scott going into Monday's final round. To date, Ben Curtis (26 years, 1 month, 24 days) is the youngest Champion in 2003, winning the British Open. Through the WGC-NEC Invitational/ Reno-Tahoe Open only four players in their 20s have won on the PGA TOUR in 2003, Tiger Woods (4 titles), Rory Sabbatini (1 title), Ben Crane (1 title) and Ben Curtis (1 title). B. C. Open Champion, Craig Stadler is the oldest winner this season on the TOUR at 50 years, 1 month, 18 days. Twenty-one of the 45 foreign-born players in the field this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship made the cut. Six of the 21 are in the top-10? Adam Scott (1), Darren Clarke (T3), Geoff Ogilvy (T3), Justin Rose (T3), K.J. Choi (T6) and Vijay Singh (T9). 54-hole leader and Special Temporary Member Adam Scott is making his 34th career PGA TOUR start this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship, including his 12th of the 2003 season. The only non-member to win this year on the PGA TOUR is Darren Clarke. Clarke won last week at the WGC-NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio. Scott's final round scoring average for 2003 is 71.14. His best and worst? He posted a final round 62 at the 2003 Honda Classic and had an 80 last week at in the final round of the WGC-NEC Invitational. The last player to win on the PGA TOUR on a Sponsor Exemption was David Gossett at the 2001 John Deere Classic. A short list of other players who have won on a Sponsor Exemption: Tiger Woods, 1996 Las Vegas Invitational; Phil Mickelson, 1991 Northern Telecom Open; Jim Benepe, 1988 Beatrice Western Open and Scott Verplank, 1985 Western Open. In his PGA TOUR career, Tiger Woods has come-from-behind on eight occasions including twice at World Golf Championships events. Going into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship he sits eight strokes back of leader Adam Scott. The following lists Woods eight come-from-behind wins on the final day on the PGA TOUR:
Shots Behind/
Year Tournament 54-hole leader Margin of Victory
1996 Las Vegas Invitational 4/R. Black Playoff - D.Love III
1996 Disney/Oldsmobile Classic 1/four players 1 over P. Stewart
1997 Mercedes Championships* 4/T. Lehman Playoff ? T. Lehman
1999 WGC-American Express 1/M. Jimenez/C. Perry Playoff - M Jimenez
2000 AT&T Pebble Beach 5/M. Brooks/M. Gogel 2 over M. Gogel/V. Singh
2001 THE PLAYERS Championship 2/J. Kelly 1 over Singh
2001 The Memorial Tournament 1/P. Azinger 7 over P. Azinger/S. Garcia
2001 WGC-NEC Invitational 2/J. Furyk Playoff - J. Furyk
*1997 Mercedes Championships was shortened to 54 hole All nine of the Presidents Cup players who were in the Deutsche Bank Championship filed made the 36-hole cut. Six players from the International Presidents Cup team made the cut, including Adam Scott (1), K.J. Choi (T6) and Vijay Singh (T9), who are among the top-10 on the leaderboard through 54 holes. Other International players making the cut: Tim Clark (T11), Robert Allenby (T30) and Peter Lonard (T23). United States Presidents Cup players who made the 36-hole cut: Tiger Woods (T11), Jim Furyk (T39) and Assistant Captain Jeff Sluman (T30). Glen Hnatiuk and Tim Clark were the only players without a bogey on Sunday, bringing the number of bogey-free rounds to eight on the week. Adam Scott had not made a bogey since the 6th hole during Friday's first round, but erred on his 11th hole on Sunday to end the streak at 40 consecutive without a bogey. Fifty-two of the 71 players on Sunday completed their rounds in par or better, while 39 players posted under par scores. Through three rounds, the stroke average at TPC at Boston is 71.614. Sunday's third round scoring average dropped just over a full stroke from Saturday's second round to 70.592. Friday's scoring average was 72.218, while Saturday's second round scoring average dropped to 71.611. In 35 previous stroke-play events in 2003, 21 leaders/co-leaders through 54 holes on the PGA TOUR have gone on to win: Ernie Els (Mercedes Championship), Davis Love III (AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am), Tiger Woods (Buick Invitational), Frank Lickliter II (Chrysler Classic of
Tucson), Scott Hoch (Ford Championship at Doral), Woods (Bay Hill Invitational), Fred Couples (Shell Houston Open), David Toms (Wachovia Championship), Vijay Singh (EDS Byron Nelson Championship), Kenny Perry (Bank of America Colonial), Perry (The Memorial Tournament), Rory Sabbatini (FBR Capital Classic), Jim Furyk (U.S. Open Championship), Jonathan Kaye (Buick Classic) and Woods (100th Western Open), Perry (Greater Milwaukee Open), Peter Jacobsen (Greater Hartford Open), Furyk (Buick Open), Love (The INTERNATIONAL), Shaun Micheel (PGA Championship) and Darren Clarke (WGC-NEC Invitational). The largest 54-hole lead was eight strokes by Perry at the Bank of America Colonial. The Deutsche Bank Championship marks the 111th consecutive week Tiger Woods has been "in the money." It now leaves Woods just two short of Byron Nelson 's PGA TOUR record of 113 consecutive cuts made. Jonathan Kaye, who recorded his best round of season with an 8-under-par 63 , posted a 6-under-par 29 on the back nine for the low-9 for the week. It is Kaye's best round since he posted a 62 in the first round of the 2001 Greater Hartford Open. NOTES: Adam Scott recorded his third eagle of the week with an eagle on No. 2? There were only two eagles posted on Sunday while the first two rounds yielded 31 eagles over first two days. -End- |
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