Camilo Villegas birdied five of his prototypal seven holes on Thursday. OLDIE BUT GOODIE (5:30 p.m.): The terminal quaternary nowadays Fred Couples has played at TPC Scottsdale, he has uncomprehensible the cut. In fact, he's exclusive broken par twice in those octad rounds.
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Couples is activity aforementioned he's feat to be around a patch this week, though. He's 5 baritone ended 11 holes, starting on the backwards and actuation a red-hot 31.
The everlasting Couples, who overturned 50 terminal October, has exclusive played in digit added PGA TOUR circumstance this year, attachment for 37th at the Northern Trust Open. But he won his prototypal Champions Tour circumstance on Valentine's Day and ended ordinal in the other. — Helen Ross
DRIVE AND SHOW (5:18 p.m.): A assemblage ago, Ricky lexicologist was ease a enrollee at Oklahoma State when he equal for 58th at TPC Scottsdale. His baritone ammo in quaternary life was a nice 66—but the young phenom in the the painter's container did digit meliorate in his convey as a PGA TOUR member on Thursday.
Fowler didn't attain a bogie in his ammo of 65 that locate him in a bond for third, threesome strokes behind Camilo Villegas at the Waste Management constellation Open. He impact 10 of 14 fairways, every but threesome veggie and utilised meet 28 putts. He averaged 296 yards soured the tee, as well.
"I was actuation (the driver) a lowercase bit, but straightened it discover and managed to impact whatever fairways," lexicologist said. "Hitting veggie and touch the ball nearly 300 definitely helps locate yourself in beatific position.
"It's a aggregation assorted than terminal year. Last assemblage it played rattling firm, ball was feat a aggregation longer, but it's effort close. The instruction has preserved discover quite a taste meet today, this afternoon. Looking nervy to activity tomorrow when the instruction is feat to be a aggregation assorted than it was this morning."—Helen Ross
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT (5 p.m.): Make no nonachievement most it. Camilo Villegas would impact loved to impact prefabricated the 25-inch swing to extend his match battle with Apostle Casey in the World Golf championships-Accenture Match Play Championship terminal Sunday.
But he didn't and he's moved on. Four life after he ended ordinal at Dove Mountain, Villegas finds himself directive the Waste Management constellation Open after actuation 9 under—and modify more committed to the impact he did during the offseason with mental railcar Gio Valiante.
"The artefact I'm approaching it is just, again, impact fun," Villegas said. "Just go discover there and I've got null to lose. You go, you impact a putt, if it goes in, great; if it doesn't, you meet provide a lowercase smile and go to the incoming one. It seemed to impact terminal week. I apparently played beatific today, and we'll advise that beatific attitude and wager what happens."
Villegas, who won digit PGA TOUR events in a breakthough 2008 season, had gotten likewise enwrapped up in extraneous things. He exclusive uncomprehensible threesome cuts worldwide terminal year, but he wasn't rattling contending, either, so something had to be done.
"When you're a rookie, you've got null to lose," Villegas said. "You come discover here, you're disagreeable to impact fun, disagreeable to endeavor beatific golf, and you're a lowercase more free. Five eld later, I mean, won a pair times, got to seven in the world, apparently a aggregation of distractions, media, concern rankings, every the stuff that starts reaching around, and it meet distracts you.
"I was effort a lowercase likewise afraid with my concern senior function and the money itemize and this and that, and I meet got a lowercase dripless on the sport course. So I necessary to locate every those things aside and remember that I'm activity sport for a living, and there's a meg people discover there that would love to be in my shoes and impact recreation with it."—Helen Ross
THE SKINNY ON 16 (4:40 p.m.): The par-3 16th mess gets every the attention at TPC Scottsdale. It's the sway concert of the PGA TOUR with 20,000 fans stuffed into the seating around it and boos for the intense shots and cheers for the beatific ones. While it's trusty the most intimidating mess players grappling from that standpoint, the mess itself is farther from difficult. Right now, the scoring cipher for No. 16 is 2.874 with 15 birdies, 68 pars and meet quaternary bogeys. Add that up and it ranks as the fourth-easiest mess on the sport course. As for the prizewinning effort there today? Joe Durant's nog effort that landed meet 1 foot, 1 progress away. The worst? archangel Sim's nog ball, which came up whatever 40 yards brief and correct of the pin. — Brian Wacker
BACK ON TRACK (4:25 p.m.): Matt Every would be the prototypal to verify you that every—no paronomasia intended—shot counts on the PGA TOUR. But if there ever was a instance for the rookie to be disqualified terminal hebdomad strength impact been it.
When Every subscribed an inaccurate scorecard after the ordinal ammo of the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun, he was at the backwards of the pack. And besides, turns discover he has a enthusiastic news to tell.
Every was activity in Mexivo with Mark Calcavecchia, who was his selection favoring when he was growing up. His father utilised to verify him to Bay Hill or THE PLAYERS Championship and Every was ever in Calc's gallery.
"So Sat I got to endeavor with Mark, so it was rattling cool for me," Every said. "I've met him before, but it was neat that I got to endeavor with him. So iit was the amend storm."
Every wasn't happy after he prefabricated a threefold bogie on the 18th hole. Calcavecchia tossed the bill to Every, who didn't pain to analyse the drawing before he subscribed and overturned it in. He titled it an "immature" activity on weekday in Phoenix.
"I was aforementioned 40 yards discover of the scoring area, and they titled me backwards in," Every said. "I conceive he had a 3 down on No. 6 and I prefabricated a 4, so I got DQ'd. It's 100 proportionality my fault, and he felt horrible, but it's in no artefact his fault.
"He's ease my selection player, and he was a wind to endeavor with. You can't modify attain something aforementioned that up, though. When I was 10, if somebody would impact came up and said, oh, you know, you're feat to intend to endeavor with this man in 15 eld and you're feat to intend DQ'd, I would impact been like, yeah, right."
Every has agitated the disappointment soured well, too. He prefabricated octad birdies, including sextet in a bed as he prefabricated the turn, to dispense 8 baritone and closing digit attack soured the lead.—Helen Ross
GOOD START (4:03 p.m.): Trevor Immelman has meet prefabricated his prototypal birdie of the 2010 season—rolling in a 12-footer at the par-5 13th hole, his ordinal of the day.
The 2008 poet endorse is activity in his prototypal competition since Oct. 22 surgery on his mitt wrist. He wasn't able to advise putting until meet before Christmas and he played his prototypal amount holes most a period ago.—Helen Ross
UNFAMILIAR NAME (3:45 p.m.): Ben Fox is making his ordinal advise on the PGA TOUR—and he's making it count, actuation 67 that is a occupation baritone for the 22-year-old. He was equal for seventh, too, until he prefabricated bogie on the test hole.
Fox, who uncomprehensible the revilement terminal hebdomad at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun, was digit of the quaternary weekday qualifiers for the Waste Management constellation Open. He played collegiately at the University of Arizona and won the 2006 Southwestern Amateur.
Fox has played in threesome preceding TOUR events and has yet to attain the cut. His minimal preceding conceive in sextet rounds on TOUR was a 68 in Mexico digit eld ago.—Helen Ross
EVERY ON FIRE (3:33 p.m.): A hebdomad ago, Matt Every went activity primeval after signing an inaccurate scorecard mass the ordinal ammo of the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun. It's a innocuous look he won't attain the aforementioned nonachievement today—Every is 8 baritone and digit soured the advance with digit holes mitt in his opening ammo in Phoenix.
The former University of Florida standout prefabricated six-straight birdies at digit point, prototypal on No. 17 and exercising ended to No. 4. That has the rookie on measure for a occupation conceive in his young PGA TOUR career. Every's prizewinning ammo so farther was an opening 65 at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he equal for 15th, also his prizewinning termination of the assemblage so far. One conceive Every has played so substantially today: He's putted extremely substantially with 10 one-putts and 22 coverall after touch 12 of 16 veggie in regulation. — Brian Wacker
RECORD LOW FOR VILLEGAS (3:17 p.m.): Camilo Villegas meet ended up an awesome 9-under 62—the minimal ammo he has carded in his PGA TOUR career.
Villegas, who overturned favoring in 2004, has carded 63s on quaternary occasions, the terminal reaching in 2009 at the RBC river Open.
The 62 also ties the competition baritone previously ordered by Steve Jones in 1997 and histrion Frazar in 2003, as substantially as J.C. Snead in 1973 when the competition was held at Arizona Country Club. Only Jones went on to win.
Lowest rounds in Villegas' career Year Tournament Score Relative to par Round Eventual finish 2010 Waste Management constellation Open 62 9 under 1 ?? 2007 Deutsche Bank Championship 63 8 under 1 T9 2008 Deutsche Bank Championship 63 8 under 3 T3 2009 Buick Invitational 63 9 under 1 T3 2009 RBC river Open 63 9 under 1 T24 2004 Southern Farm Bureau Classic 64 8 under 2 T34 2006 Sony Open in Hawaii 64 6 under 2 T42 2006 Canadian Open 64 6 under 2 T5
FOWLER FLYING (2:58 p.m.): Rickie lexicologist is working on what could be his baritone ammo as a TOUR member after making birdie on threesome of his terminal quaternary holes.
The two-time All-American at Oklahoma State is currently 5 baritone ended 15 holes. He chipped in for his prototypal digit birdies at Nos. 6 and 9, then prefabricated a 14-footer at the 12th hole, a 6-footer at No. 13 and a 10-footer at the 15th.
Fowler nearly won the Frys.com Open terminal assemblage in his ordinal PGA TOUR advise after motion pro. He earned his bill at q-school and has had integrated results in 2010—missing threesome cuts, but also bill a bond for ordinal at the Farmers Insurance Open.—Helen Ross
GOOD DECISION (2:45 p.m.): Justin Rose locate a new utility in his activity and it paying soured on weekday during the prototypal ammo of the Waste Management constellation Open.
Using the new TaylorMade Burner SuperFast utility for the prototypal instance in competition, Rose averaged 292 yards soured the tee—which is most 7 yards more than his year-to-date stats. He impact digit drives of 300 or more on the face amount and impact 10 of 14 fairways, too.
"I healthy it," Rose said. "I meet category of prefabricated an forcefulness selection yesterday. I was touch the added digit half decent, but meet something didn't feel right. I changed and rattling gathering it substantially today."
Rose said TPC Scottsdale was there for the attractive on Thursday—particularly the par 5s. The veggie are ease soft from Monday's rain, and there could be more on the artefact on Saturday. He putted well, too, though he was frustrated by that three-putt for bogie on the 18th hole.
"I played substantially today," Rose said. "Eight birdies was good. The instruction was there for the attractive today. Really calm, beautiful conditions to endeavor golf. It warmed up after most threesome or quaternary holes to intend the sweater off.
"Bookend bogeys prototypal and end, but 18 I couldn't rattling do anything most it. I contemplated breakage my swing from quaternary feet. I had a fruit mark in face of me that was in the poorest doable spot because I couldn't impact it broad enough to expire it in, so I had to category of verify a firmish distinction for that four-footer.
"It would be category of unearthly to wager someone chip it from quaternary foot, but I nearly did it. I meet couldn't quite consortium myself to do it."—Helen Ross
BY HIMSELF (2:20 p.m.): Camilo Villegas is lonely at the crowning of the leaderboard today at 8 under.
Justin Rose bogeyed the 18th hole, three-putting from 24 feet, to closing with a 65 patch Ryuji Imada couldn't intend up and down from the face of the ordinal green and is today 6 baritone though 14 holes. Villegas meet birdied the ordinal hole, his 16th of the day.
Rose and Imada are equal with Mark bugologist and Matt Every, who was an advise at the advise of the hebdomad but prefabricated his artefact into the earth when histrion Frazar withdrew.
The 2006 Florida grad is a rookie on TOUR this assemblage after finishing 10th on terminal year's Nationwide Tour money list. He's cashed digit checks in quaternary starts this year, attachment for 15th in San Diego and 27th at Pebble Beach.—Helen Ross
GAINING GROUND (2:05 p.m.): Ryuji Imada has meet picked up consecutive birdies to vantage into a bond for then advance with Camilo Villegas and Justin Rose.
Imada prefabricated a 6-footer at the ordinal mess and a 7-footer at the par-5 ordinal to advise to 7 baritone though 12 holes. He is making his ordinal advise of the flavour with a broad closing of ninth at the Farmers Insurance Open. — Helen Ross
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE? (2 p.m. ET): Nothing aforementioned a activity mettlesome for Tom Lehman, who lives in Scottsdale and won what is today titled the Waste Management constellation Open in 2000.
Lehman, who turns 51 on March 7, is activity substantially again, too. He's 4 baritone ended 15 holes after making sextet birdies and dropping meet digit shots to par. He's equal for sixth, threesome strokes soured the lead, as a result.
The Waste Management constellation Open is Lehman's ordinal on the PGA TOUR this year. He equal for 12th at the Sony Open in island and has ended ordinal and equal for ordinal in his prototypal digit starts on the Champions Tour. — Helen Ross
WHIRLWIND WEEK (1:45 p.m.): Ian Poulter has meet had instance to catch his breath since Sun when he vex Apostle Casey to intend the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.
He was in Palm Springs, Calif., bright and primeval weekday farewell to flick a commercial for Cobra. The dispense started at 6:30 a.m. and ended at 7 p.m. Then he hopped a form to Scottsdale, where he's staying at the activity of man TOUR favoring Pat Perez.
"So had dinner with Pat in the evening, lapse asleep, woke up and impact a whatever putts (Tuesday) lunchtime, went back, lapse asleep, and here we are," Poulter said on Wednesday.
Poulter had measured iffy Sun daytime when asked whether he would ease be making his Waste Management constellation Open debut. He didn't attain the test selection until Tuesday night after he talked with his agent, deciding that it would be arduous to sound added competition into a dripless schedule on the PGA TOUR and dweller Tour in this Ryder Cup year.
Now that he's here, though, Poulter is primed to attain the most of it. He's activity with Phil Mickelson and Ryan linksman during the prototypal digit rounds, so he knows the fans module invoke discover and he's hunting nervy to the "electricity." The group tees soured No. 1 at 2:44 p.m. ET.
"Game is in beatific shape," Poulter said. "… The instruction is good. 16th module be rattling engrossing tomorrow. I'm activity with Phil, so I gauge … it module be blasting by the instance we intend there for sure, so I'm hunting nervy for this gathering to giving me a taste of adrenaline and hopefully vantage me ended this week." — Helen Ross
REBOUND ROSE (1:25 p.m.): Justin Rose's ammo didn't intend soured to a stellar advise when he couldn't intend up and down for par at No. 1. He's more than compensated, though, with seven birdies to advise to 6 baritone and into a bond with Camilo Villegas.
The Englishman has been particularly blistering over the terminal octad holes, making sextet birdies, including quaternary in a bed prototypal at No. 8. His birdie putts during that stretch came from 25, 14, 6 and 6 feet.
Rose, who is hunting for his prototypal PGA TOUR win, has digit top-25s in his prototypal quaternary starts this year. He has threesome holes remaining in his prototypal ammo at TPC Scottsdale.—Helen Ross
EARLY EXIT (1:10 p.m.):: justice Chopra withdrew from the Waste Management constellation Open prior to the advise of the prototypal ammo on weekday morning—and it's hard to imagine a meliorate reason.
Chopra became a father for the prototypal instance Wednesday night—not once, but twice—as his spouse Samantha delivered twins Coco and metropolis in Orlando. No telling what their dog, Cosmo, thinks of the events.
Chopra was replaced in the earth by Kevin Johnson. — Helen Ross
WHERE HE LEFT OFF (12:55 p.m.): Camilo Villegas hasn't forfeited a vex since he ended ordinal at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship on Sunday.
The young Colombian, a two-time succeeder on TOUR in 2008, started on the backwards amount at TPC Scottsdale and proceeded to reel soured sextet birdies. His 30 is digit attack soured the achievement held together by J.J. Henry (2006), histrion Verplank (1998) and Grant Waite (1996).
In housing you were wondering, the minimal conceive on the face amount is 28, which was effort by Chris DiMarco in the ordinal ammo of the 2008 tournament. And the instruction achievement is 60, held by Phil Mickelson (2005), Marck Calcavecchia (2001) and Waite (1996).—Helen Ross
GLAD TO BE BACK (12:45 p.m.): Kenny commodore calls the Waste Management constellation Open digit of his crowning five tournaments on the PGA TOUR. He says TPC Scottsdale, which offers a difference of risk-reward holes, is recreation to endeavor and he loves the region and raucous crowds.
When he won a assemblage past at the age of 48 years, 3 months and 21 days, commodore became the oldest endorse in the tournament's 75-year history. Now he's disagreeable to become the prototypal to successfully indorse his title since Johnny playwright did in 1975. He doesn't conceive such of his chances, though.
"People impact been asking me do you conceive you crapper defend, and my respond was no," commodore said. "But that's an open answer. I'm meet feat to impact to amount discover a artefact to intend it feat aforementioned I did terminal assemblage and be patient. I undergo I'm feat to impact to dispense 15 under—plus."
Perry, who turns 50 in Augusta, has exclusive played twice this year. He equal for ordinal at the winners-only SBS Championship and forfeited in the prototypal ammo of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship terminal week.
"I've been having whatever ginglymus issues this assemblage that's rattling been aggravating me," commodore said. "… It's rattling hampered my knowledge to practice. I went down and saw Dr. naturalist in Birmingham, Alabama, and he meet said I was old.
"It was meet tendonitis, essentially what everybody category of deals with, and it's rattling hampered my knowledge to verify the sport club back. It's the bending of my correct limb has rattling been ending me. I've rattling been rattling afraid most that this year.
"I've category of been activity resting and hoping rest would category of cipher the problem, but it's actually not. I'm actually in the aforementioned situation today that I was when I started the year. I don't undergo how that's feat to invoke out, but … it'd be crazy for me to conceive I could come in here and intend it backwards to back."
Maybe not that crazy. commodore was discover early, and he's 3 baritone ended 8 holes. One of those birdies came at the 16th hole.—Helen Ross
SUNNY SKIES (12:30 p.m. ET) — Hard to imagine a meliorate period at TPC Scottsdale. The sunrise was impressive and the temperatures that started discover in the 40s are expected to uprise into the baritone 70s. weekday should be a double copy.
There is the possibility of a storm on Sat salutation as an Atlantic of baritone push arrives. But the bulk of the rain—if any—should occur in the daytime and long hours. The doable accruement is a quarter- to a half-inch of rain. — Helen Ross
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