Three-time Masters
winner Phil Mickelson believes he is “back in the mix” among the
world’s top golfers thanks to some new-found confidence after
rediscovering his touch on the green.
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• Rose shares lead with journeyman Tom Gillis
• McIlroy enjoys late surge to lie one shot back
Justin Rose shot another 66 to share the lead at the Honda Classic in Florida, but Rory McIlroy is hot on his heels after three birdies in his last five holes.
Rose moved alongside self-confessed journeyman Tom Gillis at eight under par on a day when another American, the left-hander Brian Harman, shattered the course record by three with a dazzling 61.
McIlroy, who will take over from Luke Donald at the top of the world rankings if he wins on Sunday, is only one behind thanks to the shots he picked up on the 14th, 15th and 18th.
Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood are seven back, however. Woods, who had been in danger of missing the cut, had to birdie the last two holes for his 68.
Rose reached 10 under by turning in 31 and added further birdies on the 3rd and 5th, but bogeyed the next two. He went over the green at the difficult 6th and then failed to get up and down from sand on the 7th.
“I’ve not made that many mistakes,” he said. “It’s a course that rewards limiting the mistakes. Keeping them off the card really counts.”
McIlroy, delighted with his position after entering the closing stretch five adrift, said: “I felt like I played another really solid round. I had a couple of chances on the front nine and didn’t take them, but I was just trying to stay as patient as possible.
“The bogey on the 13th when I had only a wedge in my hand [he hit it into a plugged lie in a bunker] was frustrating, but the finish was nice.”
The US Open champion struck a 179-yard approach to two feet on the 14th, rolled in a 15-footer at the next and then found the green in two on the 556-yard last and two-putted.
Harman – first reserve for the event at the start of the week – turned in 29 and stood on the tee at the par-five 18th needing an eagle for 59. He was in a greenside bunker for two, but splashed out five feet past the cup and missed it.
“Just to have a chance to do something special like that is really humbling and pretty cool,” he said.
“I just got it rolling today – it was one of those days where everything bounced my way and I made a lot of putts.”
An early exit from Woods was a distinct possibility when he pulled his tee shot into the water on the short 5th – his 14th – and double-bogeyed.
With two to play he was in 71st place; only the top 70 and ties at the end of the second round progress to the closing 36 holes. But on the 8th Woods hit a 138-yard approach to six ft and he followed that with an 11-ft putt on the next.
“It was a little bit of a fight – probably the worst I’ve hit the ball in months,” he said. “I got it going, lost it, got it going, lost it and then got it going. I figured something out with the swing the last four holes. Unfortunately it took me that long.”
Graeme McDowell blasted a 64 and moved from three over to three under. Padraig Harrington was one further back after a 68, but the Open champion, Darren Clarke, missed the cut on eight over after adding a 75 to his opening 73.
Westwood had only one bogey on his card – it came at the short 17th for the second day running – but managed just two birdies. He and Woods were just outside the top 30.
The overnight leader Davis Love, America’s Ryder Cup captain, fell back, following a hole-in-one on the fifth in his opening 64 with a double bogey on his return there.
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Matt Kuchar putts on the seventh green while playing in the quarterfinal round against Hunter Mahan during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Hunter Mahan, left, and Matt Kuchar line up their putts on the seventh green while playing in the quarterfinal round during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Hunter Mahan, left, and Matt Kuchar line up their putts on the seventh green while playing in the quarterfinal round during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
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