Memorial 1st round 2016

and PHIL is out this afternoon--let'go PHIL

bogie on 1st hole--found bunker from the fairway and missed 6 foot par putt

phil hit fairway then missed green and missed par putt. here we go.gezzz

misses green from fairway, and then misses 7 footer for par

+1 through 1

as much as I was irritated that pgatour charged for featured groups now they are showing Phil till TV coverage begins and again in the morning. So Ive been getting my $$ worth. he has been getting coverage every time he plays

two good shots on 2 but misses the 11 footer for birdie and it is just a par

+1 through 2

2 holes 7 ft and 11 ft putts missed. He hit 2 fairways though.

Phil is 3rd in strokes gained putting stat yet seems like he cant make anything.

announcers just said Phil should go back to old way of putting

just said Phil is #1 in par 3 scoring too.

12 ft birdie miss. he last win British open he wasn't using the claw grip

Jason Day putts like Tiger in his heyday. But he and Speith are sooooo slow!!!

5 feet for birdie, let's get it back.  DJohnson, good golly miss molly.

back to even and only 9 strokes out of 1st

9.5 feet for birdie....let's do it.

Yesterday, when Jack was asked "what do you take of Phil's preparation for the majors?", Jack said Phil prepares for the majors, but there's nothing like winning a regular tournament to show you that you're on track....so he can start with the Memorial!. I think Jack was trying to say that one's play in a regular tournament is important, it shows you that what you're doing it working. I think in a way, it was dismissive of Phil's attempt to suggest that a preliminary tournament wasn't to important because he is 'preparing for a major', Jack saying that yea, although he prepared for majors more than regular tournaments, he also tried to always win regular ones (more of an excuse than anything....I think Jack was trying to be diplomatic, but I think that's where he was headed).

Nope..

6 holes and already 4 missed putts in the 6-12 foot range

tap in birdie at 7

-1 now

ok birdie from 18 ft. keep it going!!!!!

I'll say one thing, he's driving the ball nicely.  They were saying on Sirius PGA Tour radio that's what you have to do to score well here, that it's very 'scoreable' if you are playing from the fairways.

They also said Jack likes to keep 'fast greens', that they're like 14-stimp, but unlike the Sawgrass, the greens are flatter, not as much with the hills and swales that are impossible to navigate together with fast greens.

another couple of birds and only six back

Whoa! Phil is just 6 feet away from three birdies in a row and 4 in five holes!

He is striking the ball nicely.

3 birdies in a row! All aboard!

missed another 12 footer at 10 to stop the birdie train. Has 5-6 feet for birdie at 11...ball striking looks really good!

oh boy, missed the 5-6 footer...just par at 11

not hard to figure out what is holding him back in this round