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Masters 2006

Outshining the stars

With 36 holes remaining, Vaughn Taylor is bidding to become the second player with Augusta ties to slip on a green jacket. Taylor is alone at 1-under, one shot behind the leaders.

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2007 Masters News

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Clark, Wetterich prove that experience isn't everything

Experience at Augusta National Golf Club isn't what it's cracked up to be; at least, not through two rounds of the 71st Masters Tournament.
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Par on 18th keeps Howell on course

Charles Howell made it to the weekend this year.
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Hard-charging rookie Wetterich tones down style to share lead

Brett Wetterich often fights insomnia the nights between tournament rounds.
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Woods works to hang on

It won't rank as Tiger Woods' most dramatic turnaround, but the four-time Masters Tournament champion avoided disaster in Amen Corner and kept his quest for a third consecutive major victory alive.
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Lefty is forced to rally again

Doubt began to enter Phil Mickelson's mind as he rifled through the undergrowth along the 11th fairway, searching for another one of his wayward tee shots.
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Solid putting surprises Stadler as he makes cut

Craig Stadler won the Masters Tournament 25 years ago. He's putting as though he wants to contend for it again this weekend.
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Past success isn't helping much

For the first two days, dry conditions have held scores in check and the sound down at the 71st Masters Tournament.
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Some have weekend off

Given how tough Augusta National Golf Club has played the first two days, the 36 golfers who won't be around for weekend play might consider themselves the lucky ones.
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Couples ties Player's streak of cuts made

Take a good look at Fred Couples this weekend in the Masters Tournament. You might not see him again this season.
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Putting trouble hits hard for Love

Davis Love III had just birdied the par-5 eighth hole at Augusta National Golf Club to get within three shots of the lead.
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Furyk, Singh in running with pedestrian rounds

Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh both said it's strange territory to shoot 1-under-par 71 and still move into contention at the Masters Tournament.
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Who said Masters needs to be easy?

A popular refrain has been wafting through the pines around Augusta National Golf Club, and it makes you cringe to hear it.
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Creative play keeps Howell in the hunt

Creative thinking means a lot in terms of preserving a player's sanity at Augusta National Golf Club.
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Birdies bode well, move Harrington 8 shots from lead

From his first shot Friday morning, Padraig Harrington embraced the slight margin between good and bad at Augusta National Golf Club.
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Despite poor results, experience treasured

Troy Matteson, a three-time All-American at Georgia Tech, charged at the end of his rookie season on the PGA Tour to qualify for his first Masters Tournament based on his money list ranking. Matteson was a first-time PGA Tour winner in October at the Las Vegas event. The 27-year-old Alpharetta, Ga., resident agreed to share his daily thoughts with The Augusta Chronicle during his debut. Matteson shot 79-79 to miss the cut.
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The kings of clubs

There's a Masters Tournament tradition known mainly to club officials, members and winners at Augusta National Golf Club.
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Get your fill, and then some, for $40 a day

Rachael Ray has no idea how easy she has it.
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Guard kept first gallery at bay

Plenty have seen a Masters Tournament winner in person. Many have even gotten to meet one. But very few can say they met the first.
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Cold weekend awaits players

Usually, rain poses the biggest problem at Augusta National Golf Club during Masters Week.
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Best seat in the house

Augusta National's beach feels more like Cape Cod than Tahiti this morning.
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Masters notebook

FEELS LIKE HOME: Justin Rose, the 26-year-old from England, grew up playing in the kind of cool and windy conditions the Masters Tournament has seen through two rounds.
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What they're saying

He (Tiger Woods) has to make the third day his day, or it won't be his major. It will be cold in the early morning and probably only around 50 degrees when Woods begins his round. There is no time left to take the temperature or smell the azaleas.
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Who's hot, who's not

Padraig Harrington: The Irishman bounced back nicely from his opening 77 with 4-under-par 68, the low round of the Masters Tournament.
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By the numbers: The cut

152: The score it took to make the cut. The highest score in Masters history that made the cut is 154 in 1982.
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Shot of the Day

Saving bogey on no. 12: Tiger Woods saved bogey after hitting his tee shot into Rae's Creek. His 9-iron shot on the course's shortest hole was knocked down by wind, hit the bank and rolled into the water.
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Tournament trivia

Highest scores by a second-round leader or leaders in Masters history:
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