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It May Be A Busy Night for Augusta National's Tailor
Saturday, April 12, 2008
By Tom Spousta


Tom Spousta

There will be a new Masters champion being fitted with a Green Jacket Sunday night.

How do I know?

Well, for one thing, Trevor Immelman, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Flesch and Paul Casey have not won a Masters.

Really, you ask.

Yes. And did anybody see Immelman’s approach shot at No. 15 spin off the green, roll down the bank toward the water, gather speed and …

STAY DRY!

“I was begging for it to stop,” said Immelman, who saved par with a nice chip and short putt and owns a two-stroke lead heading into Sunday. “I knew there was a chance it was going to go in the water. I couldn’t quite believe it when it stayed up.”

It’s that kind of good fortune that goes a long way at Augusta National.

Skill plays a starring role, too. And now, only Tiger Woods can prevent one of those four players from joining Zach Johnson as the second consecutive first-time champion.

Still, don’t forget this: Woods, amazingly, has never come from behind in the final round to win any of his 13 majors. He also hasn’t broken 70 on a Sunday here since his second Masters title in 2001, when he fired a 68.

No matter. In six years since then, he’s still won twice, shooting 71 in 2002 and 71 in 2005, his last victory, which required beating Chris DiMarco in a playoff.

Six strokes behind Immelman, two back of Casey, Woods will be paired with Stewart Cink and likely will need a 65 or 66 in the final round to secure a fifth green jacket.

He’ll need some help from those above him, too.

“I got a lot of work to do,” Woods said. “The conditions are supposed to be pretty blustery (Sunday) and a little cooler. Again, you got to hang in there and be patient out there because it doesn’t take much to make a high number here.”

So here’s how the 72nd Masters stands:

Immelman: 11-under.

Snedeker: 9-under.

Flesch 8-under.

Casey: 7-under.

Woods: 5-under.

Take a look.

You tell me.


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