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“I never putted well here. On the ninth I missed a two-foot birdie putt; on the 13th, I missed it by three feet; ditto on the 18th. This I have to iron out through the weekend.
“In the US, only when you are playing in Florida, it gets grainy (the Bermuda grass) like this. The Bermuda here is very tough.”
The caddie factor
There was a lot of reliance on caddie Ali Jaan. “Every hole, he read the line. He knows my speed and has been caddying for me since I was young.”
More of the same
Ryder Cup man Darren Clarke (69 today), said much the same words. “I struggled on the greens. They are so grainy that I’m struggling to pick my lines. I just hung in there and chipped in at last which was a nice way to finish.
Boils down to the 18th
World number four Ernie Els (a 70 today, to just about make the cut): “Just that one hole (18th) yesterday and it could have been a little bit different. I was trying to get it back to even. I’m one-over now so I’ll try to get something going in the morning. If I can somehow get to something like six-under, I might have a chance on Sunday.”
But, he said: “It is such a great course, because if you are off here, you are going to find out about it. I like that kind of golf. I have not been too patient so far, but hopefully it will come over the weekend.”
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