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Woods hasn't won on the PGA Tour in nearly two years and withdrew early from the Players Championship, but he did shoot an extraordinary front-nine 31 in the Masters' final round, mounting a charge reminiscent of his glory years.

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Adam Scott was similarly cruising under the radar, making the front-nine turn at two under at which point he was tied with K.J. Choi and Angel Cabrera, two shots behind the lead, and then holing birdie putts at 11 and 14 to take the lead for himself at 11-under.

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Glover kept himself in check Monday despite shooting a front-nine 3-over 38 while Barnes turned in a 40.

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From seven strokes adrift at the start of the day, the US Masters champion drew level with a sparkling front-nine 31, but he could not get back on terms after Bradley birdied the 10th.

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His front-nine 30, which might have been a 29 but for a 10-foot birdie effort on the ninth that lipped out of the hole, had the verve and excitement of a back-nine charge at Augusta National.

Clarke's Win One for the Aged, If Not For the Ages John Paul Newport 2011

Woods hasn't won on the PGA Tour in nearly two years and withdrew early from the Players Championship, but he did shoot an extraordinary front-nine 31 in the Masters' final round, mounting a charge reminiscent of his glory years.

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The wind for most of Mickelson's front-nine run was blowing steadily at 20 to 25 miles an hour, with gusts to 35 miles and hour, and it was punctuated by brief lashes of driving-hard rain.

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Gusting winds or not, it was kind of weird that — on the 10th anniversary of Woods 'front-side-folly-turned-improbable-victory — Mickelson plunked down the same front-nine number.

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But after making just one bogey over the first three rounds, Points had two on the front-nine Sunday.

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And his answer is simple: The network can, and has, shown front-nine action but not much because of time constraints.

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