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"I hit a lot of good shots early in the week and then it progressively got worse," said Woods after recording only his third over-par score at the event in 47 rounds.
Tiger Woods admits he has work to do after poor start to 2011 PGA Tour 2011
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Mr. Woods, whose game appears to be coming around despite another over-par round Friday at the BMW Championship, was a no-brainer.
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No golfer has won the Masters with an over-par score since Jack Burke won in 1956, but it appears that could be the case Sunday, when temperatures are expected to remain quite cool and conditions blustery, as they were Saturday.
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On a chilly Easter Sunday at the 71st Masters, an expected march to a fifth green jacket for Tiger Woods instead turned into a shootout at the over-par corral.
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His winning score, 1-over-par 289, was the third over-par winning score in Masters history and the first since 1956.
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That put him at 290, the first time over-par has won an Open in 14 years.
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The Huskies shot 9-over-par 297 Friday in the third round of the NCAA Championship, besting their previous low round by 10 strokes.
The Seattle Times 2011
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He had failed to par the hole in any round and on 10-over-par for the final major of the year only four of the 75 players left in were below him.
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But a return to Torrey - where his only prior over-par round in the US tour event was back in 2002 - seemed just what Woods needed as he sought to put his horrendous 2010 season behind him.
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Former Gophers golfer Don Constable shot a 2-over-par 74 at Erin Hills on Monday, and made the turn at 1-under for the day at Blue Mound to make a slight jump
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