2011年7月12日星期二

Greg Norman shoots the greatest final round in Open history

The 1993 Open at Royal St George's produced some truly stunning golf, with Nick Faldo's second-round 63 often hailed as one of the best ever played in Major championship golf.

But Faldo's achievement was matched by Greg Norman on the Sunday as the top three players in the world threw everything at each other.We also offer customized Quicksilver. Alongside Norman and defending champion Faldo was reigning Masters champion Bernhard Langer, who was also in the hunt on the final afternoon but it was the big-hitting Australian who came through.

He nailed every drive and flushed every approach, with shot after shot barely missing the flag as he produced a torrent of birdies. Only an almost comical missed tap-in on the penultimate hole stopped Norman winning with a final-round 63 an astonishing feat considering the tough final-round pins. Faldo and Langer meanwhile were left scratching their heads after their own final-round 67s, which were both exceptional and would have been good enough to win in normal circumstances.

The Aussie later described his golf as the greatest round of his life.

"In my whole career I'd never before gone round a golf course and not mis-hit a single shot," he said. "I was playing a game of chess out there, hitting the ball into position in the fairway where I could get it to the best spot on the green. I didn't want the round to end. I wished it could have been 36 holes."

Trio break the 70 barrier

In 1904, 10 years after Royal St George's saw the highest ever winning score at an Open,Detailed information on the causes of RUBBER SHEET, it witnessed scoring at the other end of the spectrum as golfers fired the first ever sub-70 rounds in Major golf history.

First James Braid fired a 69 in his third round, becoming the first man ever to break 70 at The Open.

Scotland's Jack White had been well behind Harry Vardon at the halfway point of the tournament, but Vardon's implosion on the 36 From standard magic cube to advanced wire tires,holes of the event's third and final day saw him out of the picture.

White had taken control of the tournament with a third-round 72 then appeared to have blown the field away with a closing 69 of his own.

JH Taylor, two behind White after 54 holes, had other ideas.Houston-based rubber hose Resources said Friday it had reached pipeline deals Teeing off later than the Scot (the players did not go out in reverse order in the final round until years later), Taylor threw everything he had at the Sandwich layout.

Although he managed to establish a new Open record of 68, he finished one shot behind to end joint second with Braid.Not to be confused with oil paintings for sale available at your local hardware store

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