CME Group Tour Rd Three

[bobawiefan]

Hello Wie Nation:

WOOT-WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A very good second round of golf by Michelle…13 of 14 fairways hit, 93%…1.54 putts/gir….While her Gir‘s (13 of 18...72%) were a little low, Michelle’s chip saves, ( 4 of 5) and total putts, (26...1.44 putts/hole) were good and excellent respectively….
On hole 17, (Par 5...485yds) Michelle’s drive (hit fairway) was 257yds…Her 2nd ,(a hybrid), shot to the green was 228yds…Michelle’s approach shot came up short,(about 3 to 5 feet) and landed in the bunker…Michelle played an excellent bunker shot that left her with about a 5 feet birdie putt…Which she made with ease….
So, Wie Nation, Michelle had a very good second round….Can she have a very good third round?
Let’s find out…..

WIE, Michelle…Started -5...T4...Now -5...T4
SMITH, Sarah Jane…Started -5...T4...Now -5...T4
GAL, Sandra…Started -5...T4...Now -5...T4

Naples weather forecast calls for:
10:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST…78 degrees…Mostly cloudly…16-18 mph winds
3:00 PM EST until….78 degrees...Cloudly…14-16 mph winds…60% Scattered Thunderstorms??

Go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

Not much low scoring with the early players??
33 players of 67 players have teed off thru 4 holes
5 players under par
1 players -2
4 players -1
18 players Even
10 players over par
4 players +1
3 players +2
1 player +3
1 players 4
1 player +7

[bobawiefan]

WOOT-WOOT

Round Three Wie Nation:
What’s Michelle going to do today???
She’s in the next to last group and we’ll get about 2 and a half hours of TV Coverage…WOOT-WOOT

Wie…-5...T4
Smith…-5...T4
Gal…-5...T4

Up First:
Hole 1...Par 5...533yds…Par…Bogey

Yesterday, the bogey on this hole started a fire in Michelle’s golf game
Hopefully, today, a birdie will continue the fire in Michelle’s golf game

Go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

Hole 1...Par 5...533yds…Par…-5...T4
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 1 of 1
Hit the green…gir 1 of 1
2 putt…putts/gir 2...total putts 2

Smith…Bogey…-4...T7
Gal…Par…-5...T4

Up next:
Hole 2...Par 4...380yds…Birdie…Par

Go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

Hole 2...Par 4...380yds…Bogey…-4...T6
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 2 of 2
Missed the green…gir 1 of 2
Chipped…chip saves 0 of 1
2 putt…putts/gir 2...total putts 4

Smith…Bogey…-3...T10
Gal…Par…-5...T3

Up next:
Hole 3...Par 4...415yds…Birdie…Birdie

Go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

Hole 3...Par 4...415yds…Par…-4...T6
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 3 of 3
Hit the green…gir 2 of 3
2 putt…putts/gir 4...total putts 6

Smith…Par…-3...T111
Gal…Par…-5...T4

Wie Dist…H, 241yds
Smith Dist…H, 255yds
Gal Dist…H, 244yds

I’m going to stream-lined stats and wait for TV

Go michelle go

Got to love wie golf

bobawiefan

[bobawiefan]

The Rest of the Story

Third Round Score
72...E
Tournament Score
72...67...72...-5...T7

Hole 4...Par 4...393yds…Par…-4...T6
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 4 of 4
Hit the green…gir 3 of 4
2 putt…putts/gir 6...total putts 8

Hole 5...Par 3...190yds…Bogey…-3...T9
Missed the green…gir 3 of 5
Chipped…chip saves 0 of 2
2 putt…putts/gie 6...total putts 10

Hole 6...Par 5...492yds…Birdie…-4...9th
Missed the fairway…fairways hit 4 of 5
Hit the green…gir 4 of 6
1 putt…putts/gir 7...total putts 11

Hole 7...Par 4...355yds…Birdie…-5...T6
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 5 of 6
Hit the green…gir 5 of 7
1 putt…putts/gir 8...total putts 12

Hole 8...Par 3...140yds…Birdie…-6...T3
Hit the green…gir 6 of 8
1 putt…putts/gir 9...total putts 13

Hole 9...Par 4...418yds…Par…-6...T4
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 6 of 7
Hit the green…gir 7 of 9
2 putt…putts/gir 11...total putts 15

Hole 10...Par 4...320yds…Birdie…-7...T3
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 7 of 8
Hit the green…gir 8 of 10
1 putt…putts/gir 12...total putts 16

Hole 11...Par 4...386yds…D-bogey…-5...T6
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 8 of 9
Missed the green…gir 8 of 11
In the bunker…chipped to rough
Chipped to green…chip saves 0 of 3
Sand saves 0 of 1
2 putt…putts/gir 12...total putts 18

Hole 12...Par 3...156yds…Par…-5...T6
Hit the green…gir 9 of 12
2 putt…putts/gir 14...total putts 20

Hole 13...Par 4...350yds…Bogey-4...T10
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 9 of 10
Missed the green…gir 9 of 13
Chipped…chip saves 0 of 4
2 putt…putts/gir 14...total putts 22

Hole 14...Par 5...544yds…Birdie…-5...T8
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 10 of 11
Hit the green…gir 10 of 14
1 putt…putts/gir 15...total putts 23

Hole 15...Par 4...390yds…Par…-5...T5
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 11 of 12
Hit the green…gir 11 of 15
2 putt…putts/gir 17...total putts 25

Hole 16...Par 3...168yds…Par…-5...T6
Missed the green…gir 11 of 16
Chipped…chip saves 1 of 5
1 putt…putts/gir 17...total putts 26

Hole 17...Par 5...485yds…Par…-5...T7
Missed the fairway…fairways hit 11 of 13...3 Wood…275yds to fairway bunker
Hit the green…gir 12 of 17
2 putt…putts/gir 19...total putts 28

Hole 18...Par 4...426yds…Par…-5...T7
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 12 of 14
Hit the green…gir 13 of 18
2 putt…putts/gir 21...total putts 30

[bobawiefan]

CME Group Tour Championship…Nov 20-23
Tiburón Golf Club
Naples, FL
72 Holes…Par: 72
Yardage…6598yds

Round Three Scores and Stats:
72...E
Tournament Scores:
72...67...72...-5...T7

9 pars…5 birdies…3 bogeys…1 D-bogey...EVEN
Fairways…12 of 14...86%
Gir…13 of 18...72%
Total putts per Gir…21
Putts per Gir…1.62
Total putts…30
Chip saves…1 of 5...1.67 putts/hole
Sand saves…0 of 1
Dist…241yds…275yds…Ave 260yds

Par 3’s:
2 pars…1 birdie…1 bogey…E
Gir…2 of 4...50%
Total putts per Gir…3
Putts/gir…1.5
Total putts…6...1.5 putts/hole
Chip saves…1 of 2
Sand saves…0 of 0

Par 4’s:
5 pars…2 birdies…2 bogeys…1 D-bogey…+2
Fairways hit…10 of 10...100%
Gir…7 of 10...70%
Total putts per gir…12
Putts/gir…1.71
Total putts…18...1.8 putts/hole
Chip saves…0 of 3
Sand saves…0 of 1

Par 5’s:
2 pars…2 birdies…0 bogeys…-2
Fairways hit…2 of 4...50%
Gir…4 of 4...100%
Total putts per Gir…6
Putts per Gir…1.5
Total putts…6...1.5 putts/hole
Chip saves…0 of 0
Sand saves…0 of 0

WIE, Michelle…Started -5...T4...Now -5...T7
SMITH, Sarah Jane…Started -5...T4...Now -1...T20
GAL, Sandra…Started -5...T4...Now -7...4th

Wie Dist…H, 241yds…M,275yds…Ave 260yds
Smith Dist…H, 255yds…M, 239yds…Ave 247yds
Gal Dist…H, 244yds…H, 230yds…Ave 237yds

[bobawiefan]

Final Round Pairing and Tee Time:

Michelle’s group will be 3 hours and 22 minutes into their golf game when TV comes on at 1:30 PM EST

Sunday, 23 Nov..
10:08 AM EST
Tee #1...Grp #17
WIE, Michelle…-5...T7
STANFORD, Angela…-5...T7
LANG, Brittany…-5...T7

TV Times
Nov 23 - GC 1:30 PM-4:00 PM ET

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Julieta Granada holds the lead heading into the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship

Julieta Granada plays a shot on the second hole during the second round of the CME Group
Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club on November 21, 2014 in Naples, Florida

Tiburon Golf Club
Naples, Fla.
November 22, 2014

Rolex Rankings No. 48 Julieta Granada (-9)
Rolex Rankings No. 59 Morgan Pressel (-8)
Rolex Rankings No. 3 Lydia Ko (-6)
Rolex Rankings No. 7 So Yeon Ryu (-6)
Rolex Rankings No. 6 Michelle Wie (-5)
Rolex Rankings No. 2 Stacy Lewis (-3)
Rolex Rankings No. 1 Inbee Park (+2)

Excerpts:

AN UNLUCKY BREAK
No. 11 – 6. Those two numbers could be the ones that end up haunting Michelle Wie’s offseason. After bogeying the first two holes Saturday, Wie reeled off four birdies in her next five holes. She seemed to be on cruise control then the disaster happened – a double bogey on No. 11 where a 7-iron approach she thought was perfect but was short in the bunker, leaving her a nasty lie. She played the last seven holes in even par and is only four back of the lead. But the double created a dramatic swing. Heading into No. 11, she owned the No. 1 projection in the Race to the CME Globe. Leaving 18, she sits fifth. That’s a potentially million dollar swing for those counting at home.

“Just definitely wasn’t consistent out there, but I am proud of myself. You know, I lost a couple strokes early and I definitely made four birdies almost in a row. Just got unlucky on 11,” Wie said. “Just one of those days that the fine line between shooting 3-under and shooting par.”

Still, at five-under-par after an even-par 72 on Saturday, Wie’s right there. She’s still one great round away from being the inaugural Race to the CME Globe champion. She’s still one round away from potentially winning this golf tournament and earning her third win of the year – more than she’d won in her entire career prior. She didn’t feel like she hit the ball that squirrely and felt like her short game was “horrendous.” After speaking to reporters outside of the scorer’s tent, she headed to the greens to hopefully clean that up in time for Sunday.

“Today I felt like it could have gotten away from me, but I’m proud of myself for staying in there. I still have a chance for tomorrow. I’m not out of it. You know, that’s all I can ask for,” Wie said. “I’m excited for the opportunity tomorrow and we’ll see what happens.”

WHO’S IN THE MIX FOR THE $1 MILLION CHECK?
While nine players entered the week with a mathematical chance to win the Race to the CME Globe, there are really five players who have a good opportunity to take home the $1 million prize heading into Sunday’s final round.

No. 4 Michelle Wie – Based on the leaderboard at the conclusion of Saturday’s third round, Wie likely needs a fourth-place finish or better to have any chance at taking home the $1 million. Wie sits in a tie for seventh at 5-under but is only four shots back of current leader, Julieta Granada.

Link to Article:
www.lpga.com/golf/news/2014/11/cme-3rd-rd-notes-and-interviews.aspx