If you like golf, today is your day.
If you love golf, today is your Super Bowl on the links. You better buckle up and get ready for what should be a wild ride during the final round of the Masters.
Watching the back nine on Sunday at the Masters is always exciting, but if today is anything like Saturday, the roars will be ground shaking and the finish a thriller.
Lee Westwood appeared to be pulling away Saturday, but then Phil Mickelson turned Moving Day upside down.
Mickelson became only the third player in Augusta National history to make back-to-back eagles, and came within 6 inches of pulling off another with one of the most astonishing three-hole stretches in Masters history.
Mickelson erased a five-shot deficit to give himself a shot at a third green jacket even though his great play was blemished a bit with a three-putt bogey at No. 17. He finished up with 5-under 67, leaving him at 11 under and one shot back of leader Lee Westwood.
But Mickelson's Saturday heroics won't mean as much if he doesn't win today. He will be the crowd favorite because he is simply revered by golf fans, but Phil has made bad decisions in past major championships that have been costly.
He can't afford to get to revved up. He is so talented, but he must play within himself to rally past Westwood, who is primed to win his first major title after finishing third in the last two.
You just never know what you're going to get with Lefty, but I can't wait to find out.
K.J. Choi and Tiger Woods are tied for third, four shots back of Westwood.
The biggest story of Saturday could have been Woods if not for some poor putting and some wild drives. He had five bogeys, but he also had seven birdies to shoot 70 for the second straight day.
Not bad after his self-induced five-month layoff following a sex scandal.
Woods is the only golfer who could keep a straight face when we say he could win a major event after not playing for five months and facing the biggest personal crisis of his life. But after three rounds of golf, he's easily within striking distance for his 15th major.
Fans are in for a treat today, but television executives will be the big winners today. No matter who dons the green jacket today, the folks at CBS will be toasting record ratings on Monday.
Having Tiger in the mix is everything for the TV folks. Television ratings for the first two rounds on ESPN showed that. ESPN had nearly 5 million viewers for the first round on Thursday, its best for a golf event. Viewership slipped to 3.9 million on Friday, when Woods finished his round just as ESPN was beginning its coverage.
But the question is are they watching as they cheer him or are they hoping to see him fall on his face.
