Saturday, April 12, 2008

Moving day


AUGUSTA, Ga. — The weather conditions are certainly having an impact at Augusta National.

The greens, which were as fast as table tops on Thursday and Friday, have played more like shag carpet because of the heavy rain earlier this afternoon.

Several frontrunners have struggled to adjust to the pace of the course.

Trevor Immelman, who held the lead at 8-under coming in, has left a handful of putts short, including a short birdie opportunity on No. 2. He's given a stroke back and shares second with Paul Casey and Steve Flesch at 7-under. Immelman's playing partner, Brandt Snedeker, birdied No. 2 and has followed it with four consecutive pars to take the lead at 8-under.

A couple guys to keep an eye on at this point: Phil Mickelson, who got to 6-under before bogeying No. 6, and Casey, who has birdied three of his first eight holes.

What about Tiger Woods?

He's plugging along, not out of it by any means. He's 4-under for the tournament after a birdie on 13, but has let at least two other legitimate birdie opportunities fall by the wayside.

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