Denmark has just two golfers in this year’s majorturnering US Masters. They are both excellent playing, and before Sunday’s last round smells it is really of Danish top rankings.
With a third round four strokes under par played Thorbjørn Olesen noticeable in the top, while Lucas Bjerregaard Saturday came round in three strokes under par and is a blow after his fellow countryman.
After the third round Saturday occupy Olesen is a shared 14.-space in total, six strokes under par, while Bjerregaard is shared number 20.
Thorbjørn Olesen played a good round, where he made quite a few mistakes. However, had he made a bogey on 18. hole, which sent him back a bit.
After a birdie on the second hole and a bogey on the fifth hole, he found a good momentum.
On the gaps 6, 8, 11, 13 and 15, he made birdies, so he was seven strokes under par total until bogeyen on hole 18.
Lucas Bjerregaard was something more volatile at its round. Halfway he was an strokes over par after two birdies, a bogey and a dobbeltbogey, but on the last nine holes, he found the good game.
They call him ‘The Tiger Tamer’ in the UNITED states, after Lucas Bjerregaard recently beat Tiger Woods in a WGC tournament. Nordjyden has scored a fine debut in his first Masters. Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Ritzau Scanpix
Birdies on hole 10 and 13 was followed up by a great eagle on hole 15, and then he was in the funny end again.
by the fourth and last round of the majorturneringen Sunday you will find Italian Francesco Molinari on the first place in the total amount of 13 strokes under par. The last two participants in the førerbolden are the americans Tony Finau and Tiger Woods both in 11 strokes under par.
Tiger-fever reaches new heights at Augusta National, where the now 43-year-old golffænomen can win his fifth Masters and 15. major. Legend Jack Nicklaus reached 18 major victories – the last one was won as a 46-year-old in 1986.
Even though Woods has been strong playing and, not least, Saturday strong puttende – he holede everything within three metres – he has never won a major, if not he led after 54 holes. The prescription was always to lead after the three initial rounds and then defend. Which he was pretty good at. Only once has he thrown a lead; in 2009 to Y. E. Yang in the PGA Championship.
Recent major victory was 11 years ago at the US Open. Ago went that adultery, divorce and many injuries in the before Tiger Woods last year returned in a 2.0 version after a successful back operation. He won the Tour final in the UNITED states and was in the game for major victories in both the US Open and the PGA Championship.
Brølene is just higher when Tiger Woods score birdies than any other. Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Ritzau Scanpix
the Ryder Cup hero Francesco Molinari is in his life form and won last year his first major (the US Open).
And he has two kind of head start before it goes loose …
a Lightning storm threatens on the horizon so to avoid a mandagsafslutning the organizers have chosen to change the schedule. The players are sent out in three-balls from both 1. and 10. the tee from early in the morning.
the Coverage on Danish television, therefore begins already at 15. First on the TV3 Box and from 16 o’clock on TV3 Sport.
Thorbjørn Olesen are also promoting. He has a sixth place finish from 2013 as the best result in the year’s first major. Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Ritzau Scanpix
