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Masters notebook: Spieth sets high expectations

AUGUSTA, Ga. – News and notes from Tuesday at the Masters. We’ll update this file throughout the day, so check back often. WILL AUGUSTA CURE SPIETH? On one hand, Jordan Spieth’s track record at the Masters would lead you to believe he’ll be a factor this week. In his five starts, he has one win (2015), a couple of T-2s, and the thrill ride of last year’s solo third when he shot 64 on Sunday and nearly rallied from nine strokes down. On the other hand, Spieth’s recent results are not encouraging. Last year’s Masters is his most recent top-5 finish. In his 22 starts since then, he has one top-10 (T-9 at The Open Championship) and five missed cuts. His winless streak is now 40 consecutive starts, and of his last 10 weekend rounds on TOUR, just one is in the 60s. So, will his affinity for Augusta National and the good vibes whenever he steps on the course overcome his recent struggles to contend? “My expectations are high this week,â€� Spieth said. “I feel great about the state of my game right now. I feel like my recent results aren’t a tell of where my game is actually at.â€� Spieth said he’s made some strides the last couple of days with his long game, which he considers to be the primary area holding him back. He currently ranks 203rd on TOUR in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee. Spieth is banking on the usual uplift he gets at Augusta National. The first time he played here, in 2014, he was coming off a missed cut the previous week but tied for second. It was a similar situation in 2017 when he missed the cut the previous week and still managed a tie for 11th – his worst result in his five Masters starts. “Certainly form is important, especially on and around the greens, feeling like you’re in control of your speed control, distance control, your spin control, having all the shots around here. That’s more important, I think, than like overall how you played prior.â€� Overall, Spieth recognizes that others are considered heavier favorites. He’s fine with that. He doesn’t mind starting this week flying under the radar, although he knows one thing. “That changes day-to-day out here,â€� he said. – Mike McAllister SOUND SLEEP FOR REED A year ago on a Saturday, Patrick Reed slept like a baby. He had just shot three rounds in the 60s at Augusta National, held a three-shot lead going into Sunday, and was on the verge of his first major. So yeah, nothing much to dwell on, right? “I thought I wasn’t going to sleep very well,â€� Reed recalled. “I’ve heard from the past from other champions and other golfers that have always told me that whenever you have an opportunity to sleep on a lead going into Sunday at a major, you’re going to have a rough night. … “Honestly, I was completely surprised. I slept so well.â€� Reed shot 71 in that final round to win by a stroke. He’d like nothing more than to hold onto the Green Jacket for another year. While his results are not encouraging – no top-10s in his last nine PGA TOUR starts – he likes where his game is right now. Plus, he knows what it takes to succeed at Augusta National. “Even if you have a perfect game plan, and you know what you’re trying to do around the golf course, you still always are wondering, OK, well is this the right game plan or am I doing the right things, since you haven’t won here. But now, actually having the win, I know what I need to do in order to compete and have a chance on Sunday. “Knowing that I have to get the jacket back at the end of the week, it makes me more hungry and more motivated to keep the jacket.â€� – Mike McAllister ONCE A CADDIE, NOW A CONTENDER The first time Francesco Molinari walked Augusta National in a competitive environment was in 2006. He was the caddie for his brother Edoardo, who qualified for the Masters by virtue of his U.S. Amateur win the previous year. “I carried the clubs and prayed that he was going to hit good shots,â€� Francesco recalled. “… It was great to be here. It wasn’t fun trying to pick club for him. It’s a tough course to caddie around.â€� It took four more years before Francesco, the younger of the two Molinari brothers, qualified to play the Masters. He’s made seven previous starts but has never made much noise on the weekend. Of course, he’s never arrived at Augusta National with the kind of credentials he currently owns, as the reigning Open Championship winner and Europe’s leading point producer at the Ryder Cup. With a PGA TOUR win this season (the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard), and a solid effort in his most recent start (semifinalist at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play), Molinari enters with a raised level of confidence. “Clearly, I’m in a much different position to where I was coming in the last few years,â€� he said. “… I can’t deny that. I feel good about my game. … Confidence comes with success, and I’ve had a lot of success in the last few months. I think that the important thing is that I don’t have to let my guard down.â€� – Mike McAllister KOEPKA HAPPY TO BE BACK AT AUGUSTA Brooks Koepka didn’t own a major title the last time he played Augusta National. He finished T11 at the Masters two years ago, but missed last year’s tournament because of the wrist injury that hampered him in early 2018. How has he changed in the two years since his last Masters appearance? “I’ve never been a major champion when I played here,â€� Koepka said. “Completely different player probably. Understand how to handle pressure a lot better. Understand this golf course a lot better.â€� Koepka was still in a soft cast at this time year. It was painful just to get shampoo out of the bottle, he said. He watched last year’s Masters on television, then went on to win two of 2018’s final three majors. “I think that was something I needed, to really kind of find my love for the game again, something that was important to me, to sit down and watch, I think, and really realize how much I do miss this game, assess kind of where I was at,â€� Koepka said. He’s happy to be back at Augusta National, but he also isn’t 100 percent. It has nothing to do with the wrist. That is fully healed. The famously fit golfer has refrained from lifting weights since THE PLAYERS Championship while dealing with fatigue. A recent diet may have been one reason he’s been feeling sluggish. Koepka limited himself to 1,800 calories per day in an attempt to lose weight. “You look at somebody like Michael Phelps or somebody like that eating 6,000 or 7,000 calories by lunch time,â€� Koepka said. “But I wanted to do it and try to lose some weight, and maybe went about it a little too aggressively for just a long period of time and the intensity of what I was doing.â€� Koepka has finished MC-T56-T56 in his last three starts. He still ranks 11th in the FedExCup after winning THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES in October and finishing runner-up in The Honda Classic last month. — Sean Martin RAHM’S REMINDER: YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE PERFECT Other than his surprising final-round 76 at THE PLAYERS Championship, which dropped him into a T12 finish after sleeping on the lead, Jon Rahm hasn’t made many mistakes this season.  Still, he found himself apologizing for an off-course bogey at Augusta National on Tuesday.  “I did not account for the traffic to be as strong as it was on a rainy day like today,â€� said Rahm, who was late for his press conference. “I’m sorry, and thanks for waiting for me.â€�     As for the golf, Rahm has been full-speed ahead. With six top-10 finishes in 10 PGA TOUR starts, he is 25th in the FedExCup, 8th in the world, and seemingly trending in the right direction. His strength, he said, has been his approach shots; Augusta National has often been called a second-shot golf course, and Rahm believes his iron play has never been sharper.  He still battles his temper, and was asked about it again Tuesday. “I’m going to try to think of a different way to answer that question for the 10,000th time,â€� he said. “I really, really don’t know what to say. It’s just the way I am. I’m a very passionate person in everything I do, for the good and the bad.â€�  His passion got the better of him in his first attempt here, in 2017. Overwhelmed to be in his first Masters, he ran out of gas on Sunday and made two late bogeys and a triple-bogey for a T27 finish. He began to settle in with a solo fourth, including a third-round 65, last year. This week he’ll try again to become the fourth Spanish player to win the Masters after Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal, and, most recently, Sergio Garcia (2017).  Rahm mentioned not his countrymen but his friend Phil Mickelson, though, when speaking of the most important lessons he’s learned about playing Augusta National.   “He repeatedly said, ‘You don’t have to play perfect at Augusta National to win,’â€� said Rahm, whose college coach and former agent, Tim Mickelson, is Phil’s little brother and caddie. Such self-forgiveness could help Rahm forget his rare bad shots this week, which could steady him through all four rounds this time, perhaps even carrying him all the way to the Green Jacket ceremony at Butler Cabin. –Cameron Morfit TIGER BRINGS BACK THE MOCK The last time Tiger Woods won the Masters, he wore a mock turtleneck in his tradition Sunday red in 2005. He’s bringing back the look this week, with a four-day apparel script that includes Nike’s Dri-Fit TW Vapor mock neck shirt. “I thought it was a pretty neat look back in the day,â€� Woods said. “I was probably in a little better shape back in those days, but I had won events wearing the mock. … “I’ve always enjoyed wearing them, and you’ll see it on Thursday.â€� Another player who used to wear mock turtlenecks was Justin Thomas. Of course, he was still in elementary school at the time, with Tiger as one of his golfing heroes. “I definitely didn’t fill it out very well,â€� Thomas said. “I think two of me could have fit in that mock turtleneck. When I was that age, I wanted to do anything that he did, so it’s no coincidence I wore something like that.â€� Thomas won’t wear a mock turtleneck this week, especially since he’s an ambassador for Ralph Lauren Polo Golf. “It’s cool what Nike is doing in throwing it back,â€� Thomas said, “but every company in every team has their own thing. But to be honest, I couldn’t care less what he’s wearing or doing.â€� – Mike McAllister 2019 DJ VS. 2017 DJ Two years ago, Dustin Johnson arrived at Augusta National in ridiculously good form – three consecutive wins, including back-to-back World Golf Championships events. Then he slipped on a flight of stairs at his rental home, injured his back and had to withdraw from the Masters. Johnson enters this year again as one of the favorites, albeit maybe not THE favorite. He has a win and four other top 10s in his last seven PGA TOUR starts, but he failed to make it out of the Group stage at the recent WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play as the No. 1 overall seed. The what-ifs of 2017 still remain. “I definitely look back at it a lot,â€� he said. “I’ve got videos of my swing from when I was here in 2017, and so I watch those a lot to try to just get some of those same feels. “I feel like the game, it’s close. It’s not as good as it was then, but I feel like it’s going in the right direction.â€� – Mike McAllister CONNERS’ 48 HOURS So what has Corey Conners’ life been like since winning the Valero Texas Open on Sunday night for his first PGA TOUR win, one that qualified him for the final spot at the Masters? He fulfilled all his winner’s post-tournament obligations at San Antonio. Valero, the tournament sponsor, then flew Conners and his team to Augusta late Sunday night. His manager had already arranged for a place to stay. While Conners mostly rested on Monday, his team remained busy. Family members were planning to come to town to lend their support, so housing was found for them. His clothing sponsor, Levelwear, then shipped some fresh golf apparel to Augusta. Meanwhile, Conners went shopping on Monday night, buying “a couple T-shirts and a pair of pants to go to dinner in.â€� Then on Tuesday, Conners practiced at Augusta National; the only other time he’s played the Masters was as an amateur in 2015, when he shot 80-69 and missed the cut. It’s been a “roller coasterâ€� 48 hours, Connors acknowledged. “Tried to soak it in and realize that I’m in Augusta right now,â€� he said. “I’m going to be teeing it up in the Masters. Pretty amazing.â€� – Mike McAllister JT TO PLAY MORE AGGRESSIVE  Justin Thomas may own a major title, the 2017 PGA Championship, but he feels like he has underachieved in golf’s Grand Slam events. He wants to figure out why. “I’ve had a couple good majors, but as a whole I would say I have very, very highly underperformed versus what I feel like I should have done and that’s what we’re trying to figure out,â€� Thomas said. “If it’s me, if it’s someone else, if I’m putting too much work in, if my mental game is off, if I’m pressing too hard, if I’m being too aggressive or whatever it is.â€� Thomas has just two other top-10s in 13 majors as a pro (T9, 2017 U.S. Open; T6, 2018 PGA Championship). When it comes to the Masters, the 2017 FedExCup champion feels like he’s played too cautiously on Augusta National’s venerated grounds. His best finish in three Masters appearances is T17. He’s been over par in seven of his 12 rounds at Augusta National. “We feel I’m over-cautious,â€� Thomas said Tuesday. “I’m playing too conservatively. … If I have an 8-iron in my hand, … if it’s the Sony Open, I would be going at the pin. Why all of a sudden since it’s the Masters am I going to be aiming trying to make par?â€�

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NOTE: Full tee times, groupings at bottom The tee times are out for the year’s first major. There’s plenty of star power in the featured groups for Thursday’s first round at TPC Harding Park. This will be the first major held at San Francisco’s municipal gem, and while there will not be any spectators on site, it is setting up to be a memorable week for the first major in more than a year. Storylines are aplenty. Can Justin Thomas win a second PGA after last week’s win in the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational? Is Tiger Woods capable of a 16th major title and record-setting 83rd PGA TOUR victory? Can Jordan Spieth complete the career Grand Slam? Will Jon Rahm win after reaching No. 1 in the world? How will Bryson DeChambeau’s big-bombing style of play fare in a major? And can Webb Simpson win another major across Lake Merced from the site of his 2012 U.S. Open triumph? Not only is this the season’s first major, but with only two weeks remaining in the regular season, this is an important week before the start of the FedExCup Playoffs. Here’s a look at the groups to watch, as well as the full-field tee times (Note: All times Pacific; FedExCup ranking in parentheses): 8:11 a.m. PT: Gary Woodland (30)-Shane Lowry (130)-Brooks Koepka (96) This group comprises the winners of the past three majors. Koepka is going for the PGA three-peat after his runner-up at last week’s World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Woodland won last year’s U.S. Open just down the California coast in Pebble Beach. He was runner-up in the 2015 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Harding Park. And Lowry is the last man to win a major, with his emotional win in The Open Championship. 8:22 a.m. PT: Jordan Spieth (90)-Dustin Johnson (25)-Justin Rose (135) Two former FedExCup champions, Spieth and Rose, are in this group. All three players are former World No. 1s, as well. It’s been three years since Spieth’s last win, but he could still complete the Career Grand Slam this week. All three are former U.S. Open champions, as well. 8:33 a.m. PT: Justin Thomas (1)-Tiger Woods (48)-Rory McIlroy (5) A combined five FedExCups are in this group. McIlroy and Woods are the only two-time winners of the FedExCup and Thomas is in good position to join them. He took a large lead in this season’s standings with his win at the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Woods is seeking his record-setting 83rd PGA TOUR victory. Woods and McIlroy have already hoisted trophies at Harding Park. Woods won the 2005 WGC-American Express Championship here, while McIlroy claimed the 2015 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. 1:47 p.m. PT: Rickie Fowler (79)-Bryson DeChambeau (4)-Adam Scott (35) DeChambeau’s revamped game takes on a major for the first time. He has a win and seven other top-10s this season. Fowler is trying to win his first Grand Slam event. Scott is making his first start since the season resumed. He won early this year at the Genesis Invitational down in Southern California. 1:58 p.m. PT: Jon Rahm (10)-Phil Mickelson (62)-Sergio Garcia (132) Jon Rahm is the youngest player in this group, but he’s also the only one to hold the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking. He lost that mantle after Thomas’ win at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, but he still is one of the favorites. Rahm won recently at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. He’ll be in a comfortable group. Garcia is his Spanish countryman, while Mickelson is a fellow Arizona State alum. Mickelson is coming off a runner-up finish at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, his best showing of the year. Garcia is third in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee this season, which will be handy at Harding Park. Here are the tee times and groupings for Rounds 1-2 of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park. (NOTE: ALL TIMES PACIFIC) Thursday: Tee No. 1 (7:00 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (12:25 p.m. PT) Brian HARMAN – Sea Island, GA Jeff HART – Solana Beach, CA C.T. PAN – TAIWAN Thursday: Tee No. 1 (7:11 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (12:36 p.m. PT) Andrew LANDRY – Dripping Springs, TX Rod PERRY – Port Orange, FL Nate LASHLEY – Scottsdale, AZ Thursday: Tee No. 1 (7:22 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (12:47 p.m. PT) Sung KANG – REPUBLIC of KOREA John O’LEARY – Sterling, VA Dylan FRITTELLI – SOUTH AFRICA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (7:33 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (12:58 p.m. PT) Erik VAN ROOYEN – SOUTH AFRICA Russell HENLEY – Columbus, GA Carlos ORTIZ – MEXICO Thursday: Tee No. 1 (7:44 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (1:09 p.m. PT) Ryan PALMER – Colleyville, TX Kevin KISNER – Aiken, SC Michael THOMPSON – Sea Island, GA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (7:55 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (1:20 p.m. PT) Bud CAULEY – Palm Beach Gardens, FL Lucas GLOVER – Jupiter, FL Tyrrell HATTON – ENGLAND Thursday: Tee No. 1 (8:06 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (1:31 p.m. PT) Alex BEACH – Stillwater, MN Rich BEEM – Austin, TX Shaun MICHEEL – Memphis, TN Thursday: Tee No. 1 (8:17 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (1:42 p.m. PT) Rafa CABRERA BELLO – SPAIN Ryo ISHIKAWA – JAPAN Jason KOKRAK – Hudson, OH Thursday: Tee No. 1 (8:28 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (1:53 p.m. PT) Bernd WIESBERGER – AUSTRIA Danny LEE – NEW ZEALAND Vaughn TAYLOR – Augusta, GA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (8:39 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (2:04 p.m. PT) Keith MITCHELL – St. Simons Island, GA Matthias SCHWAB – AUSTRIA Brendan STEELE – Idyllwild, CA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (8:50 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (2:15 p.m. PT) Joel DAHMEN – Clarkston, WA Luke LIST – Augusta, GA Victor PEREZ – FRANCE Thursday: Tee No. 1 (9:01 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (2:36 p.m. PT) Mike LORENZO-VERA – FRANCE Marty JERTSON – Phoenix, AZ Tom LEWIS – ENGLAND Thursday: Tee No. 1 (9:12 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (2:37 p.m. PT) David MUTTITT – Albuquerque, NM Mackenzie HUGHES – CANADA Harris ENGLISH – Sea Island, GA Thursday: Tee No. 10 (7:05 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (12:30 p.m. PT) Scottie SCHEFFLER – Dallas, TX Danny BALIN – White Plains, NY Tom HOGE – Fargo, ND Thursday: Tee No. 10 (7:16 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (12:41 p.m. PT) Mike AUTERSON – Milford, OH Rory SABBATINI – SLOVAKIA Nick TAYLOR – CANADA Thursday: Tee No. 10 (7:27 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (12:52 p.m. PT) Tony FINAU – Salt Lake City, UT Danny WILLETT – ENGLAND Patrick CANTLAY – Jupiter, FL Thursday: Tee No. 10 (7:38 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (1:03 p.m. PT) Martin KAYMER – GERMANY Jason DUFNER – Auburn, AL Jason DAY – AUSTRALIA Thursday: Tee No. 10 (7:49 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (1:14 p.m. PT) Daniel BERGER – Jupiter, FL Xander SCHAUFFELE – San Diego, CA Steve STRICKER – Madison, WI Thursday: Tee No. 10 (8 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (1:25 p.m. PT) Henrik STENSON – SWEDEN Collin MORIKAWA – La Canada, CA Zach JOHNSON – Cedar Rapids, IA Thursday: Tee No. 10 (8:11 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (1:36 p.m. PT) Brooks KOEPKA – West Palm Beach, FL Gary WOODLAND – Topeka, KS Shane LOWRY – IRELAND Thursday: Tee No. 10 (8:22 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (1:47 p.m. PT) Jordan SPIETH – Dallas, TX Dustin JOHNSON – Jupiter, FL Justin ROSE – ENGLAND Thursday: Tee No. 10 (8:33 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (1:58 p.m. PT) Tiger WOODS – Jupiter, FL Rory MCILROY – N. IRELAND Justin THOMAS – Louisville, KY Thursday: Tee No. 10 (8:44 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (2:09 p.m. PT) Louis OOSTHUIZEN – SOUTH AFRICA Max HOMA – Valencia, CA Matt FITZPATRICK – ENGLAND Thursday: Tee No. 10 (8:55 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (2:20 p.m. PT) Abraham ANCER – MEXICO Charl SCHWARTZEL – SOUTH AFRICA Joohyung KIM – REPUBLIC OF KOREA Thursday: Tee No. 10 (9:06 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (2:31 p.m. PT) Corey CONNERS – CANADA Zach J. JOHNSON – Farmington, UT Chez REAVIE – Scottsdale, AZ Thursday: Tee No. 10 (9:17 a.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (2:42 p.m. PT) Scott PIERCY – Las Vegas, NV Alex KNOLL – Jim Thorpe, PA Andrew PUTNAM – Phoenix, AZ Thursday: Tee No. 1 (12:30 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (7:05 a.m. PT) Tyler DUNCAN – Columbus, IN J.R. ROTH – Boyne Highlands, MI Christiaan BEZUIDENHOUT – SOUTH AFRICA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (12:41 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (7:16 a.m. PT) Lanto GRIFFIN – Jacksonville Beach, FL Rich BERBERIAN JR. – Hooksett, NH Joost LUITEN – NETHERLANDS Thursday: Tee No. 1 (12:52 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (7:27 a.m. PT) Jim HERMAN – Palm City, FL Rob LABRITZ – Pound Ridge, NY Shaun NORRIS – SOUTH AFRICA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (1:03 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (7:38 a.m. PT) Adam HADWIN – CANADA Brandt SNEDEKER – Nashville, TN Xinjun ZHANG – CHINA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (1:14 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (7:49 a.m. PT) Kevin NA – Las Vegas, NV Patrick REED – The Woodlands, TX Robert MACINTYRE – SCOTLAND Thursday: Tee No. 1 (1:25 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (8 a.m. PT) Matthew WOLFF – Agoura Hills, CA Bubba WATSON – Bagdad, FL Graeme MCDOWELL – N. IRELAND Thursday: Tee No. 1 (1:36 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (8:11 a.m. PT) Tommy FLEETWOOD – ENGLAND Viktor HOVLAND – NORWAY Hideki MATSUYAMA – JAPAN Thursday: Tee No. 1 (1:47 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (8:22 a.m. PT) Rickie FOWLER – Murrieta, CA Bryson DECHAMBEAU – Clovis, CA Adam SCOTT – AUSTRALIA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (1:58 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (8:33 a.m. PT) Jon RAHM – SPAIN Phil MICKELSON – Rancho Santa Fe, CA Sergio GARCIA – SPAIN Thursday: Tee No. 1 (2:09 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (8:44 a.m. PT) Paul CASEY – ENGLAND Ian POULTER – ENGLAND Webb SIMPSON – Charlotte, NC Thursday: Tee No. 1 (2:20 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (8:55 a.m. PT) Matt WALLACE – ENGLAND Matt KUCHAR – Sea Island, GA Marc LEISHMAN – AUSTRALIA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (2:31 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (9:06 a.m. PT) Sepp STRAKA – AUSTRIA Ryan VERMEER – Omaha, NE Si Woo KIM – REPUBLIC of KOREA Thursday: Tee No. 1 (2:42 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 10 (9:17 a.m. PT) Sebastian MUNOZ – COLOMBIA Justin BERTSCH – Naples, FL Benjamin HEBERT – FRANCE Thursday: Tee No. 10 (12:25 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (7 a.m. PT) Bob SOWARDS – Dublin, OH Kurt KITAYAMA – Chico, CA Richy WERENSKI – West Palm Beach, FL Thursday: Tee No. 10 (12:36 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (7:11 a.m. PT) Haotong LI – CHINA Benny COOK – Caledonia, MI Jorge CAMPILLO – SPAIN Thursday: Tee No. 10 (12:47 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (7:22 a.m. PT) Byeong Hun AN – REPUBLIC of KOREA Talor GOOCH – Edmond, OK Sungjae IM – REPUBLIC of KOREA Thursday: Tee No. 10 (12:58 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (7:33 a.m. PT) J.T. POSTON – Sea Island, GA Joaquin NIEMANN – CHILE Harold VARNER III – Gastonia, NC Thursday: Tee No. 10 (1:09 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (7:44 a.m. PT) Ken TANIGAWA – Scottsdale, AZ Emiliano GRILLO – ARGENTINA Cameron TRINGALE – Mission Viejo, CA Thursday: Tee No. 10 (1:20 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (7:55 a.m. PT) Brian STUARD – Jackson, MI Jim FURYK – Jacksonville, FL Billy HORSCHEL – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Thursday: Tee No. 10 (1:31 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (8:06 a.m. PT) Matt JONES – AUSTRALIA Jazz JANEWATTANANOND – THAILAND Kevin STREELMAN – Wheaton, IL Thursday: Tee No. 10 (1:42 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (8:17 a.m. PT) Jimmy WALKER – Boerne, TX Davis LOVE III – St. Simons Island, GA Keegan BRADLEY – Woodstock, VT Thursday: Tee No. 10 (1:53 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (8:28 a.m. PT) Cameron SMITH – AUSTRALIA Denny MCCARTHY – Palm Beach Gardens, FL Cameron CHAMP – Sacramento, CA Thursday: Tee No. 10 (2:04 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (8:39 a.m. PT) Troy MERRITT – Meridian, ID Wyndham CLARK – Denver, CO Chan KIM – Gilbert, AZ Thursday: Tee No. 10 (2:15 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (8:50 a.m. PT) Doc REDMAN – Raleigh, NC Jason CARON – Greenlawn, NY Brendon TODD – Athens, GA Thursday: Tee No. 10 (2:26 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (9:01 a.m. PT) Judd GIBB – Fort Dodge, IA Lucas HERBERT – AUSTRALIA Mark HUBBARD – Denver, CO Thursday: Tee No. 10 (2:37 p.m. PT); Friday: Tee No. 1 (9:12 a.m. PT) Shawn WARREN – Portland, ME Marcus KINHULT – SWEDEN Adam LONG – St. Louis, MO

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Nick Taylor holds one-shot lead into Sunday at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmNick Taylor holds one-shot lead into Sunday at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Phil Mickelson and his sublime short game delivered more entertainment than all the athletes and celebrities for the Saturday show at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Mickelson made the impossible look easy from a bunker behind the par-3 seventh green at Pebble Beach. He holed out from a bunker for birdie on the 13th, and chipped in from 90 feet for birdie on the next hole. Related: Leaderboard | Mickelson’s lucky silver dollar When he ran in one last birdie, Mickelson had a 5-under 67 and trailed Nick Taylor of Canada by one shot going into the final round. Mickelson will be going for a record sixth title at Pebble Beach, and his first PGA TOUR victory since he won this tournament last year. Taylor had a cold and relatively quiet day, away from all the hits and giggles around the celebrity rotation at Pebble. He teed off at tough Spyglass Hill with a beanie and hand warmers because of heavy marine layer, warmed up as the sun broke through and made a 25-foot eagle putt late in his round for a 69. Taylor was at 17-under 198 as he goes for his second PGA TOUR victory, and first since he won the Sanderson Farms Championship in his fourth start as a TOUR rookie. Mickelson hit a flop shot over the bunker on the par-5 18th to pull within one shot. They will be in the final group, along with their amateur partners. Mickelson has former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young, while Taylor has Golf Digest editor-in-chief Jerry Tarde. Taylor and Mickelson have never played together. “It’s going to be a new experience for that reason, if I am playing with him,” Taylor said. “Obviously, if he makes a putt or great shot, the crowd’s going to go wild. I’ve just got to do my own thing, try to block all that out. Easier said than done, without having to do it before, but I’ll do the best I can.” This is a two-man show; however, Jason Day posted a 70 at Spyglass Hill and was only three shots behind at 14-under 201. For others, it was a wasted opportunity. Pebble Beach had more wind than earlier in the week, but still gentle enough that low scores were available. Dustin Johnson, a two-time winner at Pebble, was in striking range and could manage only a 72, leaving him eight shots back. Patrick Cantlay played the final six holes in 2 over for a 72 and was nine shots back. Mickelson started with a pair of birdies. He took a share of the lead with a birdie on the par-5 sixth. And then the fun began. His wedge on the 110-yard seventh hole that drops down into the Pacific went long and plugged in the back bunker, impossible because of the back pin and a fast green that slopes toward the front. He splashed out so perfectly that it took a few hops in the rough before reaching the green, slow enough to stop 2 feet away for a tap-in par. Even for Mickelson, it rates among his best. Then, his 50-foot bunker shot on the tough eighth rolled inches from the cup on No. 8. More trouble supposedly awaited on the 13th when his approach peeled into the left bunker. He raised both arms when that dropped. And on the par-5 14th, he made a mistake by not hitting his punch wedge hard enough. It rolled down the slope, off the green and back into the fairway. Mickelson’s long chip from 90 feet banged into the pin and dropped for birdie. Mickelson missed two birdie putts from inside 10 feet. And while he hit only nine greens in regulation, he usually had a reasonable angle to the pin to save par — or make birdie, as was the case twice for him. That leaves a Sunday with plenty at stake for the leading three players. Mickelson said earlier in the week he would not accept a special exemption for the U.S. Open if he needed one. A victory at Pebble — the 45th of his career — would go a long way toward solving that. Taylor can validate his first win since his rookie season, an opposite-field event at the time. The Canadian has never been to the Masters and has played in only four majors, two as an amateur. Day, meanwhile spent most of last year injured and frustrated. He has gone nearly two years since his last win, and was in danger of falling out of range for World Golf Championships events if he didn’t starting getting better results.

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