First-round tee times for AT&T National (PGATOUR.com)
June 30, 2010
First-round times. All times are local.
AT&T National Tee #1TimePlayers7:20 amTim HerronNicholas ThompsonArjun Atwal7:31 amNotah Begay IIIJason DufnerKevin Streelman7:42 amCharles Howell IIIBriny BairdTom Gillis7:53 amFredrik JacobsonMathew GogginRobert Garrigus8:04 amTroy MattesonNathan GreenChris Couch8:15 amDerek LamelyRichard S. JohnsonDaniel Chopra8:26 amJason DayJarrod LyleBrian Gay8:37 amY.E. YangNick WatneyJustin Leonard8:48 amCharley HoffmanTom Pernice, Jr.Alex Cejka8:59 amLee JanzenJohn MerrickMatt Every7:20 amJoe OgilvieJeff MaggertBill Lunde7:31 amShaun MicheelJohn MallingerBrendon de Jonge7:42 amTim PetrovicKris BlanksJosh Teater7:53 amBrandt SnedekerTed PurdyJ.P. Hayes8:04 amPaul GoydosRickie FowlerSpencer Levin8:15 amMark WilsonRyuji ImadaChris DiMarco8:26 amJim FurykLucas GloverScott Verplank8:37 amJustin RoseSean O’HairJ.B. Holmes8:48 amMichael AllenCharlie WiMichael Letzig8:59 amAaron BaddeleyRod PamplingWebb Simpson11:50 amChris RileyGreg OwenBryce Molder12:01 pmJoe DurantBrian DavisAlex Prugh12:12 pmJ.J. HenryTroy MerrittGraham DeLaet12:23 pmJonathan ByrdMatt JonesJimmy Walker12:34 pmScott McCarronKevin StadlerBlake Adams12:45 pmJerry KellyAndres RomeroStuart Appleby12:56 pmDustin JohnsonTiger WoodsDavis Love III1:07 pmVijay SinghDavid TomsRobert Allenby1:18 pmJeff OvertonD.A. PointsMarc Leishman1:29 pmJeff QuinneyJames DriscollMichael Connell11:50 amGeorge McNeillSteve ElkingtonSteve Marino12:01 pmBrett QuigleyGreg ChalmersChad Collins12:12 pmRocco MediateScott PiercyMatt Bettencourt12:23 pmGarrett WillisRicky BarnesJames Nitties12:34 pmVaughn TaylorBob EstesRoland Thatcher12:45 pmCameron BeckmanPat PerezJohn Senden12:56 pmBen CraneRyan MooreBoo Weekley1:07 pmBo Van PeltCarl PetterssonD.J. Trahan1:18 pmKevin SutherlandBilly MayfairChris Stroud1:29 pmChris TidlandByeong-Hun AnMatt Hill
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First-round tee times for AT&T National (PGATOUR.com)
June 30, 2010
First-round times. All times are local.
AT&T National Tee #1TimePlayers7:20 amTim HerronNicholas ThompsonArjun Atwal7:31 amNotah Begay IIIJason DufnerKevin Streelman7:42 amCharles Howell IIIBriny BairdTom Gillis7:53 amFredrik JacobsonMathew GogginRobert Garrigus8:04 amTroy MattesonNathan GreenChris Couch8:15 amDerek LamelyRichard S. JohnsonDaniel Chopra8:26 amJason DayJarrod LyleBrian Gay8:37 amY.E. YangNick WatneyJustin Leonard8:48 amCharley HoffmanTom Pernice, Jr.Alex Cejka8:59 amLee JanzenJohn MerrickMatt Every7:20 amJoe OgilvieJeff MaggertBill Lunde7:31 amShaun MicheelJohn MallingerBrendon de Jonge7:42 amTim PetrovicKris BlanksJosh Teater7:53 amBrandt SnedekerTed PurdyJ.P. Hayes8:04 amPaul GoydosRickie FowlerSpencer Levin8:15 amMark WilsonRyuji ImadaChris DiMarco8:26 amJim FurykLucas GloverScott Verplank8:37 amJustin RoseSean O’HairJ.B. Holmes8:48 amMichael AllenCharlie WiMichael Letzig8:59 amAaron BaddeleyRod PamplingWebb Simpson11:50 amChris RileyGreg OwenBryce Molder12:01 pmJoe DurantBrian DavisAlex Prugh12:12 pmJ.J. HenryTroy MerrittGraham DeLaet12:23 pmJonathan ByrdMatt JonesJimmy Walker12:34 pmScott McCarronKevin StadlerBlake Adams12:45 pmJerry KellyAndres RomeroStuart Appleby12:56 pmDustin JohnsonTiger WoodsDavis Love III1:07 pmVijay SinghDavid TomsRobert Allenby1:18 pmJeff OvertonD.A. PointsMarc Leishman1:29 pmJeff QuinneyJames DriscollMichael Connell11:50 amGeorge McNeillSteve ElkingtonSteve Marino12:01 pmBrett QuigleyGreg ChalmersChad Collins12:12 pmRocco MediateScott PiercyMatt Bettencourt12:23 pmGarrett WillisRicky BarnesJames Nitties12:34 pmVaughn TaylorBob EstesRoland Thatcher12:45 pmCameron BeckmanPat PerezJohn Senden12:56 pmBen CraneRyan MooreBoo Weekley1:07 pmBo Van PeltCarl PetterssonD.J. Trahan1:18 pmKevin SutherlandBilly MayfairChris Stroud1:29 pmChris TidlandByeong-Hun AnMatt Hill
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Small wins second straight PGA pro title
June 30, 2010
FRENCH LICK, Ind. (AP)—Mike Small birdied three of his last five holes to winhis second straight PGA professional championship on Wednesday, holding offSonny Skinner by three strokes.
The University of Illinois men’s coach shot a 1-over 73 in his final roundat French Lick Resort to finish 8 under and win his third overall PGA nationaltitle, tying Larry Gilbert’s record.
Mark Sheftic, the teaching pro at Merion in Ardmore, Pa., shot a 2-under 70to finish third at 3-under 283, Danny Balin of Burning Tree Country Club inGreenwich, Conn., shot 75 to finish fourth.
The top 20 finishers earned spots in the PGA Championship on Aug. 12-15 atWhistling Straits in Wisconsin.
Small, who won $75,000, became the third player to repeat as champion in the43-year-old event. Roger Watson also did it in 1974-75.
Skinner, the PGA teaching pro at River Pointe Golf Club in Albany, Ga., wastied with Small until the 215-yard 16th hole.
Skinner bogeyed the par-3, while Small nearly aced it, taking his lead backup to 2.
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Shin 1 of few big names at Jamie Farr
June 30, 2010
SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP)—New top-ranked player Cristie Kerr will be one of the manybig names missing at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic, which begins onThursday.
Kerr, who won the year’s second major, the LPGA Championship, by a stunning12 shots last week, sneaked up from No. 4 in the rankings past Japan’s AiMiyazato, South Korea’s Jiyai Shin and Norway’s Suzann Pettersen.
But the American player is skipping the Jamie Farr to prepare for yetanother major next week, the U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont. Only one of thetop-seven players in the world—Shin—is in the Farr field. Just three of thetop 10 on the LPGA money list are also on hand.
No. 13 Paula Creamer is present, largely because she missed her chance todefend her title a year ago. Before the opening round, she withdrew because of aligament injury to her left thumb. A year later, she’s still hurting.
“I know that my biggest enemy is myself, just trying to do things that Ican’t do and getting upset about that,” she said. “It’s important to overcomethis little hurdle that I have to go through. This is all the process ofpost-surgery. You have to be able to break things up and get back out there andhopefully in another month or two it’ll be a little bit better.”
It is clear that things are not good now. She has played in only threetournaments this year, missing one cut with a seventh-place finish at theShopRite.
“Preparation for me right now has totally changed from last year and theyear before, because of the injury,” said Creamer, who has won eight times ontour. “I need to play more instead of hitting balls on a range. I have to beable to go out there and hit different shots.”
Instead, she must hit all but short pitch shots off a tee to avoid the shockon her thumb.
Just two years ago, Creamer came to the Farr and shot a career-best 11-under60 in the opening round that carried her to a two-shot victory.
Even after missing last year’s tournament, she persevered to have a solidyear which included 10 top-10 finishes and a primary role in leading the U.S. tovictory in the Solheim Cup. But the surgery—and the pain—has set her back.
“It’s not where I want it to be,” she said of both her thumb and her game.“I’m playing as well as I can. I’m very limited with things that I can do, soit is tough to take the next step.”
She wears an elastic bandage that circles her wrist and her thumb. But itoffers little protection.
“It’s tough. Every day … you kind of have to see how it feels that day,”she said. “I took Monday and Tuesday off from hitting balls. Yesterday I didhit some pitches. I just tried to give it a rest. But it is sore.”
Fellow American Morgan Pressel, who is No. 16, hasn’t won the Farr, butshe’s come close. She shot a 64 in the final round a year ago, but lost on thefirst hole of a playoff with Eunjung Yi. She was also second to five-timechampion Se Ri Pak in the 2007 Farr.
“I’ve been there. I’ve been close. I’ve played well on this golf course.More than anything, it just gives me confidence,” she said. “I’ve been herebefore, I know I can be close, and hopefully I can close the deal.”
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Finchem: Contraction on the PGA Tour unlikely
June 30, 2010
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP)—Even as the economy continues to lag and the PGA Touris looking for a half-dozen title sponsors, commissioner Tim Finchem doesn’tenvision a smaller schedule in the next few years.
Over the last two years, the tour has either renewed contracts or found newtitle sponsors for 12 tournaments. The immediate goal is to find title sponsorsfor Hilton Head and the World Golf Championship at Doral. Finchem said Wednesdaythe tour is having “conversations” with various companies that are interestedin those events and “we feel good about where we’re headed.”
As for contraction?
“We have to have sponsorship to put on events, so if it got to a pointwhere sponsorship wasn’t available, it’s always a possibility,” he said. “Butcandidly, we are on track with where we are in most years, good or bad economy,in terms of the amount of work we have to do either to renew sponsors or bringin new sponsors.
“I think the market is soft generally,” he added. “But for our product,it continues to perform well, and we don’t anticipate any need forcontraction.”
A full schedule—the tour has 47 tournaments over 44 weeks—means gettingplayers to compete in more events. One proposal is to designate tournaments withweaker fields and require top players to play in at least one of those.
Finchem said that was still a few months away from being ironed out, with noguarantee it will be done. For it to be approved for the 2011 season, he saidany plan would have to be approved twice by the policy board. He also would wantthe fourth quarter of the year to explain it to the players.
“I would suspect in the next two months—90 days, maybe—we need tofinish it up,” Finchem said. “Certainly by September.”
LONG DAY: Kevin Sutherland can’t say he didn’t get a good look at Aroniminkbefore the AT&T National.
Sutherland was the first alternate for the morning pro-am, meaning he had tobe at the course by 6:30 a.m., then wait until the final group was done beforehe could leave. He told his wife and son he would probably be back by about10:30 a.m.
But instead of letting a beautiful morning go to waste, Sutherland decidedto play the course ahead of the pro-am. So he teed off 10 minutes ahead of TigerWoods and had the course to himself.
But not for long.
“I’m on the seventh green when I get a tap on the shoulder,” Sutherlandsaid.
One of the players had withdrawn, and Sutherland had to take a cart back tothe first tee, meet his three amateur partners and tee off for a five-hour roundof 18 holes.
“I wound up playing 25 holes today,” he said before heading back to hishotel.
No one was more surprised than Brian Smith, the caddie for Justin Leonard.They were on the back nine when he looked over and saw Sutherland playing alongon the seventh green. When Leonard was on the third green, Smith noticedSutherland teeing off on No. 8, this time with three amateurs.
TIGER’S DEFENSE: Tiger Woods tends to play the same tournaments each year.He also tends to win a lot.
When he tees off Thursday at the AT&T National, he will be trying tosuccessfully defend his title for the 23rd time on the PGA Tour. But this mightbe tougher than some of the others.
In his 22 previous title defenses, Woods won back-to-back on a differentgolf course only five times—the PGA Championship (Medinah in 1999, Valhalla in2000), the American Express Championship (Ireland in 2002, Atlanta in 2003), theBritish Open (St. Andrews in 2005, Hoylake in 2006), the American Express (SanFrancisco in 2005, London in 2006), and the PGA (Medinah in 2006, Southern Hillsin 2007).
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Creamer, Pressel proud of Kerr’s ranking
June 30, 2010
SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP)—Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel each vowed they would bethe No. 1 player in the world something no American had ever done—until now.
Cristie Kerr beat Creamer and Pressel to the top, but both aren’t proud thatan American is atop the world rankings.
“There’s been a lot of talk on our tour about the internationalinfluence,” Pressel said Wednesday on the eve of the Jamie Farr Owens CorningClassic. “To have somebody from the United States … I hope it inspires younggirls to come out and could inspire a new wave of American golf.”
Creamer, who won the Farr in 2008 but is struggling after thumb surgery,cheered Kerr’s breakthrough after Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam and Mexico’s LorenaOchoa dominated the rankings that began in 2006.
“That was really neat to see, to have an American on top,” Creamer said.“It shows that it’s anybody’s title right now. It’s great that we’re finallythere. We’ve focused so much on ‘Where are the Americans? Where are theAmericans?’ I think it’s kind of a little punch there saying, ‘Here we are.”’
Kerr, who won the year’s second major, the LPGA Championship, by a stunning12 shots last week, sneaked up from No. 4 in the rankings past Japan’s AiMiyazato, South Korea’s Jiyai Shin and Norway’s Suzann Pettersen. Creamer is13th and Pressel 16th in this week’s rankings.
Kerr is skipping the Jamie Farr to prepare for yet another major next week,the U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont. Only one of the top seven players in the world— Shin—is in the Farr field. Just three of the top 10 on the LPGA money listare also on hand.
Creamer is present, largely because she missed her chance to defend hertitle a year ago. Before the opening round, she withdrew because of a ligamentinjury to her left thumb. A year later, she’s still hurting.
“I know that my biggest enemy is myself, just trying to do things that Ican’t do and getting upset about that,” she said. “It’s important to overcomethis little hurdle that I have to go through. This is all the process ofpost-surgery. You have to be able to break things up and get back out there andhopefully in another month or two it’ll be a little bit better.”
It is clear that things are not good now. She has played in only threetournaments this year, missing one cut with a seventh-place finish at theShopRite.
“Preparation for me right now has totally changed from last year and theyear before, because of the injury,” said Creamer, who has won eight times ontour. “I need to play more instead of hitting balls on a range. I have to beable to go out there and hit different shots.”
Instead, she must hit all but short pitch shots off a tee to avoid the shockon her thumb.
Just two years ago, Creamer came to the Farr and shot a career-best 11-under60 in the opening round that carried her to a two-shot victory.
Even after missing last year’s tournament, she persevered to have a solidyear which included 10 top-10 finishes and a primary role in leading the U.S. tovictory in the Solheim Cup. But the surgery—and the pain—has set her back.
“It’s not where I want it to be,” she said of both her thumb and her game.“I’m playing as well as I can. I’m very limited with things that I can do, soit is tough to take the next step.”
She wears an elastic bandage that circles her wrist and her thumb. But itoffers little protection.
“It’s tough. Every day … you kind of have to see how it feels that day,”she said. “I took Monday and Tuesday off from hitting balls. Yesterday I didhit some pitches. I just tried to give it a rest. But it is sore.”
Pressel hasn’t won the Farr, but she’s come close. She shot a 64 in thefinal round a year ago, but lost on the first hole of a playoff with Eunjung Yi.She was also second to five-time champion Se Ri Pak in the 2007 Farr.
“I’ve been there. I’ve been close. I’ve played well on this golf course.More than anything, it just gives me confidence,” she said. “I’ve been herebefore, I know I can be close, and hopefully I can close the deal.”
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AP Source: Tiger Woods interviewed in Galea probe
June 30, 2010
BUFFALO, New York (AP)—A person familiar with a federal investigation of aCanadian doctor accused of distributing human growth hormone says Tiger Woodshas been interviewed in the case.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymitybecause the investigation of Dr. Anthony Galea is ongoing.
Woods previously has said he’s been treated by Galea, but did not receiveany performance-enhancing drugs.
The New York Times first reported Woods’ interview, citing two unidentifiedpeople.
Canadian authorities in October charged Galea, with selling Actovegin,conspiracy to import an unapproved drug, conspiracy to export a drug andsmuggling. A May 18 U.S. criminal complaint charged him with conspiracy,smuggling, distributing human growth hormone and introducing an unapproved druginto interstate commerce.
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A big week for Woods between majors
June 30, 2010
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP)—Tiger Woods’ tee shot was headed for the front pinwhen it turned hard to the left and settled at the back left corner of the par-3fifth green at Aronimink Golf Club.
“That’ll work out well for one of these days,” caddie Steve Williams toldhim. “Just not this one.”
They shared a quick laugh and walked off the tee box, resuming the pro-amround Wednesday at the AT&T National. Woods is the defending champion, yet he issomewhat in the dark.
His game remains a mystery.
The tournament falls between two of the biggest events on his golfingcalendar—the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and the British Open at St. Andrews,his favorite golf course in the world. Woods tied for fourth at the U.S. Openwith a spotty performance. He matched a tournament-low 66 in the third round toget into contention, only to close with a 75.
Even so, it was his best week since he tied for fourth at the Masters.
“Things are starting to come around, which is nice to see,” Woods said.“It’s just a matter of getting more and more consistent with what I’m workingon and putting together better rounds.”
Another mystery is the course.
The AT&T National, where Woods no longer is the official host, is taking atwo-year hiatus from Congressional Country Club, which is preparing to host theU.S. Open next year.
It found a welcome vacation home in Aronimink, which originally was designedby Donald Ross and once hosted premier championships. This is where Gary Playerwon his first PGA Championship in 1962, by one shot over Bob Goalby.
Aronimink was supposed to hold the PGA Championship in 1993 until the ShoalCreek episode led the PGA of America to demand its golf courses have minoritymembers. Aronimink, which had an all-white membership, gave up the chance tohost another major. It did not have a black member until 1998, and now the clubsays it has multiple minority and female members.
It is a course with sharp changes in elevation and bends in the fairways,relatively large greens and minimal water. It is not a classic Ross course fromredesigns over the years, yet it has a storied history.
And while the rough has been minimal on the PGA Tour this year, especiallywith the shallow grooves now required, this rough is nearly as thick as playersfound two weeks ago at Pebble Beach.
“I’m probably taken back by its difficulty,” said Jim Furyk, who playedjunior golf in the Philadelphia area. “I think it’s a very tough golf course.It’s tough to get the ball in the fairways. They’re pitched at a lot of angles.You have to work the ball well off the tee. The greens are very big, but are cutup into smaller sections. There’s a lot of slope, a lot of undulation, andthey’re already quite firm.”
Walking down the fairway on the 605-yard ninth hole, Woods wondered aloudwhat kind of score it would take to win. The forecast is for sunshine throughoutthe week, and without wind, any course is vulnerable. He also noticed, however,that the greens already were firm enough for the ball to bounce instead ofsticking where it lands.
“This is a golf course that has hosted major championships,” Woods said.“There’s no reason we can’t play it tough.”
More than the course, the AT&T National marks a return to the Philadelphiaarea for the first time since 2002, the final year of the short-livedPennsylvania Classic held that year at Waynesborough Country Club. Based on thegallery earlier in the week, and the crowd that gathered around tee boxes andgreens for Woods’ pro-am group, they are expecting a big week.
“We have great confidence it’s going to be a very successful event,” PGATour commissioner Tim Finchem said. “We’re back here next year, and after that,we’ll look for opportunities. But certainly, this is a market we’d like to playlonger term.
Woods won last year at Congressional with a 13-under 267, outlasting AnthonyKim in the final group and holding off a late charge from Hunter Mahan. Neitherof them are here this week, as Kim recovers from thumb surgery and Mahanwithdrew.
It is not nearly as strong a field as some other events, such as theMemorial or Quail Hollow Championship, as the European Tour returns to thecontinent and players gear up for the British Open.
Even so, it has attracted Furyk and Dustin Johnson, Vijay Singh and DavisLove III, Lucas Glover and Sean O’Hair, who makes his home in the Philadelphiaarea and recently joined Aronimink.
While he no longer is the host, Woods still took part in the openingceremonies, which featured Bon Jovi. He says he is still working hard “behindthe scenes,” as proceeds benefit the Tiger Woods Foundation.
Most of the work, however, is on his game.
He has played only 17 rounds on the PGA Tour this year, not returning tocompetition until the Masters after five months of coping with the fallout fromextramarital affairs. He has only two top 10s, both coming in the majors. He hasposted consecutive rounds in the 60s only once this year, at the Memorial, wherehe was never a factor.
The circumstances have changed, but this is the longest stretch Woods hasgone without winning at the start of a season since 2002.
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Americans celebrate Kerr’s rise to top
June 30, 2010
SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP)—Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel each vowed they would bethe top ranked player in the world, something no American had ever done—untilnow.
Cristie Kerr beat Creamer and Pressel to the top, but both are proud that anAmerican is atop the world rankings.
“There’s been a lot of talk on our tour about the internationalinfluence,” Pressel said Wednesday on the eve of the Jamie Farr Owens CorningClassic. “To have somebody from the United States … I hope it inspires younggirls to come out and could inspire a new wave of American golf.”
Creamer, who won the Farr in 2008 but is struggling after thumb surgery,cheered Kerr’s breakthrough after Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam and Mexico’s LorenaOchoa dominated the rankings that began in 2006.
“That was really neat to see, to have an American on top,” Creamer said.“It shows that it’s anybody’s title right now. It’s great that we’re finallythere. We’ve focused so much on ‘Where are the Americans? Where are theAmericans?’ I think it’s kind of a little punch there saying, ‘Here we are.”’
Kerr, who won the year’s second major, the LPGA Championship, by a stunning12 shots last week, sneaked up from No. 4 in the rankings past Japan’s AiMiyazato, South Korea’s Jiyai Shin and Norway’s Suzann Pettersen. Creamer is13th and Pressel 16th in this week’s rankings.
Kerr is skipping the Jamie Farr to prepare for yet another major next week,the U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont. Only one of the top seven players in the world— Shin—is in the Farr field. Just three of the top 10 on the LPGA money listare also on hand.
Creamer is present, largely because she missed her chance to defend hertitle a year ago. Before the opening round, she withdrew because of a ligamentinjury to her left thumb. A year later, she’s still hurting.
“I know that my biggest enemy is myself, just trying to do things that Ican’t do and getting upset about that,” she said. “It’s important to overcomethis little hurdle that I have to go through. This is all the process ofpost-surgery. You have to be able to break things up and get back out there andhopefully in another month or two it’ll be a little bit better.”
It is clear that things are not good now. She has played in only threetournaments this year, missing one cut with a seventh-place finish at theShopRite.
“Preparation for me right now has totally changed from last year and theyear before, because of the injury,” said Creamer, who has won eight times ontour. “I need to play more instead of hitting balls on a range. I have to beable to go out there and hit different shots.”
Instead, she must hit all but short pitch shots off a tee to avoid the shockon her thumb.
Just two years ago, Creamer came to the Farr and shot a career-best,11-under 60 in the opening round that carried her to a two-shot victory.
Even after missing last year’s tournament, she persevered to have a solidyear which included 10 top-10 finishes and a primary role in leading the U.S. tovictory in the Solheim Cup. But the surgery—and the pain—has set her back.
“It’s not where I want it to be,” she said of both her thumb and her game.“I’m playing as well as I can. I’m very limited with things that I can do, soit is tough to take the next step.”
She wears an elastic bandage that circles her wrist and her thumb. But itoffers little protection.
“It’s tough. Every day … you kind of have to see how it feels that day,”she said. “I took Monday and Tuesday off from hitting balls. Yesterday I didhit some pitches. I just tried to give it a rest. But it is sore.”
Pressel hasn’t won the Farr, but she’s come close. She shot a 64 in thefinal round a year ago, but lost on the first hole of a playoff with Eunjung Yi.She was also second to five-time champion Se Ri Pak in the 2007 Farr.
“I’ve been there. I’ve been close. I’ve played well on this golf course.More than anything, it just gives me confidence,” she said. “I’ve been herebefore, I know I can be close, and hopefully I can close the deal.”
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First-round tee times for AT&T National (PGATOUR.com)
June 30, 2010
First-round times. All times are local.
AT&T National Tee #1TimePlayers7:20 amTim HerronNicholas ThompsonArjun Atwal7:31 amNotah Begay IIIJason DufnerKevin Streelman7:42 amCharles Howell IIIBriny BairdTom Gillis7:53 amFredrik JacobsonMathew GogginRobert Garrigus8:04 amTroy MattesonNathan GreenChris Couch8:15 amDerek LamelyRichard S. JohnsonDaniel Chopra8:26 amJason DayJarrod LyleBrian Gay8:37 amY.E. YangNick WatneyJustin Leonard8:48 amCharley HoffmanTom Pernice, Jr.Alex Cejka8:59 amLee JanzenJohn MerrickMatt Every7:20 amJoe OgilvieJeff MaggertBill Lunde7:31 amShaun MicheelJohn MallingerBrendon de Jonge7:42 amTim PetrovicKris BlanksJosh Teater7:53 amBrandt SnedekerTed PurdyJ.P. Hayes8:04 amPaul GoydosRickie FowlerSpencer Levin8:15 amMark WilsonRyuji ImadaChris DiMarco8:26 amJim FurykLucas GloverScott Verplank8:37 amJustin RoseSean O’HairJ.B. Holmes8:48 amMichael AllenCharlie WiMichael Letzig8:59 amAaron BaddeleyRod PamplingWebb Simpson11:50 amChris RileyGreg OwenBryce Molder12:01 pmJoe DurantBrian DavisAlex Prugh12:12 pmJ.J. HenryTroy MerrittGraham DeLaet12:23 pmJonathan ByrdMatt JonesJimmy Walker12:34 pmScott McCarronKevin StadlerBlake Adams12:45 pmJerry KellyAndres RomeroStuart Appleby12:56 pmDustin JohnsonTiger WoodsDavis Love III1:07 pmVijay SinghDavid TomsRobert Allenby1:18 pmJeff OvertonD.A. PointsMarc Leishman1:29 pmJeff QuinneyJames DriscollMichael Connell11:50 amGeorge McNeillSteve ElkingtonSteve Marino12:01 pmBrett QuigleyGreg ChalmersChad Collins12:12 pmRocco MediateScott PiercyMatt Bettencourt12:23 pmGarrett WillisRicky BarnesJames Nitties12:34 pmVaughn TaylorBob EstesRoland Thatcher12:45 pmCameron BeckmanPat PerezJohn Senden12:56 pmBen CraneRyan MooreBoo Weekley1:07 pmBo Van PeltCarl PetterssonD.J. Trahan1:18 pmKevin SutherlandBilly MayfairChris Stroud1:29 pmChris TidlandByeong-Hun AnMatt Hill
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