Round 4: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
February 12 2012
10:30 am
Notes on Woods/Mickelson pairing
By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are paired together in Sunday’s final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The two PGA TOUR stars are in the penultimate group and will start the day behind 54-hole leader Charlie Wi. Woods is four shots back; Mickelson is six back.
Here are a few things to consider as Woods and Mickelson prepare for the 30th time they’ve been paired together as pros:
> Of those previous 29 times, nine have been in the final round. Woods has gone on to win three times; Mickelson has emerged the winner two times. Outside of their first final-round pairing — the 1997 PGA Championship, in which each finished tied for 29th — Mickelson has never finished outside the top 10 on the leaderboard when paired with Tiger in the final round; Tiger, meanwhile has only finished outside the top 10 one other time, at the 2010 BMW Championship. (see chart at bottom)
> Amazingly, their stroke averages for those nine previous final-round pairings are identical — 69.33. Mickelson and Woods have each taken 624 strokes when paired together in the final round. Mickelson has shot the better final-round score the last four times.
> No active PGA TOUR player has won more multiple-course events than Mickelson. Twelve of his 39 career wins have come at events in which multiple courses were used. Woods is second on that active list with 11. Mickelson has won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am three times; Woods has won it once, in 2000 (the same year he also won the U.S. Open when it was played solely at Pebble Beach).
> Each is hoping to get off to a good start in order to put early pressure on Wi, who is seeking his first TOUR win.
"This golf course, you can come out and get a quick start, make some birdies and when that happens, it’s tough to follow suit a few groups behind," Mickelson said. "So I’m in a nice situation where if I can get a hot hand early, I can make a run on the leaderboard."
Having two par-5 holes among the first six at Pebble Beach should allow for a quick start. That might play more into Woods’ hands — He’s 8 under on the par 5s this week, while Mickelson is 4 under. On Saturday at Pebble Beach, Woods birdied the second hole and parred the sixth; Mickelson bogeyed the second hole and parred the sixth.
> According to ShotLink, no player has been better with their irons this week than Woods. Through three rounds, Tiger has hit a field-leading 43 of 54 greens in regulation (tying him with Jason Kokrak). The last time Woods hit 43 or more greens thru 54 holes of a non-major was at the 2009 Buick Open (which he went on to win).
But a note of caution — in his previous start at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on the European Tour, Woods hit 46 of his first 54 greens in regulation to take the 54-hole lead, but then hit just five greens in the final round to finish third.
> Woods has not won a TOUR event since the 2009 BMW Championship, but he seems on the verge of ending that drought. He won his limited-field Chevron World Challenge event in December and has owned or shared the 54-hole lead in three of his last five starts, including at Abu Dhabi.
Woods realizes the more times he keeps putting himself in this position, he’ll eventually get back to his winning ways.
"That’s why we play is to be there and that’s why I train as hard as I do and practice as hard as I do is to put myself in those positions," he said. "And when you’re not in those positions, it’s frustrating because the majority of the time when we play golf, we are not in those positions. That’s the tough part of our sport.
"So of late, I’ve been putting myself in these positions, and it feels good."
> Making up four shots will be difficult, but as we’ve seen the last two weeks, no 54-hole lead is safe. Woods has come-from-behind 20 times in the final round to win PGA TOUR events; Mickelson has 16 come-from-behind wins.
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson tee off at 12:29 p.m. ET on Sunday. You can follow their round on ShotTracker by clicking here.
WOODS-MICKELSON FINAL-ROUND PAIRINGS
| Year | Tournament | Woods score (finish) | Mickelson score (finish) |
| 2010 | BMW Championship | 70 (15th) | 67 (8th) |
| 2009 | WGC-HSBC Champions* | 72 (6th) | 69 (Won) |
| 2009 | Masters | 68 (6th) | 67 (5th) |
| 2007 | Deutsche Bank Championship | 67 (2nd) | 66 (Won) |
| 2005 | Ford Championship at Doral | 66 (Won) | 69 (2nd) |
| 2003 | Buick Invitational | 68 (Won) | 72 (4th) |
| 2002 | TOUR Championship | 70 (7th) | 69 (5th) |
| 2001 | Masters | 68 (Won) | 70 (3rd) |
| 1997 | PGA Championship | 75 (29th) | 75 (29th) |
* – not an official PGA TOUR event
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Best of luck Tiger, just stay healthy, content, and care less about HAVING to catch up and having to go at least 6 under. I know you’re just getting yourself acclimated physically and mentally, and swing wise. Play happy.
Should be a terrific event to watch, unlike Abu Shabi where the old gagger and the young gagger tried to see who was the bigger gagger…
end of the day……..Phil 1 Tiger 0 Way to go Phil.
21st Century golf owes much to Messrs. Mickelson & Woods. Their abilities have helped to create what I believe fans are experiencing now; “The GoldenAge of Golf.” Good luck to both of them! Thanks for providing the “final round pairings”. What must be considered is that Woods is five years younger than Lefty and in the pro-game at this level half a decade counts for a lot. Lets not forget about Justin Johnson today on a course where he is rapidly putting his own mark. Bodes a magnificent final day at Pebble Beach, a course where if it didn’t already exist, would need to be invented.
Mike McAllister your story is not correct. Phil is 6 shots off the lead not 4.
Regardless of this tourney, I do not understand how Mickleson has remained in the top 25 the way he has been playing. But he is the media darling, and always says the right programmed answers. So if he happens to take a nose dive today, then he should be moved out of the top 25. GO TIGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Mr. Againster. Sal, Tiger 100, everyone else is just competing…he will get back into form at his own good time!
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Nice fix Mike. Well done. JB
Tiger time is way over due, lets get back to the edge of our seats watching the greatest game in the world by the greatest player….go tiger go..
@ steve sanderson, you are a moron, shut your face cause you dont know what your talking about
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Same old routine. If Tiger does good, his fans are happy. If he can’t stand the HEAT like in Abu Dhabi, they will say that he is NOT healthy. You guys should take 2 aspirins each and she me again in the morning.
I’ll put you on “Mourning” pills until Tiger plays his next game
Mark III you’re like a Mark IV, outdated and huge ego. Buy a sportier versioun a la Tiger Woods!!!!!
Where dose Tiger and Phil stand in world rating at the start of the 2012 season..?
This will be the 196 time that both of them have played in the same Tournament during their careers.
Tigers holds a 2-1 advantage in those games which also has seven ties.
The first week of the OWGR for 01 – 08 Jan 12
had Luke Donald as #1 with a Score of 10.211
Phil Mickelson #15 – 4.371
Tiger Woods was #25 – 3.542
Go Tiger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love to watch you play.
I should have mentioned that Luke Donald has been cheated out of ONE Week as being the #1 Leader in OWGR.
The week ending 1 Jan 12, which was a Sunday, didn’t give him credit for leading that week.
not sure how this pairing came to be especially since there were other golfers that finished ahead of Phil that should have been paired with Tiger…..made for TV pairing and I think they way this was done amounts to a shame. Shame on the tournament officials for “fixing” this pairing. Here I thought golf was a gentleman’s game and honest!
How come Tiger and Brenden Todd are not playing together?I thought the prior days score was part of the pairing process.Todd had a 69 and the others 70.
once again the made for tv golf idiots have done it again. this is not abt a golf tourn anymore it is all abt ratings and $$$$. they could care less abt charlie Wii and the rest of the golfers.
pga and golf chl are PATHETIC
Geman…first one finished with overall score, not daily score, dictates the playing order. Charlie Wi looked like Westwood and McIlroy on the first hole, making double…
Geman,
Pairings are done on a “first to post” basis not necessarily the lowest score. Because there were 3 fixed tee times it is possible that Phil got in the house sooner on Saturday despite a higher score.
I haven’t looked it up but you should shelf the conspiracy theory because it probably didn’t happen as you are implying.
Wiphdo,
You do not know what you are talking about.
Gorp,it wasn’t any conspiracy theory,just a question.Perhaps you should look at the scores instead of bashing people.
Settle down geman. The guy above you was ranting about it and then you asked the same question. Perhaps my remarks were misdirected. It just gets tiresome when people get upset about these types of things they know nothing about. It paints the tour, the networks and even tiger and phil themselves in a completely false light. Not good for the game.
I understand you were just looking for an answer so my apologs if it came across harsh. As for wiphdo and joe lewand, they should learn how these things work before spewing their conspiracy nonsense.
Watched Tiger miss a putt and he was cursing under his breath……..it is sad he has not changed. What will it take???
Oh and Ian se: Fock u u kunt lickin fagit piece of sheit biatch
Aww are you ok? I haven’t changed =( Did I hurt you? Are Tiger’s big (oh wait, small because he is whispering them under his breath)..are Tiger’s small whispered profanities that you cannot even hear hurting you? Get a life and start something productive. You know how to start doing something productive? Stop being ANTI-PRODUCTIVE first. Then work from there.
Apparently swingin ways
Curious to see now that the bag has been opened up about Mickelson and Amy’s swinging ways..Will PGA TOUR.com prevent us from practicing our freedom of speech?
So, concerning Tiger’s profanity (which, now under his breath is still unacceptable), I would much rather see Tiget get upset than watch Mickelson smile after making triple. It just shows Mickelson doesn’t care about anything but the majors and money.
@ The Authority: you are full of hot air (being nice). Let’s see, Tiger lost to Robert Rock in the Middle East and went backwards today with a 75. Booohooooo!!!! I will mail you some tissues!!!!
I was happy to see the matching that had Tiger and Phil together.
As was mentioned by gail…it is first finished with the same score that gets ranked higher for the next Round.
This is the 30th time now they were paired together… Phil leads 14-13 with three ties.
When they were paired together for the 4th Round, it’s Phil leading 6-3 with one tie.
The last time Tiger beat Phil in 4th Round action was in 2005. Since then Phil has beat Tiger five times