Nick Watney looking quite pleased with himself

We may have lost Tiger, but there’s some serious golf in the offing this afternoon!

Nick Watney carded a stellar 64 yesterday and currently holds a one-shot lead over last week’s winner, Lucas Glover, whose facial hair conforms nearly exactly to my idea of a ‘proper’ beard: none of that messing about under the chin or shaving sideburns into amusing shapes.

Speaking of shaving sideburns into amusing shapes (segue= effortless), big-hitting fan favourite Alvaro Quiros is only three shots back of Watney’s lead, a score he shares with a few other Europeans– dangerman Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell and Frederik Jacobson, the world’s best five-handicap golfer– and comedy villain Rory Sabbatini.

David Toms has left himself three good rounds away from the Hall of Fame after carding a 66, leaving him alongside two-time major champion and bona fide ‘old person’ Mark O’Meara.

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