At the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village, there has been everything but consistency from the players. Players in general have been wild and erratic on this course. It's a quirky golf course that can reward good shots with lots of birdies, but can also penalize players with a lot of bogeys and double bogeys. In fact, one can say that pars were a rarity for the first two rounds because of all those birdies and bogeys! Here is a top 5 countdown for 5 of the weirdest scorecards in the second round.
An interesting side note: Despite Phil Mickelson being one of the least consistent players on the PGA Tour, this week he actually just happened to be one of the MOST consistent. Kind of ironic that Phil's second round had been very solid and not joining the roller coaster rides all the other players have been going on, despite Phil usually having those roller coaster rounds himself while all the other players are plodding along consistently.
So here is the Top 5 countdown.
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5. Rory McIlroy:
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Well, McIlroy is always this highly inconsistent player, as many young guns are. And this is another one of those typical McIlroy inconsistent rounds. First round he played alright, but the second round he was unable to capitalize on his good shots, because he kept following up birdies with bogeys. And the highlight was the double bogey on 14. Unable to create momentum, so just an even par round for him.
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4. Chris Riley:
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Another golfer on a roller coaster ride all week. The interesting thing about Chris Riley is that he only made 3 pars on the back nine for his two rounds combined. He made a lot of birdie putts but also missed a lot of short, makeable par putts particularly in the second round. In fact, the bogeys he made on 16 and 17 of the secound round were both from under 4 feet.
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3. Luke Donald:
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The typically rock solid and consistent Luke Donald having 2 inconsistent rounds, joining the party of roller coaster riders. What is so notable about Donald's round was that he at one point was 2 over par during his first round but then he birdied 5 of his last 7 holes (and 1 bogey). And even in the second round, he was even par for the round until birdying 4 of his last 7 holes (and one bogey), which are anything but easy holes.
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2. Davis Love III:
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Davis Love's first round was alright, a solid 69 for day one. But his second round was what was incredibly, remarkable erratic and inconsistent. He made 6 birdies and an eagle. That, usually, would be a crazy good round especially under a difficult course like Muirfield Village. This however is not the case, when you intertwine your 6 birdies and an eagle with 5 bogeys, 1 double bogey, and 1 triple bogey. Love was actually 5 over par for his round after finishing his back nine, but made a very nice rebound on the front nine and managed to salvage a 1 over par round.
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His triple bogey snowman 8 on the par 5 11th hole (see picture above). Hit his drive in the water, took a drop, hit a lay-up shot, then hit another shot in the water, took another drop, hit it on the green to 3 feet, MISS the 3 foot putt, and makes triple bogey. What a day.
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1. Rickie Fowler:
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When you look at the ever-so-colourful scorecard of Rickie Fowler, all you can say is, WOW. He only made 3 pars on the back nine through 36 holes. The scorecard is riddled with inconsistency. In the first round, he makes one birdie, gives back with 2 bogeys, made 2 more birdies, and gave that back with another bogey. Then he went on a birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle roll on Holes 12 to 15. Before following that up with immediate bogeys on 16 and 17 and finishing with a birdie on 18. What a first round.
But the second round was just as equally as roller-coaster-like. Started on the back nine, went through a stretch of birdie-bogey-birdie-triplebogey-birdie-bogey-bogey on Hole 11-17, accentuated by the triple bogey on 14. Then birdied 1, 3, and 5 when he got to the front nine. After all those wild scores, he managed to shoot a 73.
Details of Rickie Fowler's triple bogey on 14:
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As you can see, despite the triple bogey, he actually hit the fairway on his drive! That means he took 6 strokes from 132 yards to go on the fairway! That's almost Happy-Gilmore-like! So anyway, after the good drive, his adrenaline resulted in him airmailing his second shot way, way over the green. His third shot came short of the green. Then his fourth shot tricked over the green. He finally got it onto the green on his fifth. Then he missed a 4 foot putt, and resulted in the triple bogey 7. What a hole that was for Fowler!
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