Just heard someone exuberantly say on The Golf Channel that this is the best leaderboard he’s ever seen in his life. Whoa, settle down there Mr. Golf Channel commentator. We understand your excitement, but let’s not get too carried away–just yet.
Don’t get us wrong, we love this leaderboard!!
-6 Fred Couples
-5 Tom Watson, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, YE Yang, KJ Choi
-4 Anthony Kim, Nick Watney, Ian Poulter, Tiger Woods, Rickey Barnes
-3 David toms, Sandy Lyle, Trevor Immelman, Adam Scott, C. Shwartzel
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But don’t forget about 1986 when Jack Nicklaus made his famous Sunday charge. The leaderboard looked pretty amazing in the end:
-9 Jack Nicklaus
-8 Greg Norman, Tom Kite
-7 Seve Ballesteros
-6 Nick Price
-5 Tom Watson, Jay Haas, Tsuneyuki Nakajima
-4 Payne Stewart, Bob Tway
-3 Sandy Lyle, Corey Pavin, Mark McCumber, Donnie Hammond, Calvin Peete
-2 Bernard Langer, Larry Mize, Ben Crenshaw, Dave Barr, Gary Koch