The right cut
South African Charl Schwartzel, who is tied for second at 8-under 208 entering the final round, offers a theory to why he and leader Rory McIlroy have played so well. Maybe it’s because they are eating so well.
They are both clients of the ISM Management Company and have had dinner at the house the company is renting in Augusta. “I’ve seen him every night,” Schwartzel said. “We have had some good meat at the ISM house; maybe that’s the key.”
Look what he started
The rise of younger players on tour has coincided with players becoming larger and more athletic. Tiger Woods used to be considered one of the best athletes to ever play the game, and set an example by getting himself in tremendous shape through working out.
But he said his off-course athletic skills can’t compare to those of some members of the new breed, including Johnson and Gary Woodland, whom he played with in the first two rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill last month. Woodland played college basketball before transferring to Kansas to play golf.
“These are guys who have played other sports,” said Woods, who admitted he could dunk a tennis ball in a basketball hoop but not a basketball. “These guys are both really good basketball players and they both have been able to dunk, and they both have been able to play hoop. And then they decide to play golf instead. So it's neat to see these guys transform into our sport, the power, the transition; they are doing things no one has ever seen on tour before.”
