Sentence examples for opening pars from inspiring English sources
A fairly mundane 73 yesterday, and three opening pars today, but he's just birdied 13 and 14, and suddenly finds himself at +1. You'd think he needs to post a low score today to have a chance in a tournament he's never really enjoyed; well, he's going about it the right way.
McIlroy, who birdied three of the last four holes in the opening round, failed to pick up a shot on day two but found himself three clear after six opening pars, with Bradley dropping three strokes in that time.
A fine excuse for our first leaderboard of the 2014 US Open, a snapshot in time if you will: -2: Snedeker (5), Fitzpatrick (3*) -1: Larrazabal (6*), Kuchar (4), Simpson (4), Mickelson (3*), Spieth (1*), Matsuyama (1*) 1.42pm BST A solid start for the defending champion Justin Rose, as he looks to join a select band of men who have won back-to-back US Open titles: par par.
"I think in the U.S. Open par saves are as big or bigger than birdies because you don't really expect birdies," Mickelson said.
So while its difficulty isn't necessarily in question — players produced 128 birdies and just 22 bogeys last year — the open par-5 is a scoring opportunity that can't be wasted.
It is a 499-yard par 4, the longest Open par 4 ever, with a sharp dogleg, a narrow fairway (if you cannot bomb the drive) and conspiratorial bunkers protecting the green.
Proceed on to the 12th hole, for my money the truest expression of Steel's course: a long but wide-open par-3 that features a huge and faintly Redan-style green that nevertheless holds a strong shot.
I recall an interaction on a wide-open par five fairway between the a randy member of a foursome and a concessions cart driver.
But after his opening nine-under-par 63 at Pebble Beach, Johnson's touch went cold.
Ramsay fired a bogey-free five under par opening round to sit just two shots off the lead.
