On the par-five 13th, his booming drive around the corner left him less than 200 yards and an eight-iron shot for him into the green.
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Poulter posed over his 4-iron shot to the 13th green and was so stunned to see it come up short that he looked at his small gallery for the longest time, repeating loud enough for them to hear that he was only 138 yards from the front of the green.
Likewise, Michal Thompson, who finished second in the US Amateur here five years ago, could not recall ever even needing even a 5-iron on his third shot until trying this monster.
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The Rebels were given possession and Henderson's off-balance shot failed to draw iron.
Spieth showed his shot making with a 6-iron out of the trees that led to 12-foot birdie on the 16th.
At the closing hole, his 320-plus-yard tee shot was some 40 yards ahead of Matthews and Moul and one well-struck two iron later, McIlroy was on the green.
He went for the green and his 3-iron struck a tree and dropped straight down, his next shot plugged in a bunker and he make double bogey to lose by one.
Mr Ecclestone's companies have an iron grip on every frame that is shot within miles of a race--not just the actual contest, but the practice sessions and footage taken in the pits.
Even after Fowler bowed out with a 7-iron that came up short and into the water and another shot in the water that led to triple bogey on the par-5 16th hole, Justin Rose was still in the picture only two shots behind.
He birdied the sixth then picked up a superb eagle on the par-four seventh, holing with a seven iron after having again driven his tee shot into a bunker.
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