He made a potentially costly mistake by landing his approach shot on the sloping front side of the green.
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George's last year, won on the second hole with a birdie after a remarkable approach shot from the bunker.
From that chancy lie, Mickelson flew his approach shot over the green and had to scramble for a bogey.
Then an approach shot on the 15th hole Friday deflected off the flag and into the water, which led to a drop.
Lee Westwood got off to a terrible start Thursday when his approach shot ended up at the bottom of such a slope on No. 1.
But he took three shots from inside a radius of about 5 yards after his approach shot from a left fairway bunker stopped behind the hole.
But Cabrera, who held a share of the lead heading into Sunday, responded with a sublime approach shot to the final green and a playoff was required.
After Jeong pulled within three holes on No. 14, the 21-year-old Korean hit his approach shot on the par-4 15th hole to within eight feet of the pin.
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Tiger Woods suffered a blow almost as cruel as Guan's on the 15th hole, when his perfectly judged approach shot hit the pin and bounced into the water.
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The highlight of his round was a stunning 207-yard approach shot on the 15th which landed four feet from the flag, giving him the chance to convert a simple eagle putt.
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The left-hander hit brilliant eagles on 13 and 14 and came close to making it an unprecedented three in a row when a superb approach shot on 15 rolled just past the hole.
Playing the 18th holes once again, Harrington was the only one of the three hopefuls to find the green in regulation in the play-off with Hamill putting his approach shot into a greenside bunker.
But Couples became unglued on the seventh hole, when he sent his approach shot over the back of the green, chipped off the front side, then watched an uphill putt slide up and then back down.
Edfors, meanwhile, left it late to earn his win, holing a putt from 10 feet after a fine approach shot at the last to leave Buckle needing a birdie to take the tournament into a play-off.
Scott got an inkling that the decades of Australian bad luck here might be changing on the 13th hole when his approach shot rolled toward Rae's Creek but somehow held up in the grass on the steep bank.
To back up a little for context, Woods suffered one of the worst bits of luck in the tournament Friday when his first approach shot into 15, perfectly struck, hit the flagstick and bounded back into the green-fronting lake.
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Going into the afternoon session, they beat the tough Danish pair of Soren Hansen and Soren Kjeldsen 2 and 1, the victory sealed by a superb approach shot by McIlroy on the 17th and a five-foot par putt from McDowell.
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Earlier on Sunday, authorities said the gunman who killed his mother at home and then fatally shot 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School had hundreds of rounds of unspent ammunition when he apparently heard the approach of police sirens and shot himself.
But Simpson missed the green with his approach while McDowell hit a superb shot to 15 feet.
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Tiger had three options to hit his next approach from the fairway after his previous shot unluckily hit the flagstick and caromed into the water.
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At times the in-form pair displayed exquisite footwork and shot selection, although their approach in guiding India through the opening hour was primarily one of caution.
Whack a tee shot into the gorse or an approach into the sand and there's still a chance to recover.
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His daughter made it so with a refusal to lose, even when she failed to cash in on her best shot of the day, an approach on the first extra hole that left her with a 6-foot putt to win.
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But his shot fell short and Biarritz continued their workmanlike approach to set up a drop-goal for centre Damien Traille.
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