Westwood Works Way Up Leaderboard At Masters 2012: Lee Westwood has an advantage in the first round at a major for the first time in his career.Not really the distinction he is trying, though.Westwood reeled off four straight birdies on the front on Thursday en route to a stress-free round of 5 – under-par 67 at the Masters, where he is still trying to win his first major championship.
“I came close,” said Westwood. “I won everything there is to win other than a major championship. This is my primary objective and has been a long time to come around since the PGA last year.” One of Westwood’s closest call came two years ago at Augusta, when he started the final round with the lead. But he made a three putt bogey on No. 9 to give it away and ended up as a passer, while Phil Mickelson was handed his third green jacket.
This time, Westwood goes into Friday with a lead of a shot on Louis Oosthuizen and two in front of a group of six, including Paul Lawrie, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Francisco Molinari.The Brit, winner of 36 tournaments worldwide, he hit 16 greens in regulation after a light week of practice in a field that has always felt his game fits. He made four birdies in a row of numbers 5 to 8 and never needed a long putt of 10 feet.
“It ‘s nice to get off to a good start and have a platform to build from” Westwood said.He attacked the course of a soft, damp day that seemed ideal for scoring, but also included the pin placements tougher than usual to a Thursday, a set of golf balls on the fairways saturated confused when they disembarked.
In third place in the world, Westwood could well be the best player Without A Major. He finished in the top three six times since 2008, and has had much time to think about what they need to overcome the hump.
“When you’re in contention and not end up, go home and evaluate what did and what you can improve,” he said. “And this is what I did.” Bubba Watson, Ben Crane and Jason Dufner were other players in the tie at 3 under, with Peter Hanson also to that number, but still in progress.
Rory McIlroy shot 1 under 71 and Tiger Woods finished with a pair of bogeys to shoot even par-72. The bogey on 18 was actually a good save after his tee shot went into the trees and resulted in an unplayable lie.Woods opened its rattling around in his first tee shot from a tree and put the second in the creek well to the left of the second fairway. He recovered pars on both and felt pretty decent for the round, all things considered.
“I hit some of the worst rounds of golf I have ever hit today,” Woods said. “It ‘s OK. I just hung there, adjusted my way around the golf course, remained patient, who was at that time. I could have shot one, maybe two more, but I had a lot of that round.”
In search of his first major championship since the 2008 U.S. Open, Woods has come to play well. Two weeks ago, won his first PGA Tour event in 30 months. But on the driving range before his turn, said he felt something crawling on him.
“Old patterns. Some of my old stuff for a few years ago,” he said. “I’m trying to work through it. Occasionally, opens today and it popped up again.” Before Westwood finished his 5 senses, appeared larger story of the day would be Henrik Stenson, who spent most of the day and was in the lead at 5 under with a lead of two photos while on the tee box of 18 .
He hit that shot deep into the trees on the left and needed two more shots to reach the fairway. All part of a bad 8 a snowman that has dropped to 1 in 71 and in a tie for 15. “This is what happens here,” said Stenson. “It keeps Avalanche and I got the snowman at the end.”
Revelations Of Jackie Kennedy Bodyguard
Revelations Of Jackie Kennedy Bodyguard: The Secret Service agent assigned to the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy broke his long silence with a book of memoirs of the time, “Mrs. Kennedy and Me”.
Clint Hill, the former agent was code named Dazzle, told the “Today” show has been on the scene for important events like the joyous birth of John F. Kennedy, Jr. Hill said he was walking on the floor as “an expectant father.” Hill was also beside the first lady for the holidays in Hyannisport, Mass., and travels abroad.
But the moment that has haunted the agent was the day the President was shot, November 22, 1963. As shown in the video of the day, Hill was riding the belief of the car behind the president and first lady parade in Dallas. As the bullet pierced the skull of the President, Hill was seen running from his car and drive to the president and first lady Jackie leans over the back of the car.
When Hill joined her, helped her recover some of the splatter from the shooting. He said, “He said: ‘They shot my head.’ He said, ‘Oh, Jack, what have they done?’ ”
When the car arrived at the hospital, Mrs. Kennedy refused to quit. Hill realized he did not want the public to see the President in his state: “It ‘was a very cruel,” he said, and meant to cover the head and back of Kennedy with his jacket. It ‘was then let go of the President.
In the days after the shooting, Hill reminds the public outpouring of grief, along with personal anguish of the family. When Jackie went to see the president killed by Bobby Kennedy, remembers that she asks: “‘Mr. Hill will make me a pair of scissors, please?,’ So I returned to the office clerk and a couple of scissors and gave them to her. And I stood there and I could feel, you know, clip, clip, clip. knew what was happening. “He believes that he was taking a lock of hair from the President.
Behind him, the coffin was transformed. He heard, “Crying, signs of great remorse, very sad. No words were spoken.” Hill said that even after 50 years, can not get those tragic moments out of your mind.
Kanye West’s ‘Theraflu’ Was Originally
Kanye West’s ‘Theraflu’ Was Originally: Whenever hip hop needs an unforgettable moment, Kanye West always seem to have the remedy. The Louis Vuitton Don unexpectedly wowed fans Wednesday night when DJ Funkmaster Flex has given the green light to premiere “Theraflu,” his new Hit Boy produced single, which features both DJ Khaled and DJ Pharris.
Hit Boy Kanye estimates recorded the single a bit ‘more than a week ago, but initially did not even intend to Yeezy to be part of the record. “I actually sent him flying to Khaled, Khaled and gave ‘Ye,” the good Music producer told MTV News on Thursday (April 5). “It had to be on the album Khaled, and ‘Ye was just like,’ This must be out now. This is a record urgent ‘”
DJ Khaled, who is overwhelmed by the response of the record, said it was an exciting 48 hours, but he promises that there is more in the works. “I was in the studio with ‘Ye, and I was like,’ Let’s do something for your scrapbook, and do something for my album, ‘” Khaled told MTV News over the phone.
The charismatic DJ, who introduced “Theraflu,” has even higher hopes for the couple’s next single. “Just use your imagination on how best I’mma delivery. I’m not kiddin ‘,” Khaled joked.
He would not say when their next collaboration would fall, but revealed that the two have recorded a song that appears on Khaled next LP Kiss the Ring. “When we meet, we just do a little ‘of incredible music,” he said.
Texts, Kanye delivered a fiery performance of “Theraflu,” PETA baiting the hook with “Somebody tell my PETA Mink is draggin ‘on the floor.” He also, once again turns to his ex flame Amber Rose, Wiz Khalifa and her boyfriend admitted that he fell in love with Kim Kardashian. It ‘s all rather intriguing, considering Kanye has avoided the media for almost two years.
“On my end, I had this thing with ‘Ye, where I say that there are no rules and no rules. It is not a format, and is not nobody going to tell us anything about what we do,” said Khaled. “This is how I wanted to meet on this record.”
Woman Retires Car With Huge Mileage Total
Woman Retires Car With Huge Mileage Total: These days, most people consider themselves lucky if a new car takes 5 to 10 years. Make it to 100,000 miles in your vehicle, and the car company could make a commercial about you. That makes 93 years old Rachel Veitch a notable exception. Veitch retire her 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente after over 576,000 miles on the road.
“I am blind, so I can not ride my beautiful Chariot,” Veitch at FoxNews.com. “They do not take away, I would not dream of driving that car again.” The car itself is fine, but Veitch has macular degeneration, both in her eyes, making them blind. After running a red light in March, she decided to voluntarily relinquish the car she drives since Lyndon Johnson occupied the White House.
“I have taken the step,” she said. “I do not have cancer, I do not have Lou Gehrig’s disease. Lucky I am.”
But for all the miles she has on her vehicle, it does not come near the world record. The Truth About Cars blog wrote that the 1966 Volvo P1800 Irv Gordon is scheduled to reach 3 million miles this year. Gordon has held the record in the Guinness Book of World Records for most miles on a non-commercial vehicle since 1998.
Even without the world, Vietch loves to note that the car survived three marriages. Mechanically, it is supported by three sets of shocks, 18 batteries and eight dampers. Veitch bought the car in February 1964 for only $ 3,289.
She credits the life of a “near-obsessive” approach to car maintenance. “I’ve never been a destructive person and I just thought of everything, except my husband,” she told FoxNews.
Veitch, with cars appeared on August 1, 2010 episode of the “Tonight Show” said that they would like to sell the vehicle to Jay Leno, a well known car afficionado host. She is not sure whether Leno would be interested, but her four children, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, are not consistent.
“It does not matter if they did, they are not going to get it. They could not care for it as I did,” she told FoxNews.
Readers’ Funniest Mega Millions Comments
Readers’ Funniest Mega Millions Comments: The $ 640 million Mega Millions jackpot produced three winning tickets on Friday night. After the drawing, as the nation began to settle from the lottery frenzy, thousands of Yahoo! readers comments are not beating the odds in order to strike it rich.
Some of the comments were hilarious, others see honesty. And, as always, a few were a little too disturbing for general use.
Here are the top 10 editors’ picks:
10) Maggy (Providence, Rhode Island): “I think 1,2,3,4,5 with a Mega Ball of 6 was a bad choice?”
9) Stugots: “Well I was going to split all the Yahoo posters comments maybe next week.”
8) Brian (Mt. Prospect, Illinois): “I think I told my boss to move to something earlier than I should have …”
7) Gracie: “I have ten dollars, you can not phone calls.”
6) Queenie: “Is there a Lotto money still to ED Joo KAY shun?”
5) Norman “. Well honey, there is bad news and good news the bad news is that we have not won anything in the Mega Lottery good news is that we will not hear from your family”
4) Astroboy: “I’m glad it’s over, now I can back to fantasizing about women again instead of money.”
3) Vik (Miami, Florida): “Only time I have a lottery was in 1972 when I was called up for military service at # 85 so I won or I have to lose.”
2) John Joe: “Now [the winners] can afford to buy gas.”
1) Justin Kase: “At least not win saves a lot of deleting Facebook friends this morning.”
Bad News For Young Sensation Jeremy Lin
Bad News For Young Sensation Jeremy Lin: Jeremy Lin will miss the rest of the regular season because he needs knee surgery that could sideline six weeks and leaving the Knicks without their star point guard in the playoffs if they make it that far.Lin had an MRI exam revealed this week that a small tear meniscus chronic and he chose to have surgery next week in New York.With the regular season ends April 26 the biggest story in the basket is made in this season unless the Knicks make a deep postseason run.
Speaking slowly, during a pregame news conference, Lin could not hide his disappointment at the decision that was reached earlier Saturday after a painful exercise. “It (stinks) could not be there with the team,” has said.Later, has updated his Facebook page with the message: “Thanks for all the love! (I) return to action this stronger and better than before and hopefully in time for the playoffs” Upcoming: Lin surgery.It was hardly a place in the NBA back in February. Now, after back-to-back Sports Illustrated covers and popularity around the world, and now it’s over.
“If this was done very early in the year, obviously I do not know where my career would be. I could be, would surely be out of work and, probably, the fight for a place Summer League,” said Lin. “But that said, this event is just as bad now, because all the players, we really put our hearts and souls into the team and the season, and not being there when it counts the most difficult.”
The Knicks continue to turn to Baron Davis instead of Lin, an undrafted Harvard alum who became the starter in February and turned into a series of brilliant performances, kicking off a phenomenon that has been called Linsanity.
Lin averaged 14.1 points and 6.1 assists, but the numbers tell only a small part of the story.The Knicks were under 0.500 and looking like a mess when Lin was given the opportunity to play extended minutes at point guard for then-coach Mike D’Antoni on Feb. 4 against New Jersey.
Lin, the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese origin player to play in the NBA, scored 25 points with seven assists in the victory of New York, was inserted into the starting lineup two days later against Utah, and took Knicks’ seven-game winning streak that has gained worldwide attention.
The 23-year-old Lin has left the Knicks’ easy victory over Detroit last Saturday after feeling uncomfortable, then saying he could come back for the fourth quarter if the game had been close. He has participated in shootaround before their game Monday, and at first thought he could deal with the pain.
Even if the swelling went down, the pain never did. He said he has three or four opinions that all said the same thing, and after having tested again Friday and Saturday, decided to do the surgery.
“I can not really do much. Can not really shorten or skip, so it’s pretty clear that I will not be able to help the team unless I have this problem right now,” Lin said before the Knicks played in Cleveland. “It ‘s disappointing for me, it is difficult to see the matches and I think I would be out there, of course, more than anything else at this time. But hopefully, this is a process of six weeks of rehab but I tend to heal fast so I hope to return as soon as possible and hopefully help this season. ”
And ‘the second serious injury loss this week for the Knicks, who are eighth in the Eastern Conference. Amare Stoudemire is out two to four weeks with a back injury, leaving the Knicks without their second and third leading scorers, perhaps for the rest of the regular season.
Davis is not yet 100 percent after a herniated disk in his back kept him out of action until February. The Knicks also have Mike Bibby and Toney Douglas, Iman Shumpert as most rookie point guard options, but none as good as Lin.
“We must go forward, but he is a big piece of our puzzle and what we were doing as a delay before it actually went off,” interim coach Mike Woodson said. “Everything is not bad. Once again, we have three veteran point guard sitting there and we could play some rookies’ to the point. We’re just going to have to do until they can get back in uniform. But it is hard shot. ”
Lin flourished on offense D’Antoni, and there was immediate speculation would have to struggle or even lose his starting spot – when Woodson has replaced him on March 14. Instead, Lin continued to roll, leading the Knicks to six wins in seven games before being injured.
Woodson said that he knew the players who played with meniscus tears, but that only Lin knows her body. Lin knew he would need surgery eventually, but hoped to delay until after the season.
“He chose to have surgery and we must respect, because only he knows the pain he is feeling. And there’s a problem, so it’s got to be fixed,” said Woodson.
The Knicks had already tried three point guards when he finally turned to Lin, who was cut by Houston and Golden State before signing with the Knicks. D’Antoni quickly elevated him to the starting lineup after his performance against the Nets, and Lin responded with the largest tract start ever for an appetizer.
It ‘was the first player with at least 20 points and seven assists in each of his first five starts by Elias Sports Bureau began in 1970 began charting. He had a 3-pointer to win a game in Toronto, scored 38 points to beat Kobe Bryant in a national TV victory over the Lakers, then had 28 points and 14 assists in another victory televised nationally on NBA champion Dallas Mavericks.
All together, the frenzy around him increases. Commissioner David Stern said he had never seen so much interest created by a player in such a short period of time. Knicks games have been picked up by television stations in basketball-mad Asia, and Lin actually invoked for privacy for his family in Taiwan.
Lin will be a free agent after the season and said he hopes to return to New York, but otherwise did not think that far in the future.
“I’m not even worried about that right now,” he said. “It’s not like a career-ending thing or not is something that worries me. Once that is fixed, is fixed, is the simplest intervention you can have and so they are more concerned about the season.”
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