Wie & Woods card 65's for the first rounds of their tourneys this week!

While Michelle Wie carded a first round 65 at the CN Canadian Women's Open in Winnipeg CN, Tiger Woods did the same in Paramus NJ at The Barclays.

Michelle had an exciting hole-in-one on the 11th, a par 3 during her first round. She had 6 birdies and only one bogey to finish the round is first place. Her putting is much sharper this week, as she has devoted a lot of time working on such. She then carded a 2nd round 69 to stay the leader and 2 strokes ahead of Jiyai Shin. 3rd place is a tie with Morgan Pressel and defending champion Suzann Pettersen. Another lady, Katherine Hull has been looking sharp as of late and currently sits in 10th place after the first 2 rounds. Karen Stupples is in 17th and another favorite Christina Kim is in 24th. Recent winner Yani Tseng missed the cut with rounds of 73 & 76 respectively. Also missing the cut were; Anna Nordqvist, Azahara Munoz, Angela Stanford and Amanda Blumenhurst. Weekend coverage on the GC is at 3:00-6:00 ET sat and 2:00-6:96:00 ET Sun.


Tiger surprised many and had his best round of the year with an opening round of 65 yesterday in Paramus, NJ at The Barclays. Woods said "it's nice to hit the ball flush again", after admitting he's been missing that all year. As a matter of fact, his 65 was the lowest round in 46 rounds, that date back to a 62 in the BMW Championship last year! This is a great week to play your lowest, with only the top 100 will advance to the 2nd round of playoffs next week. While he shot a 73 today, he sits in 14th and has plenty of places to climb. Leading the tourney is Jason Day at -8, followed by Kevin Streelman & Vaughn Taylor at -7. Jason has carded 67 for both rounds thus far. 4th place is held by 3 players currently; Stewart Cink, Martin Laird & John Senden at -6. Missing the cut this week were Mickelson, Snedecker, Glover & Furyk. Next week is the Deutsche Bank Championship. Since Tiger has easily made the cut, he needs to finish at least in the middle of the pack to go on to the next round. I don't think he'll have any problems doing just that. And, Captain Pavin is liking more sure of picking Tiger as one of his captain's picks for the Ryder Cup. He knew Tiger had it, as did most everyone! With the weight of personal issues lifted somewhat with the finalizing of his divorce last week; his mind can now focus more on his game. 1:00-2:30 ET on the GC and 3:00-6:00 ET on CBS for Sat. Final round coverage will be 12:00-1:30 pm ET on GC and 2:00-6:00 ET on CBS.