{"id":9735,"date":"2012-04-08T03:59:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T01:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/update-4-golf-mickelson-makes-masters-charge-mcilroy-collapses\/"},"modified":"2012-04-08T03:59:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T01:59:07","slug":"update-4-golf-mickelson-makes-masters-charge-mcilroy-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-4-golf-mickelson-makes-masters-charge-mcilroy-collapses\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 4-Golf-Mickelson makes Masters charge, McIlroy collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Sweden&#8217;s Hanson leads by one after third round<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Flawless Mickelson storms home on back nine<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* McIlroy and Woods fall flat<\/p>\n<p> (Adds Mickelson, McIlroy quotes)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Julian Linden<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Phil Mickelson stormed<br \/>\nup the Masters leaderboard on Saturday to finish within a shot<br \/>\nof surprise third round leader Peter Hanson and restore some<br \/>\nsense of normality to the first major of the year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mickelson produced a dazzling display of shot-making and<br \/>\nnerveless putting in a flawless six-under-par 66 on a day when<br \/>\nRory McIlroy relived his worst nightmare and Tiger Woods faded<br \/>\nout of contention.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The left-hander, already a three-time Masters champion,<br \/>\nentered the clubhouse at eight-under for the tournament and<br \/>\nbreathing down the neck of Hanson, who birdied the last two<br \/>\nholes for a 65, the best round of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love it here and I love nothing more than being in the<br \/>\nlast group on Sunday at the Masters. It&#8217;s the greatest thing in<br \/>\nprofessional golf,&#8221; said Mickelson.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s Louis Oosthuizen, the runaway winner of the<br \/>\n2010 British Open, put himself in the frame for a second major<br \/>\nwith a 69 to be third at seven-under while American Bubba Watson<br \/>\nwas a further shot back after a 70.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Sweden&#8217;s Hanson leads by one after third round * Flawless Mickelson storms home on back nine * McIlroy and Woods fall flat (Adds Mickelson, McIlroy quotes) By Julian Linden AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Phil Mickelson stormed up the Masters leaderboard on Saturday to finish within a shot of surprise third round leader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-9735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}