NISSAN OPEN NOTEBOOK: FLU BUG KNOCKS WOODS OUT.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer PACIFIC PALISADES Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). - Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. outlasted the cold, wind and rain Friday to qualify for weekend play by the barest of margins, hitting the Nissan Open The Northern Trust Open, formally known as the Nissan Open and originally known as the Los Angeles Open, is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in February in Pacific Palisades, California. cut-line on the number and setting the stage for a potential rally in what turned out to be optimum third-round playing conditions. Sunshine returned early Saturday, those dampened Riviera Country Club The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. greens were especially receptive, and Woods had a 9:36 a.m. starting time Noun 1. starting time - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, start, kickoff, beginning, first that would enable him to dodge most of the usual wind that makes Riviera so tough in the afternoons. But the flu that plagued Woods throughout the first two rounds of his 69-74-143 start knocked the world's No. 1 player out of the tournament before his third round began. ``Everyone saw how Tiger felt this week struggling with the flu, and he just can't shake it,'' said Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, after phoning tournament officials early Saturday morning to notify them of Woods's withdrawal. ``He feels awful. This is an event he loves to play in and strives to win. Tiger doesn't want to pull out of any event ever, much less the Nissan Open in his hometown.'' Woods, a Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, junior golf legend who won a record three consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur championships growing up in Orange County, was bidding for his first title in nine Nissan Open starts as a professional - eight of those at Riviera. The closest he has come was in the 1998 Nissan at Valencia Country Club, used that year because Riviera was the site of the U.S. Senior Open. Woods lost in a playoff to Billy Mayfair William Fred "Billy" Mayfair (born August 6, 1966) is an American PGA Tour golfer. Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona where he plays out of Estrella Mountain Range Golf Club. He went to Arizona State University and won the 1986 U.S. at Valencia, then finished tied for second in '99 at Riviera - two shots behind Ernie Els. His best other Nissan finishes at Riviera were a tie for fifth in 2003 and a tie for seventh in 2004, both of those events won by Mike Weir. --Happy camper: He made three bogeys, no birdies and wound up tied for 74th among the 81 players remaining in the weekend field. But Scott Miller, the former Moorpark Country Club head pro who starts as head pro at North Ranch in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday, couldn't have been happier Saturday. Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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