TARGET NOTEBOOK: COURSE TAKES TOLL ON FIELD.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Call it beauty and the beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in . Scenic Sherwood Country Club is a visual treat for galleries at the Target World Challenge, and it can be a rewarding place for the participants as well, yielding 142 birdies and 11 eagles to this week's 16-man field through the first two rounds. But Sherwood also can be punishing, nicking Chris DiMarco Christian Dean DiMarco (born August 23, 1968) is an American golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, and has been in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings. DiMarco was born in Huntington, New York. He attended University of Florida and turned professional in 1990. and Colin Montgomerie Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born June 23, 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer often referred to by his nickname 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles including a streak of seven consecutively for triple-bogeys in Thursday's opening round, when it also cost leader Michael Campbell Michael Shane Campbell CNZM (born February 23, 1969) is a New Zealand golfer who is best-known for having won the 2005 US Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year. He is a member of the European Tour. a tournament record after his approach to No. 18 went through the green and Campbell could not pull off an up-and-down par save from the rough. Campbell endured a double bogey Verb 1. double bogey - to shoot two strokes over par golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes on Friday, and he wasn't alone. Target rookie Fred Funk Frederick "Fred" Funk (born June 14, 1956) is an American professional golfer. Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. - one of the most accurate shotmakers in all of golf - and 2001 PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. winner David Toms felt Sherwood's bite early Friday, both taking double-bogeys on the front nine. Tournament host Tiger Woods, by far the most successful player in the event's five previous years at Sherwood - two wins, three second-place finishes - also had a double bogey and never got more than 1 under par for his round Friday, winding up even-par after the first 36 holes. Woods said he has been struggling on the greens. ``I just had a hard time finding my lines - a hard time seeing the putts, seeing the lines, feeling my breaks,'' he said. ``I'm having a hard time feeling the slopes in my feet, in my hands, my body. I'm just having a hard time with it.'' The world's No. 1 player, however, could find some humor in his struggles, as evidenced in Woods' laughing description of his double bogey on Sherwood's par-5, 522-yard 11th hole - trouble that started with his approach to the green: ``I had an awkward shot and I hit it over the green,'' he said, ``tried to flop it, nuked it over the green. Then I had no shot, whiffed it almost. Technically, I had a net negative, down the slope. Then from there I went and three-putted.'' Darren Clarke was talking about the risk-reward factors of Sherwood on Thursday, following an opening round of 65 that included two eagles. ``If you drive it well enough, you're going to give yourself a lot of chances,'' Clarke said. ``But if you miss them, you're going to struggle to make pars out of the rough. It's thicker than it's been in the past, so it's going to be even more of a challenge.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Tiger Woods said he has been struggling on the greens of Sherwood Country Club. Reed Saxon/Associated Press |
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