Quick start pushes Perry to top in FedEx
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This article was published 27/09/2009 (6153 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
ATLANTA — Kenny Perry already has had a week to remember at the Tour Championship.
He was honoured with the Payne Stewart Award, which he called the greatest accomplishment of his career. He was so overcome by the stifling heat in the opening round at East Lake that he thought he might throw up after five holes and was lucky to shoot a 72.
How about this to top it off?
A two-shot lead going into Sunday, a final pairing with Tiger Woods, his entire family in town, and a chance to capture the Tour Championship, and maybe even the US$10-million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup.
“It might be magical,” Perry said Saturday. “We’ll see.”
His round Saturday was magical enough. Perry birdied the opening four holes — all on putts inside eight feet — to quickly catch up to Woods, then kept bogeys off his card on the back nine for a 6-under 64.
“Four birdies in a row puts you in a good mood is all I can say,” said Perry, who was at 8-under 202. “That set the tone for the day.”
Woods had a 12-foot birdie putt on the first hole that slid by the cup, and that set the tone for his day. He missed a half-dozen chances from 15 feet or under, yet his only significant birdies came on putts of 20 and 55 feet. The other was a two-putt on a par 5. He wound up with a 69, his eighth consecutive round in the 60s during the FedEx Cup playoffs, yet this one cost him the lead.
“I got fooled a few times there,” Woods said, confused by the slope and grain on the greens.
Even with a two-shot lead, Perry is approaching today as though he has nothing to lose. He even playfully challenged the world’s No. 1 player.
“I’m still trying to beat him,” Perry said. “I have fun with it. He’d better bring his ‘A’ game is all I’ve got to say.”
— The Associated Press
