Firestone specialist Woods back in contention

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AWJrHYpruXbGDK2Mbaio6m387BURCL0DlNMw5dhYaAGITqtXDthZH1brTYPWczse5fpbi7u_WNhmxil-CPdoDNtPoLvOe7RWeD3PrfzgtTl9LFArIhHM-Ju56BK3raEcmPS1MOVAnqw/s1600/golf.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Firestone specialist Woods back in contention" border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AWJrHYpruXbGDK2Mbaio6m387BURCL0DlNMw5dhYaAGITqtXDthZH1brTYPWczse5fpbi7u_WNhmxil-CPdoDNtPoLvOe7RWeD3PrfzgtTl9LFArIhHM-Ju56BK3raEcmPS1MOVAnqw/s400/golf.JPG" title="Firestone specialist Woods back in contention" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Firestone specialist Woods back in contention</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/08/firestone-specialist-woods-back-in.html">Firestone specialist Woods back in contention</a></h2> <div> <div> AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - For Tiger Woods, it was back to business as usual at one of his happiest hunting grounds as he moved ominously into contention at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Thursday.</div> <div>  The world number one has triumphed a record seven times in the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) event at Firestone Country Club and looked as good as ever here on the way to an opening four-under-par 66.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  Woods took advantage of greens softened by overnight rain with some pinpoint iron play to put himself in a good position to push on for his fifth PGA Tour victory of the season.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "I felt pretty good today," the 14-times major winner told reporters after carding six birdies and two bogeys to end a warm, breezy day at Firestone two strokes behinds pacesetting American Webb Simpson.</div> <div> "It was a little blustery, the wind was up and the greens were soft but at least the ball was flying. I feel very good about what I'm doing with basically my whole swing. I hit a lot of good shots.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "I had a really good feel for the distance today, and (caddie) Joey (LaCava) and I really read the wind right today. We changed a few shots out there, and we both had a really good handle on what we were doing feel-wise with the wind."</div> <div> Woods, who last won here in 2009, birdied four of his last nine holes to surge up the leaderboard at a heavily tree-lined venue where he has always felt extremely comfortable.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "I've played terrible coming in here and I've played really well coming in and, for some reason on this golf course, I just see it," the 37-year-old said. "It's just one of those venues.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "Luckily over the years I've taken advantage of it. I have played well and I've scored well, and I've won my share of tournaments here."</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <b>SWING CHANGE</b></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Woods has posted 11 top-10s in 13 appearances at Firestone, his rare bad weeks here coming in 2010 and 2011 when he was battling back from the breakdown of his marriage and assorted injury problems, while also working on his fourth swing change.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "Unfortunately some of those times were when I was changing my swing and I was going through that change," he explained. "It's one of those things where you've still got to play well.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "But I still felt comfortable with what I was seeing out there even though I didn't play well. It's hard to explain, but I just feel comfortable seeing the shots here.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "You still have to execute, obviously, and over the course of my career here, I've done all right at doing that."</div> </div> </div>

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Langer takes 3-shot lead at Senior British Open

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_PkOGhcExHm65X_AmKJLnLfksdHRgVMp9eRRAjE_MTle2EPbBcP8hQhmz_Ysz1BdWPfSc2iqCtJyQoKB_q8DzBxgEXMY77nNYcXCyM-2Cx7ikBqmO4WhfWl3gNzmjWQWkU2t4vn_F9M/s1600/Golf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Langer takes 3-shot lead at Senior British Open" border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_PkOGhcExHm65X_AmKJLnLfksdHRgVMp9eRRAjE_MTle2EPbBcP8hQhmz_Ysz1BdWPfSc2iqCtJyQoKB_q8DzBxgEXMY77nNYcXCyM-2Cx7ikBqmO4WhfWl3gNzmjWQWkU2t4vn_F9M/s400/Golf.jpg" title="Langer takes 3-shot lead at Senior British Open" width="400" /></a></div> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/07/langer-takes-3-shot-lead-at-senior.html">Langer takes 3-shot lead at Senior British Open</a></h2> <div>  Bernhard Langer seized a three-shot lead after the third round of the Senior British Open on Saturday, mastering Royal Birkdale with superb links play for a 4-under 66.<br /> <br /> Langer shared the overnight lead with American Mark Wiebe but birdied three of his first seven holes to jump in front on his own. David Frost of South Africa shot his third straight 68 to sit alone in second place, while Wiebe only managed a 70 to drop into third, four shots back.<br /> <br /> Langer's only bogey came on the 14th, but he finished with two birdies on 15 and 17 to stay in control.<br /> ''That was as good as I can play,'' said the German veteran, who is bidding for his second Senior British Open title having won at Carnoustie in 2010. ''My ball-striking was almost perfect and I played really well, apart from the mistake at the 14th.''<br /> <br /> His lone bogey came when he hit his tee shot to the back of the green, sent his approach putt long and left and missed the return.<br /> <br /> He got it back immediately with a birdie at the long 15th, added another at the long 17th and just missed his birdie chance from 12 feet at the last.<br /> <br /> Frost made three birdies in a row from the seventh but then made three bogies came on the 10th, 14th and the 18th, with two other birdies in between.<br /> <br /> Three players are in joint fourth place, six shots back - home favorite Sandy Lyle (69), Australian Peter Fowler (70) and first-round leader Gene Sauers of the U.S (70).<br /> <br /> Colin Montgomerie of Scotland also had a 69 but is tied for 13th at 2 over. Miguel Angel Martin of Spain had the day's best round of 65 but is also on 2 over.<br /> <br /> Defending champion Fred Couples had a 68, his best round of the week, but his out of contention at 4 over.</div> </div>

Langer takes 3-shot lead at Senior British Open  Bernhard Langer seized a three-shot lead after the third round of the Senior British ...

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Google's mysterious "Android breakfast event" with Sundar Pichai!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgB2_IG8x9cMupQdcXNesbjHzaa6bTCcO6P2G8Oo2xARvtz6SQV8AapuRYc0YucHojXDBkr8Wn6NibjzGikHC-fEcn1vNReaSlT2WEipEfLhYxKy7WRG86TLbg2cGuBfc2-gtJuxCUC0/s1600/Google's+mysterious+Android+breakfast+event+with+Sundar+Pichai!.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgB2_IG8x9cMupQdcXNesbjHzaa6bTCcO6P2G8Oo2xARvtz6SQV8AapuRYc0YucHojXDBkr8Wn6NibjzGikHC-fEcn1vNReaSlT2WEipEfLhYxKy7WRG86TLbg2cGuBfc2-gtJuxCUC0/s400/Google's+mysterious+Android+breakfast+event+with+Sundar+Pichai!.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <h1 class="headline" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1374652059945_310" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 10px;"> Google's mysterious "Android breakfast event" with Sundar Pichai!</h1> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> Google will hold an unusual event: rather than decking out a stage and queuing up the dance music, Google is hosting a breakfast with Chrome and Android head Sundar Pichai for reporters. There are many theories about what could be in store -- a new Nexus 7 tablet looks like a certainty; the latest version of Android (Android 4.3) is still a possibility -- but we'll know for sure at noon eastern time on Wednesday. </div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> </div>

Google's mysterious "Android breakfast event" with Sundar Pichai! Google will hold an unusual event: rather than de...

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