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By BOB HARIG
© St. Petersburg Times, published August 19, 2001
No. 15, Par-3, 207 yards.
It doesn't get much better than making an ace, especially when the stakes are so high at a major championship. David Toms knocked his tee shot into the hole with a 5-wood that traveled 243 yards and rolled into the cup. It helped him to a two-shot third-round lead. "It was pretty timely," Toms said. "The day was kind of so-so. That one shot turned it around. It went from a solid day to a good day." The ace was even more pivotal when you consider that Toms' nearest pursuer, Phil Mickelson, made bogey at the hole, a three-shot swing. The 15th was the most difficult hole of the day, averaging 3.474 strokes. It yielded five birdies.
"I never thought I'd be saying this at a major championship: "I don't know if he's using a 9- or 7-wood.' " -- David Feherty, CBS-TV analyst, describing the shot selection of Japan's Shingo Katayama, who carries four fairway woods.