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out of contention. there, could only hack out to 30 feet, and missed. Then,
Langer, 64, so steady for so many decades, had made three at the par-3 13th, he pulled his tee shot, again into the
bogeys all week entering the final round. He believed the rough, and again into a nasty lie. He couldn't get up
bad breaks on No. 10 might've stunted his momentum. and down. Finally, at the par-4 14th, a brutal hole, he
Langer, a two-time Masters champion, made his first found the rough left of the fairway, pulled his approach
major mistake at the par-4 12th, one of the easier holes into the rough, and made yet another bogey. Following
on the course — Colin Montgomerie made an eagle-2 the approach into the 14th, Langer flipped his club, the
early in the day — when he found the fairway, but pushed perfectionist not at all pleased with the meltdown.
his approach into the right rough. He had a nasty lie Alker fell back a ways when he made two double-bogeys
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