European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 stars and stripes june 2007 Woods faces deficit in quest for 13 by Doug Ferguson the associated press Aaron bad Deley dug his feet in the Sand and trained his eyes on a Golf Ball buried in thick grass at the base of a he was staring at a third straight bogey saturday at the each one dropping him closer to Tiger he choked up on the his fingers almost touching the steel and somehow punched it onto the fringe of the 17th Green to escape with Par and pass his first big test at that was Baddeley that really Felt like a to be next comes the final Baddeley stood upright and clenched his fist when a 12foot putt for Birdie dropped on the final Hole for an even Par knowing that every shot counts at the especially it gave him a two shot Lead Over who was practically perfect from tee to Green in his round of one of Only two rounds under Par even though Oakmont fearsome greens showed a softer despite a bogey on the final the Only time in the third round Woods missed the the worlds 1 player was in the final group of a major championship for the second time this Woods will be going for his 13th Baddeley is playing in his in going to Deal with some emotions because Ive never been in this position said bad who was at 2over but i play Ive worked my whole life to be in this so in going to embrace hell have his hands full if Woods brings the same game on Woods gave himself a Birdie putt on every Hole until he drove into a Bunker on the 18th Hole and r cringed when his 15foot Par putt tickled the Edge of the a far too common sight for him on this he took 35 putts and still had one of Only two subpar rounds at an Oakmont course that was Only slightly More i hit a lot of Good putts that grazed the but i put my self right there in the Tournai Woods right in the Woods has never won a major when trailing going into the final he played in the last group at the masters with Stuart Appleby and briefly had the Lead but wound up in a tie for but he has experience on his Baddeley will play with Woods for the third time in a but the first time on a Ive been there and i know what it Woods Paul Casey shot a 72 and was at 5over 2j5 with Stephen Ames Justin Rose 73 and Bubba Watson who made a triple bogey from the left Side of the ninth Green but steadied himself with pars and a Lone bogey the rest of the the other subpar round be longed to Steve who holed out from 74 Yards for Birdie on the 18th Hole for a 68 to give himself a Chance at 6over tied with former Champion Jim Furyk 70 and 36hole Leader Angel Cabrera who slowly lost ground until he chopped his Way to a Boge bogey Baddeley showed amazing poise on an Oakmont course that played Tamer with accessible Hole locations and greens that had been watered three times after the carnage of Friday As the leaders began to lose Baddeley surged he made three birdies in a four Hole culminating with a 6foot putt on the 13th Hole that stretched his Lead to but he took bogey after a tee shot into deep rough on the 15th dropped another shot with a tee shot into the Bunker on the par3 16th and looked to be in big Trou ble on the 17th until his great is Tiger is the Best player in the Baddeley but i feel like in playing Oakmont was on the Edge of being close to impossible Friday and the Urga responded by twice watering the greens then again two hours before the third they took pity on Jeff Bre Haut said after his even Par 70 left him six shots i want expecting Woods gave himself realistic Birdie chances on every Hole and rarely had to work for an 8iron stopped 8 feet away on 3 for and he followed that with a 3iron into 20 feet on the par5 fourth and a Chance at he dropped his and placed his hands on his Knees when it broke in front of the something Woods got used to see he had putts inside 15 feet on the fifth and seventh that he barely touched because they were above the longer putts on the eighth and ninth that tickled the Edge of the most impressive of All was his hitting every Green in regulation until the final if hed putted like i hed have shot 6 said first round Leader Nick Dougher who played with Woods and shot tee to Hes just its going to take some thing pretty special to beat him to if he plays like that to nobody going to beat a dozen players were Sepa rated by five shots going into the final round on a course that is Tough even when the Urga wants it to play slightly this Golf course Doest lend it self to too Many Ames so the Guy who makes the least mistakes will be the Guy to open saturday at Oakmont country club purse Tea million in 2006 yardage pan 70 third round Aaron Baddeley 727070212 Tiger Woods 717469214 Paul Casey 776672215 Stephen Ames 736973215 Justin Rose 717173215 Bubba Watson 707174215 Steve Strieker 757368216 Jim Furyk 717570216 Angel Cabrera 697176216 Stuart Appleby 747271217 David Toms 727273217 Nicla fasth 717175217 Vijay Singh 717770218 Jef Brehaut 737570218 Jerry Kelly 747173218 Scott Verplank 737174218 Tim Clark 727671219 Michael Putnam 737472219 Hunter Mahan 737472219 Mike Weir 747273219 Lee Janzen 737373219 Nick Dougherty 687774219 Carl Pettersson 727275219 Tom Pernice 727275219 Graeme Mcdowell 737275220 Nic Ohern 767471221 la Poulter 727772221 Charl Schwartzel 757373221 Brandt Snedeker 717377221 Chris Dimarco 767373222 Ken Duke 747573222 Harrison Frazar 747474222 Brigman 747474222 Chad Campbell 737277222 jeep Milkha Singh 757573223 John Rollins 757474223 Ernie Els 737674223 Fred Funk 717874223 Peter Hanson 717478223 Mathew Goggin 777374224 Henry 717875224 Pablo Martin 717677224 boo Weekley 727577224 Geoff Ogilvy 717578224 Michael Campbell 737775225 Camilo Villegas 737775225 George Mcneill 727677225 Shingo Katayama 727479225 Jason Dufner 717579225 Zach Johnson 767476226 Dean Wilson 767476226 Charles Howell Iii 767377226 Jose Maria Olazabal 707878226 Ben Curtis 717778226 Lee Westwood 727579226 Olin Browne 717580226 Bob Estes 757577227 Marcus Fraser 727877227 Kenneth Ferric 747677227 Anthony Kim 747380227 Rory Sabbatini 737778228 Anders Hansen 717979229 Kevin Sutherland 747679229 open Baddeley recovers from holds Lead from Back Page but at he sprayed his drive into the left rough and  save Par with the then he lost his tee shot at the par3 16th in the Bunker and  get up and what everyone else judged to be a Case of Plummer viewed As a i actually thought that stretch was because theres going to be plenty of times sunday when the storm and Aaron got a Chance to see How he reacts to he had to dig himself out of that Hole and Plummer at least he knows he can do gouging himself out was More since Baddeley teed off with an Iron at 17 to spare himself any More but with his nerves he pulled the tee shot hard the Ball ran through the Fairway headed for a Bunker but added a diabolical twist of its coming to rest on the thick grass As Baddeley settled into his stance in the there was 91 Yards left to the but More than just the shot in front of him was weighing on his he tells you Hes Learned from the adversity piled on his career after a promising blow this tournament in this and Baddeley knew All that talk would seem to the rest of the golfing world like so much wasted he slashed the Ball out of the rough and counted on the slope of the Hole to carry it somewhere to the left Side of the that was he be cause if i made bogey there i would have been 4over at the that was Baddeley repeated As though convincing him that really Felt like a to be Baddeley extended the Celebration by following that up with per haps his steadies Birdie of the he split the Fairway at 18 with his Driver and deposited an 8iron 15 feet left of the where the Ball funnels toward the he removed any suspense by rolling that one setting a tone that he hoped would carry Over to sundays meeting with the two have played together a handful of most recently the first two Days of this years but their history is a Little More complicated than in the Golf association granted Baddeley an exemption into the open at Pebble in part because he invited comparison to a younger Woods won the open that year by 15 Baddeley missed the and his Best finish in a major since has been a tie for obviously in going to Deal with some emotions because Ive never been in this position but Ive worked my whole life to be in this Baddeley so in going to embrace Jim Litke is a National sports columnist for the associated write to him  posing shipping or awaiting household goods a shipping crunch is gripping Europe what Are the effects get answers from the experts at army installation management command open line tune in to open line on an Power network june 20th 1011 Call in during the show Dan 3894595 Civ 06214621 46085595 Germany or email your questions in Advance