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Gxgolfer · April 21, 2006

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, watches his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Appleby shot a 6-under-par 66.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, chips in for a birdie on the 17th hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Appleby shot a 6-under-par 66.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, reacts after chipping in for birdie on the 17th hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Appleby shot a 6-under-par 66.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Henrik Bjornstad, of Norway, hits out of a bunker on the ninth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

D.A. Points blasts out of a bunker on the 17th hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Points shot a 5-under-par 67.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Brent Geiberger blasts out of a bunker on the 17th hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Geiberger shot a 4-under-par 68.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Jerry Smith tees off on the 15th hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Smith shot a 5-under-par 67.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Darren Clarke, of Nothern Ireland, watches his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Clarke shot a 4-under-par 68. He withdrew from the tournament to return home outside London after receiving results from ongoing medical tests of his wife Heather.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

Two-time defending champion V.J. Singh, of Fiji, tees off on the ninth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Singh shot a 3-under-par 69.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

Jerry Smith tees off on the 17th hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Smith shot a 5-under-par 67.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Darren Clarke, of Northern Ireland, hits his third shot on the eighth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Clarke shot a 4-under-par 68. He withdrew from the tournament to return home outside London after receiving results from ongoing medical tests of his wife Heather.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

Darren Clarke, of Nothern Ireland, watches his tee shot on the 18th holde during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Clarke shot a 4-under-par 68. He withdrew from the tournament to return home outside London after receiving results from ongoing medical tests of his wife Heather.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Darren Clarke, of Northern Ireland, watches his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Clarke shot a 4-under-par 68. He withdrew from the tournament to return home outside London after receiving results from ongoing medical tests of his wife Heather.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

Darren Clarke, of Northern Ireland, hits his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Clarke shot a 4-under-par 68. He withdrew from the tournament to return home outside London after receiving results from ongoing medical tests of his wife Heather.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

Mike Weir, of Canada, watches his tee shot on the eighth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

Mike Weir, of Canada, hits a chip shot on the eighth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006, in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

Camilo Villegas, of Colombia, watches his tee shot on the eighth hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/Dave Einsel)

Padraig Harrington, of Ireland, watches his tee shot on the 16th hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Vijay Singh, of Fiji, reacts after hitting his tee shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Singh shot a 3-under-par 69.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Trevor Immelman, of South Africa, hits his tee shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas. Immelman shot a 5-under-par 67 and is 8-under-par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Trevor Immelman, of South Africa, watches his tee shot on the 15th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas. Immelman shot a 5-under-par 67 and is 8-under-par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Jay Haas putts on the 18th green during the first round of the Legends of Golf tournament in Savannah, Ga., Friday, April 21, 2006. Haas leads the tournament at 6-under-par 66.

(AP Photo/Gerald Weaver)

Trevor Immelman, of South Africa, watches his birdie attempt on the 17th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas. Immelman shot a 5-under-par 67 and is 8-under-par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, tees off on the 10th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Ian Poulter, of England, watches his tee shot on the eighth hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Mathias Gronberg, of Sweden, watches his birdie attempt on the 17th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Gronberg shot a 3-under par 69 and is 7-under par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Mathias Gronberg, of Sweden, lines up a birdie putt on the 17th green during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Gronberg shot a 3-under par 69 and is 7-under par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Bubba Watson (wearing white visor), center, gets some help from the gallery while searching for his tee shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Bubba Watson hits out of the tall grass on the 17th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, watches his tee shot on the third hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Greg Owen watches his tee shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas. Owen shot a 7-under-par 65 and is 10-under-par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Greg Owen watches his birdie putt on the 18th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas. Owen made his birdie to shoot a 7-under-par 65 and is 10-under-par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Greg Owen reacts after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Friday, April 21, 2006, in Humble, Texas. Owen shot a 7-under-par 65 and is 10-under-par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, blasts out of a bunker on the eighth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, watches his tee shot on the ninth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, watches his tee shot on the sixth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, follows through his swing with one hand after hitting his second shot on the sixth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, watches his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, chips in for a birdie on the sixth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, chips in for birdie on the sixth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, reacts after chipping in for a birdie on the sixth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, right, of Australia, reacts toward his caddie Joe Damiano, left, after chipping in for birdie on the sixth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Greg Owen reacts after missing a bogey putt on the sixth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Trevor Immelman, of South Africa, watches his second shot on the second hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Mathias Gronberg, of Sweden, blasts out of a bunker on the eighth hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stuart Appleby, of Australia, blasts out of the bunker on the 18th hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006, in Humble, Texas. Appleby shot a 3-under-par 69 and is the tournament leader at 14-under-par.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Mathias Gronberg, of Sweden, chips his third shot on the 17th hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Humble, Texas. Gronberg shot a 5-under-par 67 and is second place at 12-under-par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Mathias Gronberg, of Sweden, hits his second shot on the 17th hole during the third round of the Houston Open PGA golf tournament Saturday, April 22, 2006, in Humble, Texas. Gronberg shot a 5-under-par 67 and is second place at 12-under-par for the tournament.

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Australian Stuart Appleby, seen here on 08 April, fired a third-round 69 to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the 5.5 million-dollar PGA Shell Houston Open.

(AFP/Getty Images/File)

Asleep · April 21, 2006

Check out all the Houstonians fighting water moccasins so they can help out Boom-Boom. :golfer:

...and they did:

taylormadefan · April 21, 2006

I'm shocked Bubba Watson's going to miss the cut.

I'd have though he would have torn that course to shreds, long with minimal rough (although he seemed to have found it in the in the ditch on the left side of 17).

What's up with Kevin Na? Withdrew after an opening 77? Injury, or immaturity?