Live tweets from 'The Re-Match' at Cypress, featuring Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler vs. Davis Love and Nick Watney
SI's Alan Shipnuck tweeted from the hush-hush charity match at Cypress Point today, which featured Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler vs. Davis Love and Fred Couples Nick Watney, who stepped in as a last-minute replacement:
There was very little wind. The greens were quick but receptive. This proud old golf course, at 6,524 yards, provided a stirring test.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Scores... Love 35-32, 67. Bubba: 37-33, 70. Watney: 36-35, 71. Rickie: 37-36, 73.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
18 is 343 on the card, big dogleg right, uphill, very tight. Bubba's ball is 20 paces short of the green.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
It's over. Love-Watney close 'em out on 17. Sea lions bark in the distance.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Correction: Bubba's tee ball caught a tree and never came down. It's all on Fowler to extend the match.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
OK, Bubba just drove it over the cypress trees in the middle of 17 fairway. That's macho.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Plaque just off the 17th tee: twitter.com/AlanShipnuck/s…
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Fred's back went out, Watney got the call on Sun. @TomAndBothered: Was Nick a late sub for Freddy? Or was that just a small mis-tweet? - Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Davis Love, ladies and gentleman!! His birdie at 16 puts he and Watney 2-up.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Davis pured a 3-iron to 10'. Of course I missed that shot.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Fowler with a duece on 15! He and Bubba are 1-down heading to a par-3 you may be familiar with.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Capt. Love at 15. I'm standing one foot from the edge of the ocean. twitter.com/AlanShipnuck/s…
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Maybe my favorite green complex there is, the 13th. All 4 guys birdied this one, Love-Watney are still 2-up. twitter.com/AlanShipnuck/s…
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
11 and 12 halved with pars. No one is gonna threaten Hogan's 63 from 1956.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
The first 10 holes at Cypress are great. 11 thru 17 is, quite simply, the best golf on the planet. The 11th green: twitter.com/AlanShipnuck/s…
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Watney trickles in a gorgeous 30' for eagle on 10, he and Love go 2-up.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Bubba gets up-and-down on 8 to match Love's birdie. On 9, one of golf's great short 4s, all go for the green. 3 bunkered, Fowler on fringe.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Bubba tries to drive 8! Finds the front bunker. Gotta love the kid's spunk, if not his course management.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) ">October 9, 2012
6 is halved w/birdies, Love-Watney remain 1-up. Watney is playing the best golf of the bunch. Just in case Love needs more second-guessing.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) ">October 9, 2012
The gorgeous 6th green. Three eagle putts coming. (Bubba is fighting his swing, which is a blast to watch.) twitter.com/AlanShipnuck/s…
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Yes, the Stanford Invitational in a couple of weeks. Open to the public. RT@codeine_ccc Will a big time tourney ever be played at Cypress?
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Watney with the best drive. From 187, uphill, he reaches with a 5-iron.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Bombs away on par-5 5th, first of back-to-back 3-shotters. (Or, 2-shotters for these guys). CP also has consecutive par-3s. #Mackenzie
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
There are US Presidents here and various golf aristocrats but best gallery spot is LPGA's Blair O'Neal. She played here y'day. "Shot even."
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
4th hole has some of Mackenzie's loveliest bunkering. Lotsa talk on the tee. 3 layup, Bubba blows driver into forest. twitter.com/AlanShipnuck/s…
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Thru 3, evert hole's been won w/a birdie. Love is 1-up w/his last-minute replacement partner, Nick Watney.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
There's a wonderful intimacy to this gathering: no gallery ropes, just walk along with the players. I spent the stroll up 2 talking w/Davis.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
How will the modern pro play Cypress? The first hole, at 420, is the second-longest par-4. Bubba had 96 yards left.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Bubba's opening tee shot. Long, not surprisingly. twitter.com/AlanShipnuck/s…
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Great scene here on the first tee at Cypress Point: Ken Venturi reliving his memories of the Match in 1956. #TheMatch2 twitter.com/AlanShipnuck/s…
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 9, 2012
Have you heard about tomorrow's top-secret The Match II at Cypress Point tomorrow, with Freddy/Davis vs. Bubba/Rickie? Me, neither.
- Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) October 8, 2012
