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the final round is underway at the masters. after much of saturday s play was abandoned because of the weather, the players had an early start to complete their third rounds before heading back out on the course. the american brooks koepka was two shots clear of spain sjon rahm after 5a holes, but they are now level. jordan victor hovland had been third but has gone backwards with a double bogey on the sixth. tiger woods had been bottom of the leaderboard when play was called off on saturday and he withdrew early on sunday. here s our correspodnent andy swiss. tiger woods just managed to make the cut yesterday, but in the afternoon at the start of the third round when the rain was at its worst,
what is their incentive to practice? to go out there and earn in the dirt? you are getting paid a lot of money for a few events and 5a holes. liv is the idea of greg norman, a two time winner of the open, who has not been invited to this week s championship or champions dinner, a decision tiger woods said was the right one. a lot more to come, we will be live injerusalem shortly to live in jerusalem shortly to talk live injerusalem shortly to talk more live in jerusalem shortly to talk more about live injerusalem shortly to talk more about us president biden s trip to the middle east. and one of the idea is to be discussed is a new economic area. hello there. for most of the country, tuesday was a slightly cooler day.
former world number one greg norman is the public face of liv golf. it s tournaments will last 5a holes, not the traditional 72, and former world number two phil mickelson has called that a progressive format . progressive, though, isn t a word often used about saudi arabia, as its critics point out. what we re talking about here are severe, extensive, persistent human rights abuses in saudi arabia. and, while freedom is being offered to golfers, it s not on offer to some saudis. the us government says there are credible reports of forced disappearances, torture by government agents, executions for nonviolent offences. it also notes that women continue to face discrimination and that there is arbitrary arrest and detention. then there s the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. he walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul. he was then murdered, his body was dismembered, his remains have never been located. the saudi government called it a rogue operation by it
is quite hot here the last couple of days. the golf yesterday reached a1 celsius and it s having a massive impact was of the caddie of lexi thompson had to withdraw because of heat stroke and potentially we may have a shortened competition there 25a holes, suggest three days because potentially they are going to have some thunderstorms at the weekend. so the athletes are having to battle that. and a little bit later in the hockey we will have the men poz oche final with belgium looking for their first ever olympic gold medal in that. they are up against australia, who last one back in 200a. i australia, who last one back in 2004. 4 ., ., , ., , 2004. i know that there is lots to look forward 2004. i know that there is lots to look forward to 2004. i know that there is lots to look forward to today - 2004. i know that there is lots to look forward to today as - to look forward to today as you have been talking about commitment another big theme at the elephant games has been the le