although i don t think for much longer and for him to get his next major, he needs to be in good shape physically. he better get to it quick. stuck at 14 majors for six years now. got aways to go before he hits that nicolas 18 number. don t go far, shane. get you back later in the show. right now, switching gears. tradition holds, it begins with the ceremonial first shot by arnold palmer. we go to laura who spent time with the master s legend. welcome. reporter: ra rachel, can t t about the game without giving credit to arnold palmer. a true golfing artist, aggressive go for broke style of play captivated people on the course, but more importantly, through the television as well. now, in regards to the masters, augusta national s most famous stretch of poles, 11th, 2th and 13th poles named because of arnold palmer s heroics en route
i m more stressed out on the sidelines. it doesn t feel good being benched. does it, honey? no. i never liked that term, being benched and i really i haven t been benched much in my life. i know. reporter: now, like we heard from mark amir ra, it s not easy at your first 4569ers and reed did not make the cut here last night but overall the fifth player to win three tournaments before turning 24 years old. the other four, tiger woods, phil mickelson, rory mcilroy and sergio garcia. not bad company. okay. straight ahead, cnn s shane o donoghue visits with three-time masters champ gary player. you keep hearing, what a long driver this young boy is. he s going to be a star. long drive means nothing. i wouldn t say nothing, but not as much emphasis as people are putting on it. bunker shots, putting and that s what tiger woods is good at. he s not a good driver of the
and failed, to have removed, but mother nature tossed aside. all-access at augusta a cnn bleacher report special. i m rachel nichols along with shane o donnell, host of cnn international, and shane heading into the tournament the headline, of course, no tiger, now it s about bubba watson leading the tournament. how has he managed to do this? done it with incredible zeal and it s great to see him back playing with great confidence, because he s very creative. extraordinarily talented. very long off the tee and then he s got this amazing magical touch with the short game, the wedge, the putters. it s great to see him back and he s hunting down masters title number two. what he had to says had s hs came off the course leading into the final stretch of the weekend. i ve won golf tournaments. lucky enough to win here. got to keep my head down. same thing i ve been doing the last two days. not trying to focus on the crowd cheering for me.
that s a live look at my favorite memorial, the jefferson memorial there on the tidal flats next to the potomac river, and the sun is just coming up. looks like a high of 88 degrees, some afternoon thunderstorms today. so, make sure you have your umbrella ready. all right, guys, time to talk about the pga golf championship in new york, and you can just forget about the big names like tiger woods and phil mickelson. yes, 43-year-old jim furyk, who is leading the way coming into the tournament s final round. cnn s shane o donoghue is live from rochester. and gosh, you know, he s got it so tough today. so hard. you know, working in the office. yep. shane, come on. reporter: this is the best office in the world. yeah. reporter: the final major of the year. good morning, christi. good morning, brianna. this is the one that they all want to win. this truly is the grand finale, because there are four majors in any given year, and this is the fourth and final one, and you nee
we don t know. well, 1 of the 16 garage workers who hit the powerball jackpot has come forward. we do have more of that ahead on new day. plus, we re headed live to rochester to talk about tiger woods. we have shane o donoghue live there this morning. good morning, shane. reporter: how are you? it s a beautiful morning here at oak hill, and jim furyk is in with a real chance of winning his second major after a ten-year gap since his first at the u.s. open in 03. we ll have more from oak hill when we return. [ male announcer ] for diarrhea, you take kaopectate.