Waston played amazing golf at Doral

The guy bends it over Beckham. His aggressive lines check out water, around trees, through places where a large amount of amateur shots go to die. And Friday, he free-wheeled his approach to a typically wild 62 that took him to the top from the leaderboard in the WGC Cadillac Championship at 12-under to the week, one shot superior to playing partner Justin Rose.

Rose shot 64 himself but would have lost a match 1-down against Watson, who cut nowhere Monster right down to size with wide swaths.

This course won't suit me. My eye lines . . . it's tough. It's tough for me. Not a fan of No. 18. I normally play it really bad. Played it 1 under thus far, he explained. If you are Mizuno Mp-63 irons going in the good reputation for me playing this tournament, it's not very good. It's one amongst those actions. I merely played good today. When you hit the ball well and you also putt good, every greens, it is possible to score on.

A lot of people were scoring well Friday (including Tiger Woods using a 65) but no-one went as low as Watson. He previously nine birdies with an eagle with only one mindless bogey on No. 4, where he overshot saving money by having a strong left-to-right crosswind.

Otherwise, Watson used the wind like a barnstorming aviator.

Take his shot on No. 6, where he sliced his driver (he used driver on every hole but one) behind a tree, leaving 136 yards on the pin.

I acquired an empty 9 iron, aimed it about 40 yards to the correct. Sliced against each other from the rough to around . . . I don't know, eight feet. Who draws it down this way? The sad thing is I could see that in my head, he was quoted saying.

Rose, a vintage style player who takes more direct routes, was referring to the drive Watson hit on three.

It was at the water the whole day. It going in the core lake -- he was a little concerned about it himself -- but carried about 330, Rose explained. His ball was really safe on a regular basis, but the Mizuno MP 53 Irons line he took, it had been just something such as, oh, he's dropping, no, he's got a flip wedge in their hand.

Rose said it's hard never to watch Watson the way in which he plays, although it might not be necessary to do so.

You can't watch him. A few of the lines he will be taking off tees can suck you in to a false sense of security. He's reducing doglegs, and for me it's not doable. My bad days I'm able to cut it like he is doing discount golf clubs but it's not returning like his ball is.

Watson is looking for his fourth PGA Tour win and his first in a WGC event or major. He hasn't finished from the top 18 in a tournament he's played in 2010, mostly because he's been taking care of the mental game, always challenging for him since his mind runs nearly as fast as his basketball.