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Sports Tiger Woods wins at Bay Hill, regains World No.1
2013.03.25 07:13
Tiger Woods wins at Bay Hill, regains World No.1  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tiger Woods is back to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings with a game that look as good as ever. Woods tied a PGA TOUR record Monday by winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard for the eighth time, and this one had some extra significance. It returned him to the top of the FedExCup standings, marking the fifth different season in the seven-year history of the competition that he's occupied the top spot. In addition, he returned to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time since the final week of October 2010, the longest spell of his career. Woods never let anyone closer than two shots in the final round at Bay Hill that was delayed one day by storms. With a conservative bogey he could afford on the last hole, he closed with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot win over Justin Rose. Next up is the Masters, where Woods will try to end his five-year drought in the majors.Woods fell as low as No. 58 in the world as he coped with a crisis in his personal life and injuries to his left leg. One week after he announced he was dating Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn, Woods celebrated his third win of the season, and his sixth going back to Bay Hill a year ago."It's a byproduct of hard work, patience and getting back to winning golf tournaments," Woods said.Vonn tweeted moments after his win, "Number 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!" Like so many other wins, this one was never really close.Rickie Fowler pulled to within two shots with a 25-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole, but after he and Woods made bogey on the 15th, Fowler went at the flag on the par-5 16th and came up a few yards short and into the water. Fowler put another ball into the water and made triple bogey. Woods played it safe on the 18th, and nearly holed a 75-foot par putt that even drew a big smile from the tournament host. He walked off the green waving his putter over his head to acknowledge the fans who had seen this act before.Woods tied the TOUR record of eight wins in a single tournament. Sam Snead won the Greater Greensboro Open eight times from 1938 to 1965 at two golf courses. Woods tied his record for most wins at a single golf course, having also won eight times at Torrey Pines, including a U.S. Open."I don't really see anybody touching it for a long time," Palmer said as Woods was making his way up the 18th fairway. "I had the opportunity to win a tournament five times, and I knew how difficult that was. "Rose, who played the first two rounds with Woods, closed with a 70 to finish alone in second.Fowler had to settle for a 73 and a tie for third with Mark Wilson (71), Keegan Bradley (71) and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (72).Already with three wins this year, Woods is closing in on another Snead record -- 82 career wins. Woods won for the 77th time on TOUR. |
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황규정*65
2013.03.25 07:31
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방준재*70
2013.03.29 20:19
He is So Good - Deserves to be # 1 in the world.
PS: I've been to the golf course a few times this year.
My game is out of the window, but I saw Spring on
the branches of willow trees and azaleas.That's blessing.
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황규정*65
2013.03.30 04:04
I am very interesting to see the up coming Masters,how Tiger
would play. NY is usually 10 degrees higher than here in Michigan and
we hope we could go out in coming month. KJ
It has been 2 years 5months since Tiger Woods was World No.1
and he also became Fed Ex ranking No. 1 in 2013 as well.
This win is his 77th PGA win and 3rd win in 2013 also.
He is getting one foot closer to win the Major again.
Congratulation! Tiger! KJ