break: his errant approach to the 18th
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green hit a metal stake that was holding 2009 FedExCup standings
up a gallery rope, and the ball ricocheted
onto the green. Irwin was not amused.
TIGER ANSWERS ANY DOUBTERS Check this out Woods’ final two birdies were
There would be no such luck involved with
• There has not been
candidates for his career highlight reel
Tiger Woods’ victory last year. Struggling
a playoff at the
which, by the time he’s finished, will run
to bring his post-surgery game back into
Memorial Tournament
in 17 years—the
longer than an uncut film version of War
peak form in time for the U.S. Open two
longest streak of any
and Peace.
weeks after the Memorial, Woods turned
event on TOUR.
On No. 17 he launched a 9-iron space
in yet another piece of artistry, a final-round
• Nicholas Thompson’s
start at the Memorial
shot that left the ball on the top shelf of the
65 that included back-to-back birdies on Tournament was his green some nine feet from the hole. When
the closing holes, which proved good
19th of the 2009 season,
he is on form, these things are basically
the most of anyone on
enough to edge Jim Furyk by a stroke.
TOUR to date.
tap-ins, and it was one birdie down and
“I knew I could do this,” said Woods. “I
• Through the Memorial
one hole to play. His approach on the
knew I was close to winning, but my game
Tournament, Tiger
home hole was even more spectacular.
Woods led the TOUR
wasn’t quite there when I really needed it
in most cuts made in
Woods ripped a 7-iron from 183 yards
on Sunday. I rectified that today.”
succession, with 36.
that wound up a foot from the hole.
Among those who never cease to be
amazed by Woods is Nicklaus, whose
Shotlink: How did Woods do it? record of 18 professional majors is said
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to be the record Woods would cherish
breaking above all others. Nicklaus
watched Woods rack up Memorial
Leaderboard
title No. 4 and declared that all the
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professional hand-wringers could un-
mesh their fingers.
Course insight
“I suspect (major championship victory)
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No. 15 will come for Tiger Woods in
about two weeks,” said Nicklaus, a man
given to overstatement about as often as
Calvin Coolidge. “If he drives the ball this
way and plays this way, I’m sure it will.
And if not, it will surprise me greatly.”
But it was left to Furyk to put the
state of Woods’ game into a fellow
competitor’s perspective.
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keep proving stuff,” said Furyk. “I think he
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