[TS] Sports of The Times: Eight Strokes Behind, Woods Aims to Be Sharper
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Tiger Woods has to leapfrog 14 golfers on Sunday to take the British Open, and do it with a 2-iron that canât be trusted.
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MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tiger Woods needed nine months but is back in the winnerâs circle. Woods used a final-round 3-under-par 67 Sunday to post an emphatic eight-stroke victory at the Dunlop Phoenix.
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Boosted by a first strokeplay title in more than a year, Tiger Woods is champing at the bit to mount a fresh major challenge in 2005.
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What used to be routine felt like a novelty to Tiger Woods. After four straight birdies on his way to a 5-under 65 at East Lake, the former No. 1 player in the world was introduced Saturday as one of the 54-hole leaders in the Tour Championship. Woods raised his cap in mock celebration, and for good reason. It's been more than a year since he has been in this position.
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Sergio Garcia keeps his lead with a round of even-par, Phil Mickelson looks like he will miss the cut and Tiger Woods is trying to recover after a horrible start.
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ATLANTA (SportsTicker) - Tiger Woods shot a 5-under-par 65 on Saturday and is tied for the lead after the third round at the Tour Championship.
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Vijay Singh shot an eight-under-par 63 to take a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods after the second round of the Deutsche Bank Championship.
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Tiger Woods joined the King, and left everyone else at the Buick Invitational feeling like paupers. In his most dominant start to a season, Woods built an 11-shot lead Sunday until his game and the fickle weather turned cold on the back nine. A birdie on the last hole gave him a 1-under 71 and an eight-shot victory, giving him 62 for his career to tie Arnold Palmer on the PGA Tour list.
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Tiger Woods delivered the score he expected in his 2008 debut, just not the game. Despite playing from the sand, rough and behind a few trees early in his round, Woods began a much-anticipated season Thursday with a 5-under 67 on the tougher South Course at Torrey Pines.
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Tiger Woods put his Ryder Cup disappointment behind him to head the leaderboard at the World Golf Championship event here after firing a first round eight under par 63.
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Tiger Woods, hunting his 61st PGA Tour title, overcame a shaky start to forge four strokes clear midway through the Tour Championship final round on Sunday.
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THOUSAND OAKS, California  - Tiger Woods shrugged off any hint of rust after a two-and-a-half month break to charge four shots clear in the Target World Challenge second round on Friday.
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Tiger Woods picked up right where he left off last week Â at the top of the leaderboard. Woods, who won the Buick Invitational on Sunday by eight strokes, shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
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Just think if John Rollins had not missed the 18th green at La Costa with a wedge. Tiger Woods was headed toward another first-round loss at the Match Play Championship in February, trailing Rollins with two holes to play. Woods squared the match with an 8-iron into 18 inches on the 17th, then was let off the hook when his opponent hit sand wedge into the bunker on the final hole and made bogey.
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Tiger Woods, who has made a habit of producing the remarkable, rolled in a 70-foot eagle putt to complete a blistering outward nine of eight-under-par 28 in the Tour Championship second round on Friday.
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Tiger Woods returned to stroke play and to the top of the leaderboard, hitting a 3-wood from 267 yards into 20 feet for eagle on the 18th hole Thursday for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead in the American Express Championship.
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Items of note are abundant in golf these days. Open for discussion is the fact Tiger Woods could pass Vijay Singh and reclaim the top spot in the world rankings, needing only a fourth-place finish at the Nissan Open, which begins today at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. Of course, it's debatable whether this speaks to Woods's perseverance, or ...