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TIGER WOODS老虎伍滋重新站穩世界第一:膝傷手術休息一年,上週世界排名僅領先Phil Mickelson 0.2分,本週在落後5桿下神奇封王,將世界排放分數再次擴大為1.58分的領先差距。
老虎伍滋一年只選擇參加10場左右大比賽,要看到老虎出賽是很難得的,老虎伍滋下一場比賽是4月9日開始的世界高球四大公開賽之一的美國奧古斯塔名人賽。

 

 

TIGER WOODS WINS A SIXTH ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL AT BAY HILL

老虎伍滋昨晚在Arnold Palmer邀請賽,在第三回合落後領先的Sean O'Hair5桿的第2名情形下,憑著獲勝的強烈企圖心,14洞球雖陷入深沙坑神奇救par,15洞及18洞神奇birdie神奇拿下第6次此項比賽冠軍,及自己生涯第66個美國pga的冠軍,離Nicklaus的生涯73冠及Sam sneed的生涯82冠又近一步。

世界排名原因膝傷手術停賽一年,復出後第一場WGC - Accenture Match Play 比洞賽在第二場就被南非Tim Clack幹掉,復出後第二場WGC-CA Championship 也只並列第9,被封王的Phil Mickelson世界排名分數追到只剩0.2分。如果本週沒有奪冠,世界第一寶座勢必換人,幸好本週傷後復出第三站再次奪冠,將領先差距再次擴大為1.58分,本週是老虎伍滋第541週世界排名第一(第二位的GREG NORMAN 曾經世界第一達331 weeks之久)

 

Tiger Woods completed his comeback from knee surgery by winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational in dramatic fashion at the final hole at Bay Hill. Woods landed the 66th PGA Tour title of his career and his sixth victory at Bay Hill. The World Number One and defending champion started the day in second place, five shots behind overnight leader Sean O'Hair. The pair were level after 71 holes with Woods securing the title with a 16 foot birdie putt. Woods stretches his lead over World Number Two Phil Mickelson to 1.58 average points.

 

 

 

World Number One TIGER WOODS opened up a gap of 1.58 points over Phil Mickelson with his victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Tiger Woods has been World Number One for the last 199 weeks and for a total of 541 weeks in his career.

 

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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Tiger Woods resumed his improbable pursuit of Byron Nelson with a result that was all too predictable.




Tiger Woods is pumped to still be chasing Byron Nelson's win streak. (Reuters/WireImage)










INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Longest consecutive win streaks in PGA TOUR history


































StreakPlayerLength
11Byron NelsonMarch 8-11, 1945 to Aug. 2-4, 1945
7Tiger WoodsJuly 17-23, 2006 to Jan. 25-28
6Ben HoganJune 9-12, 1948 to Aug. 19-22
6Tiger WoodsAug. 26-29, 1999 to Feb. 3-6, 2000
4Byron NelsonOct. 11-14, 1945 to Jan. 10-13, 1946
4Jack Burke Jr.Feb. 14-17, 1952 to March 6-9 , 1952
4Ben HoganApril 9-12, 1953 to June 10-13, 1953
* -- Several players tied at 3


Woods caught up to the pack with an eagle, buried the hopes of his final challenger with a birdie and closed with a 6-under 66 on Sunday to win the Buick Invitational for his seventh consecutive PGA TOUR victory, the second-longest streak in history.


Nelson set the record in 1945 with 11 in a row, a record long thought to be out of reach.


The way Woods is playing -- no worse than second in stroke play anywhere in the world since July -- that might no longer be the case.


Woods won six in a row in 2000, a streak that Phil Mickelson stopped at Torrey Pines. But against a cast of challengers short on experience and victories, the world's No. 1 player met little resistance in winning the Buick Invitational for the third straight year.


Woods doesn't consider this a true winning streak because he lost once in Europe and twice in Asia since September. But it still counts in the PGA TOUR record books, and the only question is when it will resume.


Woods was headed for the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday night, and he was not sure if would play his next PGA TOUR event at the Nissan Open on Feb. 15 in Los Angeles or the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona a week later.


"To somehow sneak out with the win is a cool feeling," Woods said.


He got some help from Andrew Buckle and Jeff Quinney, both of whom had at least a share of the lead on the back nine until stumbling in a span of about 15 minutes on a cool, breezy afternoon at Torrey Pines.


Charles Howell III provide the final challenge with three birdies in a four-hole stretch, but Woods answered with an approach to 2 feet on the 17th hole for birdie that allowed him to play it safe on the par-5 closing hole.


Woods finished at 15-under 273 for his 55th career victory, the fifth time he has started a new season with a trophy.


Howell had a 50-foot eagle putt on the 18th that could have forced a playoff, but he played it too high over the ridge and wound up three-putting for par to close with 68.


"I gave him a run," Howell said. "Anytime you try to win a tournament against that guy, it's tough. I played well down the stretch. He just never flinched."


The same couldn't be said for Buckle and Quinney, who each took double bogey along the back nine on the South Course to quickly take themselves out of contention. Brandt Snedeker, tied for the 54-hole lead with Buckle, closed with a 71 and finished third.


Woods' streak resumed after a nearly four-month break from the PGA TOUR, when he won by eight shots in the World Golf Championships-American Express Championship outside London on Oct. 1. He skipped the season-ending TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola and the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship, and learned that his wife was pregnant for the first time.


One thing that hasn't changed is his golf.


The PGA TOUR winning streak dates to his victory in the British Open last July, and Woods is now 124 under par during that stretch.


This win looked like so many others, especially at Torrey Pines. Part of it was due to him, most of it was due to the guys falling apart down the stretch.


Buckle held it together for the longest time.


Woods erased a two-shot deficit in four holes, but the 24-year-old Australian bounced back with an approach into 6 feet for birdie on No. 5, and nearly reaching the par-5 sixth green from the right rough to set up a simple up-and-down birdie and a two-shot lead. And even after a roar that resonated across the course, Buckle didn't blink.


Woods hammered a 3-wood from the ninth fairway to 25 feet and holed the putt for eagle and a share of the lead. Buckle was walking up the ninth fairway to his tee shot, calmly taking a drag from a cigarette. He looked up when he heard the cheer, flicked the cigarette to the ground and stomped it out, then birdied the next two holes.


He still had a two-shot lead over Woods and Quinney when he reached the 12th tee, but his tee shot caught a corner of grass on the edge of a fairway bunker, and that's when everything collapsed.


Buckle's feet slipped in the sand as he struck the ball, which sailed well to the right and left him little green between a bunker and the flag. Attempting a flop shot to give himself a short putt at par, it came out too strong and tumbled over the green on the other side. He pitched to 4 feet and missed the putt, taking double bogey.


Woods took the lead for the first time with a 65-foot eagle putt that curled around the back of the cup and came an inch within falling, while Buckle against chopped around the rough and had to save par. Two holes later, Buckle was up to his ankles in ice plant and his chances were sliding over the cliffs lining the Pacific.


Quinney also disappeared, trying to play a perfect bunker shot that came up short and led to double bogey on the 14th.


As quickly as those two contenders vanished, Howell emerged.


He made the only birdie of the final round on the 477-yard 12th hole, followed that with a two-putt birdie on the 13th, then nearly holed out an 8-iron on the 15th, the ball grazing the edge of the cup. That pulled him to within one shot of the lead. He had the momentum. He was due to have something good come his way.


But he was playing with a guy for whom little goes wrong.


Woods, who saved par from the bunker on the 14th and 15th hole, hit his approach from 143 yards into 30 inches on the 17th hole, effectively ending the tournament.


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