Host with the Most: Tiger On Target
Posted December 12th, 2004 by Erik J. Barzeski
Woods donated the $1.25 million he won to his foundation. Vijay Singh finished 11 shots behind.
Tiger Woods is the host with the most, and has captured victory in his own tournament, the Tiger Target World Challenge. Missing only two fairways and one green en-route to a closing 5-under 66, Woods capped off his year with his second win in a row. Woods' play was marvelous, and he knew it, saying "Every shot I wanted to hit, I hit."
Padraig Harringon shot a 31 on the front at Sherwood Country Club to get into contention, but faltered on the last three. He bogeyed 16, birdied 17, and then bogeyed 18 after an errant drive. He earned $750,000 for finishing second.
Colin Montgomery, starting the day with a two-stroke lead and having never won a stroke-play tournament in the US, bogeyed the first hole and shot 71 to finish at 13-under 271 with his playing partner, Jay Haas.
Tiger Woods simply looked on top of his game. He had full control of every shot and would have blown away the field had a few putts dropped. Tiger missed six birdie putts inside of 15 feet. "I felt very comfortable with my swing," said Woods.
Vijay Singh finished 11 shots behind.
Woods donated the $1.25 million he won to his foundation. The PGA Tour season kicks off in three short weeks at the Mercedes Championship in Kapalua.
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Posted 13 Dec 2004 at 11:06am #
I absolutely love the tag-line for an article about the Target World Challenge over on TheSandtrap.com:
Posted 05 Jan 2005 at 7:12pm #
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Posted 07 Dec 2005 at 9:38am #
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