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Tiger’s Streak Ends

Sandy Mitchell — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:41:41 +0000

Geoff Ogilvy held on to a one-stroke lead to win the WGC CA Championship at Doral Country Club this morning. Ogilvy finished with a -17, ahead of Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk, and Retief Goosen–all tied at -16, and Tiger Woods at -15. In a tournament peppered with weather delays, including one that ended play yesterday at 720pm, Ogilvy kept his head and his game focused. Tiger struggled on Saturday and Sunday, but made his customary charge for the seven holes played Monday, birdying three of the seven. It wasn’t enough.

Woods won his last eight events and hasn’t lost since September 3, 2007. In his characteristic nonchalent style, Woods wasn’t dwelling on his defeat. He was traveling to Orlando to compete in the Ryder-Cup style Tavistock Cup two-day event. As he told ESPN, “It’s going to be a long day.”

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Geoff Ogilvy Leads Tiger by One at WGC CA Championship

Sandy Mitchell — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:21:47 +0000

Australian PGA veteran, Geoff Ogilvy is in an enviable position, or so one would think. He leads the WGC CA Championship at Doral Country Club in Miami by one stroke over Tiger Woods after 36 holes. He’s playing well, with 12 birdies and no bogeys so far in the tournament. Yet the odds are 5-to-1 against his beating Woods. Tiger’s record is that good.

Still it was fun to watch Ogilvy tame the “Blue Monster” at Doral. Here are a few of Friday’s highlights:

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WGC CA Championship at Doral

Sandy Mitchell — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:48:31 +0000

The best 50 male golfers in the world have convened at Miami’s Doral Country Club this week for the WGC CA Championship. The tournament, begun in 1999, has been played all over the world, settling in 2007 at Doral and the resort’s “Blue” course, dubbed the “Blue Monster.”

It would seem that it’s Tiger Woods’ tournament to lose. Not only is he undefeated so far this season, but he has won the event six times in eight starts, never finishing out of the top ten.

For a look at the “Blue Monster,” take a peek at this fly-over of the course:

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Tiger Wins the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

Sandy Mitchell — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:06:25 +0000

Stewart Cink may have made our list of the hottest guys on the PGA tour, but he was no match yesterday for Tiger yesterday in the final round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. It was a good day, even by Woods’ high standards. He told the Associated Press “I think (the final 18 holes) is the best stretch I’ve ever played.”

The talk around the blogosphere is that Tiger is unstoppable. Do you agree?

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