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Tiger Woods Wins Presidents Cup for US

Oct 11, 2009 – 4:34 PM
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For all the things Tiger Woods has done in his career, he had never stood over a putt to clinch a team match ... until Sunday. Eying a birdie putt on the par-4 13th, Tiger needed to do what he'd done all week at the Presidents Cup, and when the ball disappeared, it was another feather in the hat of Mr. Woods and a turkey leg for the Americans.

The victory for the Americans was their third in a row, and Tiger left Harding Park, the site of his 2005 American Express Championship victory, 5-0, only the third time anyone has even finished the Presidents Cup with such a flawless record.

Of course, it wasn't all Tiger.

Hunter Mahan was the first out for the Americans on Sunday, and played a wonderful round of golf to defeat Camilo Villegas. Anthony Kim was another that found his form in San Francisco, turning it on in the singles match to beat Robert Allenby 5 and 3. Sean O'Hair, who came in the week as a project for Michael Jordan, obliterated Ernie Els 6 and 4.

But, as the golf world tends to do, it all goes back to Mr. Woods. His partnership with Steve Stricker was fabulous all week, and his closing stretch on Saturday morning on 17 and 18 will be an image burned into the history books of the Presidents Cup.

The win for the Americans is the sixth in eight Presidents Cup matches, with their lone defeat coming in 1998, at the site of the upcoming Presidents Cup, in Australia. The two sides also tied in the 2003 Presidents Cup.
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