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Tiger Woods helps deliver Presidents Cup win – for 8th time
Woods is chasing the all-time record of 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus, who hosted the Cup at the site where he hosts the US PGA Memorial tournament, an event Woods has won five times.
Nicklaus expects Woods, who turns 38 in December, will reach his career goal of breaking the major win record even though Woods has not won a major since the 2008 US Open. “I still think he will probably do it,” Nicklaus said.
“Tiger will probably have another 10 good years. That’s 40 majors. Can he win five out of 40? That’s about half the percentage he usually wins.
“All he has got to do is have the career Phil Mickelson has had in his life.”
For now, Woods will enjoy having won the trophy-clinching point for the third Presidents Cup in a row, all under US captain Fred Couples.
“To have the opportunity to win the Cup for Freddie and all the guys on the team, it means a lot to me,” Woods said.
It didn’t come easily. The Americans needed four points in singles and took three with seven matches remaining, but Woods was the only US winner in those last matches.
