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Tiger Woods rallies to win to advance in Match Play
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
He managed to take the lead going to the 18th, only to bogey. Then, on the par-5 second hole, Johnson had to take another penalty drop from the desert and appeared to be beaten until Furyk chopped up the rest of the hole for bogey.
“It’s a funny golf course. Anything can happen,” Johnson said. “And I just hung in there.”
It never looked more bizarre than when Goosen hit into the desert, took a penalty drop, pitched out and holed a 156-yard shot for his birdie. Brandt Snedeker jarred a 40-foot birdie putt to halve the hole. It was only fitting that their match was the longest of the day, going 21 holes until Snedeker won with a par.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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