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Tiger Woods wins Players Championship
“Just hit absolutely the worst shot I could possibly hit,” Woods said of his tee shot at 14. “But it was the only bad swing I made all day. I told myself I could still win the tournament.” He made no more mistakes from there, adding a birdie at the par-five 16th to get to 13-under and finishing with back-to-back pars.
Garcia got to 13-under with a birdie at 16.
Garcia said before the final round he was happy not to be playing in the same group with Woods.
“I think it’s probably good for both of us,” said Garcia after the pair’s uneasy relationship took another hit on Saturday when he (Garcia) complained that a move by Woods to remove a club from his bag just as Garcia was hitting a shot sparked distracting crowd noise.
But playing with the little-known Lingmerth didn’t do Garcia any good when it came to the par-three 17th, TPC Sawgrass’ signature hole with its island green. Garcia was in the water twice en route to a double-bogey seven, then took a double-bogey at 18 to cap a four-over 76 that left him tied for eighth on seven-under 281.
Maggert fell back with a double-bogey at 17, closing with a two-under 70 for 11-under 277. Streelman carded a 67 to grab his share of second on 277. Lingmerth was the last player with a chance to challenge Woods, but he was unable to convert his birdie attempt at 17 and pull level and he closed with a bogey for an even-par 72 for 277.
Copyright AFP 2013
