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Week 8 - TIGER WOODS WINS THE WGC-ACCENTURE MATCH PLAY
EXTENDING HIS LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE OFFICIAL WORLD GOLF
RANKING
2/25/08
World Number One Tiger Woods earned his 15th individual World
Golf Championship title when he beat fellow American Stewart
Cink 8 and 7 in the 36 hole final of the WGC-Accenture Match
Play at The Gallery Golf Club near Tucson. Woods stretched the
gap between himself and Phil Mickelson, who lost in the 2nd
round, to 11.12 average points at the top of the Official
World Golf Ranking. Cink climbs to World Number 15 while
Henrik Stenson, who beat Justin Leonard for third place, moves
to World Number 12. Leonard moves up to World Number 36, back
into the World Top 50 for the first time since May 2006
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Golf Rankings: (Men) |
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1 Tiger Woods, USA
2 Phil Mickelson, USA
3 Steve Stricker, USA
4 Ernie Els, Zaf
5 Adam Scott, Aus
6 K.J. Choi, Kor
7 Justin Rose, Eng
8 Jim Furyk, USA
9 Rory Sabbatini, Zaf
10 Padraig Harrington, Irl
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Annika Sorenstam Opens Her Bag
Annika Sorenstam silenced any doubts that she would be a
weekly contender in 2008 with a two-stroke victory at the SBS
Open at Turtle Bay.
Sorenstam had been winless on the LPGA Tour since Sept. 3,
2006, when she won the State Farm Classic. However, her first
appearance at the SBS Open in Hawaii ended that streak and
gave her a long-sought 70th-career LPGA victory and a $165,000
paycheck.
She started the year off with a 2-under-par 70 and tie for
10th, overcoming a double bogey on the fourth hole of the
second round to pull into a tie for the lead with a 67 (-5),
7-under-par 137 overall. Sharing the lead with Erica Blasberg
(69-68-74=211, -5), Sorenstam posted a birdie on the third and
10th holes of the third round, followed by a bogey on 11.
Heading into the final stretch, she was still atop the
leaderboard at 8-under-par, but was alternatively joined by
Momoko Ueda, of Japan, who finished tied for fifth with a
71-67-71=209, -7; and Jane Park (70-68-70=208, -8). Laura Diaz
(70-68-70=208, -8) and Russy Gulyanamitta (71-69-68=208, -8)
hovered near the leaders at 7-under before birdies on 18
pushed them into a tie for second with Park. Around that time,
Sorenstam rolled in back-to-back birdies on holes 16 and 17,
with her final birdie on 17 being a 24-foot putt. |
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Golf Rankings: (Women) |
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1 Annika Sorenstam
2 Paula Creamer
3 Jeong Jang
4 Lindsey Wright
5 Laura Diaz
6 Russamee Gulyanamitta
7 Jane Park
8 Karen Stupples
9 Angela Park
10 Momoko Ueda |
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