THOUSAND OAKS, California: Tiger Woods ended a frustrating victory drought of just over two years when he clinched the Chevron World Challenge which he hosts by one shot on Sunday, holing a six-foot birdie putt at the last.
A stroke behind fellow American Zach Johnson overnight, Woods fired a three-under-par 69 at Sherwood Country Club to claim the 95th tournament win of his career — but his first since the 2009 Australian Masters. The 22-year-old US Open champion produced a shot for the ages at the 18th hole to win the US$2.75 million UBS Hong Kong Open and said his recent victories in Asia had shown a new maturity and strength in his game.
As well as the $448,330 collected for his victory at the Hong Kong Golf Club, the world No2 picked up $2 million for winning the unsanctioned Shanghai Masters last month - the largest single prize in golf.
“I sort of experienced the same thing in Shanghai as I did today,” the Northern Irishman who started the final round here three-shots behind overnight leader Alvaro Quiros, said. “I really had to fight for it.I'm kind of enjoying Tiger Woods' transformation into whatever he is now. Woods did win a tournament for the first time in two years on Sunday, but it's less about what he did on the course and more about what he did after the win. In short, Woods creating a Twitter account was the best idea ever.THOUSAND OAKS, California - Two years after his life and career came crashing down, Tiger Woods is a winner again.
One shot behind with two holes to play, Woods finally looked like the player who dominated golf for so much of his career. He birdied his last two holes Sunday, making a 6-foot putt on the 18th, to win the Chevron World Challenge by one shot over former Masters champion Zach Johnson.
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