Tiger has Masters degrees in two countries
Takes 7th title of year with 2-shot win Down Under
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This article was published 16/11/2009 (6152 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Tiger Woods gave record crowds at Kingston Heath what they wanted to see — exquisite shots and a closing round of 4-under 68 to win the Australian Masters on Sunday for his seventh victory of the year.
In his first trip Down Under in 11 years, Woods put on quite a show for his $3 million appearance fee.
Woods pulled away from a three-way tie for the lead with three birdies on his opening six holes, then seized control with a tee shot to a back pin on the par-3 15th that covered the flag and stopped six feet away for his final birdie.
He wound up with a two-shot victory over Greg Chalmers, who simply couldn’t keep up along the back nine.
Woods has won 82 times around the world and in 13 countries at official tournaments. It was his first victory in Australia, where the government estimates its return on paying half of the appearance fee was some US$20 million.
The crowd approached 25,000 all four days, giving Kingston Heath the look and the energy of a major championship. Woods slipped on a jacket for winning this Masters — gold, not green — and wrapped up his two-week international swing with a familiar outcome.
Asked what his legacy would be in Australia, Woods smiled and said, “I got a W.”
“That was the goal this week,” said Woods, who finished at 14-under 274. “I’m very thankful to have a chance to play in front of great people and put together some good rounds.”
It was a sloppy round Saturday that turned the final day into a race.
Woods showed early, however, that he had fixed whatever was wrong. With a stiff breeze in his face, Woods ripped a three-wood to the par-5 opening hole and the gallery erupted when it landed near the hole and rolled 30 feet away for a birdie.
Still tied with Chalmers, Woods took on a left pin at the par-4 fifth that stopped 3 1/2 feet away, and followed that with a delicate pitch from about 75 yards to another dangerous pin, this one back and to the left at the edge of a deep bunker. It checked up at the ridge and trickled down to inside two feet.
— The Associated Press