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Woods completes thrilling comeback win
Tiger roars from 5 strokes behind
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 31 - 03 - 2009

Tiger Woods came from five strokes behind to overhaul fellow American Sean O'Hair and win his 66th PGA Tour title in spectacular style at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando on Sunday.
Playing only his third tournament since returning from reconstructive knee surgery, Woods completed a record sixth victory in fading sunlight at the Bay Hill Club by sinking a 16-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win by a shot.
The world number one, who had been sidelined for eight months following his previous Tour win at the US Open in June, closed with a three-under-par 67 to match his biggest final-round comeback on the circuit.
In 2000, he overhauled a five-shot deficit after 54 holes to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Woods finally caught O'Hair with a 26-foot birdie putt at the par-four 15th and claimed the outright lead for the first time when his playing partner bogeyed 16 after hitting his approach into water.
Although Woods stumbled with a bogey at the par-three 17th, he calmly rolled in the 16-footer on the 18th green for a five-under total of 275.
“It feels really good,” the 33-year-old said in a greenside interview after celebrating his victory by backing away with a sweeping fist pump before embracing his caddie Steve Williams.
O'Hair, bidding for a third PGA Tour title, had to settle for second place after closing with a 73 with 2007 Masters champion Zach Johnson a further two strokes back at two under after a 69.
Australian John Senden, helped by four successive birdies from the fourth, carded a 67 to share fourth place at one under with Americans Nick Watney (68), Pat Perez (69) and Scott Verplank (69).
Webb tastes victory
Seven-time major champion Karrie Webb of Australia captured her first LPGA title in two years Sunday, firing a five-under par 67 final round to win the Phoenix LPGA International.
Webb finished 72 holes at the 1.5 million-dollar event on 14-under par 274 to defeat South Korean rookie star Shin Ji-Yai by two strokes for her 36th career crown to end the LPGA title drought.
“It's very important. It means a lot to me,” Webb said. “I have won in Australia in those two years but winning on the LPGA against the best players in the world is obviously very important to me.”
Korean Kim In-Kyung was third on 277. Taiwan's Yani Tseng and Norway's Suzann Pettersen shared fourth on 278 with Korean Kim Song-Hee another stroke back.
Kjeldsen lifts title
Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen claimed his third European Tour title when he won the Andalucia Open by three shots from Briton David Drysdale on Sunday.
A closing level-par 72 in a tense finale at the Real Club for a four-round 14-under-par 274 earned Kjeldsen, 33, the $225,000 first prize.
Britain's Graeme Storm (69) and Italy's Francesco Molinari (70) shared third place a further stroke back. __


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