Bloomberg:
By Dan Baynes Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — Tiger Woods won the Australian Masters golf tournament after shooting a 4-under-par final round to take his first career victory in the country. Woods, the world’s top-ranked player, finished with a 14- under par total of 274 at Melbourne’s Kingston Heath Golf Club, two shots ahead of Australian Greg Chalmers. Playing his first event in Australia for 11 years and fourth in total, Woods entered the final round in a three-way tie for the lead after carding an even-par 72 yesterday. He made amends with five birdies on the last day. Woods collected A$270,000 ($252,000) of the tournament’s A$1.5 million prize pool. He was also presented with the champion’s gold jacket for the victory, which followed six wins on the U.S. PGA Tour this year.
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Bloomberg:
By Nancy Kercheval Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) — Tiger Woods trails Kenny Perry by two strokes going into the final round of the Tour Championship, which will decide the winner of the U.S. PGA Tour’s season-long $10 million FedEx Cup. Perry birdied his first four holes yesterday, then added three more birdies and one bogey to finish three rounds of the tournament at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta 8-under-par at 202. He’ll play today’s final round paired with Woods. “I look forward to it. I’m going to jab him a little bit tomorrow,” Perry said after yesterday’s round. “Everybody will kind of be figuring numbers and percentages, who falls where. It might be exciting tomorrow.” Woods, who started the third round with a one-stroke lead, shot 69 and is 6-under. He’s seeking his seventh win this season and a second career FedEx Cup trophy to go with his 2007 title. “I’d much rather just win the tournament, and the FedEx Cup will take care of itself,” Woods said. “As of right now, I’m two back and have an opportunity to win the tournament, and that’s what I’m going to focus on tomorrow.” Perry and Woods tee off today at 1:45 p.m. local time. Perry has to win the Tour Championship, with Woods no better than a three-way tie for third, to capture the FedEX Cup , according to the Sports Network. He also needs Steve Stricker , Jim Furyk and Zach Johnson to finish worse than second. Woods tops the FedEx Cup playoff points list followed by Stricker, Furyk, Johnson and Heath Slocum . Perry is ninth. ‘Help Some People’ “My life will stay the same. But it will definitely give me some opportunities to help some people,” said Perry whose mother has cancer and father is ill. “It might be magical, we’ll see.” Phil Mickelson and first-round leader Sean O’Hair are tied for third at 4-under. Mickelson shot 66 and O’Hair had 70. A victory would move Woods within one win of Jack Nicklaus’s 73 career PGA Tour titles. He also would collect a $1.35 million winner’s check and the FedEx Cup’s $10 million winner’s bonus. The points chase was created in 2007 in part to maintain the interest of golf fans throughout the season. To contact the reporter on this story: Nancy Kercheval in Washington at nkercheval@bloomberg.net .
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