Tiger Woods Seizes Win at WCG Accenture Championships Final
32 year old Tiger Woods is in his prime! Seizing his 15th World Golf Championship, Tiger Woods won today’s Final Match at the WCG Accenture Championship at The Gallery Golf Course at Dove Mountain in Arizona.
Over the entire championship, Woods played 117 holes with 47 birdies and two eagles. In this match play tournament he was always ahead over the last 62 holes. Shooting 14 birdies today had Woods winning this match play tournament early against Stewart Cink, who had no chance of coming back. This makes Woods’ third win at the WCG Accenture Championships.
This victory brings Woods’ total career win to 63, surpassing legendary golfer Arnold Palmer. This win also moves him into fourth place on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour’s Career List;at the moment, first, second and third place goes to Sam Snead with 82 wins over a career span from 1936-1965, Jack Nicklaus with 73 wins over a career span from 1962-1986 to and Ben Hogan with 64 wins over a career span from 1938-1959.
When asked how he felt to be between Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods had this to say, “It’s a pretty good place, those two are some of the greats that have ever played the game…to be associated with them in the same breath is pretty cool.”
Tidbit of Info:
An Eagle is a shot that is 2 strokes under the par* for the hole. (i.e. - a golfer that records a 3 on a par 5).
*par - number of strokes expected of a golfer to finish a hole.
