Tiger Woods climbs back to win PGA Tour Memorial Tournament
Could this be the summer of Woods?
After beginning the day in 7th place, four shots behind leader Jonathyn Byrd, Tiger Woods shot a seven-under 65 to edge Jim Furyk by one stroke to win the PGA Tour Memorial Tournament, per PGATOUR.com.
Birdies on 17 and 18 locked in a two-shot lead that could only be chiseled away by one as Furyk birdied 18 — hitting 14 out of 14 fairways didn’t hurt Tiger’s cause either.
Here’s a TwitPic of Tiger sinking a birdie putt on his way to victory:
This is Woods’s fourth Memorial championship and 67th overall PGA Tour win. The victory moves Tiger to fourth place in the FedEx cup standings and gives him the momentum heading into a summer schedule that features the U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 18-21 at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, NY.
The official Tweets of the PGA Tour (@PGATOUR) followed Tiger’s solid comeback victory:
PGATOUR On 11, Tiger Woods drives 329 yds an hits an amazing chip from rough that rolls straight into the hole for eagle. He’s -10, one back of Byrd PGATOUR Byrd missed his par putt on 14 and drops to one shot behind Tiger Woods. Tiger now leading at the Memorial. PGATOUR Tiger reclaims the lead with a birdie on 17. He is alone at 11-under with one hole left to play at Memorial. PGATOUR Tiger Woods posts 33-32=65, with 2 bogeys, 7 birdies and an eagle. He’s in the clubhouse at -12, on track for his 4th win at Memorial. PGATOUR As Furyk and Byrd hit their 2nd shots on 18, Tiger’s win at Memorial becomes official. His 67th win on TOUR, what a way to do it.
Other Twitterers knew Tiger had it in him to pull out this victory and they weren’t shy about their praise:
pgagolf Amazing Finish for Tiger at -12 . . Jack Nicklaus comes down to congratulate Tiger and he says “thanks buddy!” hahaha Joey_Ballgame Tiger Woods goes -7 on Sunday for the win. YOU DA MAAAANNN!!! GMBNARD Tiger Woods after his comeback win today: “Just a matter of staying with it and being patient.” Good advice for any endeavor. ChrisLevinson Tiger Woods added another chapter to his lore Sunday, shooting 65. Tiger eagled and closed with back-to-back birdies. WOW!!!! gmorten1 tiger woods on a sunday is like a bruce willis movie. the situation seems dire, but you know he’s gonna find a way to pull it out MintaDoIt It’z no fair for #Tiger woods to play golf he invented the game
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