The oddsmakers are not giving Watson much of chance of a repeat (the last repeat champion was Tiger Woods in 2002).
Mahan, who made six birdies in the final, is the first American to win the Match Play crown at Dove Mountain since Tiger Woods in 2008.
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Jacobson would have to finish alone in 19th place or better to avoid facing Tiger Woods in the opening round of the Match Play Championship next week.
Sergio Garcia played with Tiger Woods in the last round at the British Open and he had that deer in the headlights look from the first tee on.
What about Tiger Woods in this context?
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Yet Oosthuizen left Paul Casey, Lee Westwood and the world number one Tiger Woods in his wake, with his final round of one-under-par 71 giving him a 16-under total of 272 and his only major title so far.
Sterne became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2002 to drop just one shot over 72 holes in a European Tour event when he cruised to a seven-stroke victory over Schwartzel at the Joburg Open, having led from the start.
Snedeker, runner-up to Tiger Woods in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines and to Phil Mickelson at the Phoenix Open in the last two weeks, matched Friday's 68 to move three clear before James Hahn caught him with a 66.
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The world number two was roared on by an adoring crowd, mindful of his wife's illness and the fact that four of his US Open misses have come in the New York area - at Winged Foot (2006), Shinnecock (2004) and Bethpage twice following his runner-up to Tiger Woods in 2002.
Tiger Woods sleeping in more strange beds than a Serta mattress technician is not funny.
World number one Tiger Woods finished in a tie for 23rd at three-under after a final round 72, with arch-rival Phil Mickelson tied for 48th at one-over.
With Tiger Woods back in form and installed as favorite to claim a fifth title, the 76th edition of the Masters is poised to add another thrilling chapter to the history books.
So it's good for the game, and I think that she's not going to find the type of resentment that Tiger Woods got in his early years when he turned pro by some of the players on the tour.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Tiger Woods rolled in a 10-foot birdie putt on the second hole, just like he had been making them all week, and it looked as though his march to another win at Bay Hill and the No. 1 ranking was a matter of time.
Only four golfers in history have won the same tournament four years in succession, and Tiger Woods' victories in the Buick Open between 2000 and 2003 make the American the only player in the modern era to achieve it.
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But in 2002, he added to the Tour's television lineup a tournament now called the Chevron World Challenge an end-of-season event hosted by Mr. Woods that benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation, a nonprofit that funds the Tiger Woods Learning Center in Anaheim, Calif.
And Tiger Woods absolutely -in his first tournament of the year - absolutely lapped the field.
World number one Tiger Woods played superbly in the testing winds and almost holed his drive to the par-four 18th.
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The PGA has desperately wanted another golfer to step up and be the man after the Tiger Woods scandal erupted in November, 2009.
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The top two golfers in the world, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, have both spoken in favor of a ban.
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The top two golfers in the world, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, have both spoke in favor of a ban.
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McIlroy is back this year on the cover with Woods in European editions of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13.
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Do you hear stories of Tiger Woods yukking it up in clubhouses with his opponents?
Tiger Woods lost numerous sponsors in the aftermath of the bad publicity over his infidelities and subsequent divorce from Elin Nordegren.
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Several women have now come forward claiming they had affairs with Tiger Woods, offering proof in the form of voicemails, text messages and photos.
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In 6 of those 7 years, Tiger Woods either won the tournament or finished in second place.
With his two-stroke win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Florida, Tiger Woods has regained the number one ranking in golf.
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