Woods is the only player who might still have a chance to capture the Player of the Year if he were to win the Tour Championship in two weeks but that probably will not be enough as McIlroy stands to win the U.S. and European Tour money titles.
He fought back from testicular cancer to win the Tour from 1999 to 2005.
In July, Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France.
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It was good to knock Leicestershire over on Monday afternoon for our first win on tour.
Sweden's Oskar Henningsson maintained his overnight lead to win the Tour School by four shots.
"If Bradley could win the Tour de France this year it would be absolutely huge, " said Sherwen.
The company's former professional cycling team, TI-Raleigh, was successful enough to win the Tour de France in 1980.
The 32-year-old is the first Briton ever to win the Tour de France.
Greg LeMond, the first American to win the Tour de France, has been a frequent target of Mr. Armstrong's attacks.
Wiggins, 32, became the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France weeks before landing gold at the Olympics.
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He told Oprah he didn't think it was possible to win the Tour clean and that he didn't fear getting caught.
He will be bidding to become the first British rider to win the Tour while Australia's Cadel Evans will be defending his title.
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Federer - who has yet to win a tour title this year - fell at the quarter-finals in Florida, losing out to Andy Roddick.
After years of denying doping, Armstrong admitted last month that he had used illicit drugs to help him win seven Tour de France titles.
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The pair claimed they were "duped" and "betrayed" by the two books, which detail how Armstrong overcame cancer to win seven Tour de France titles.
The Spaniard, who later in the season went on to win the Tour of Spain, looked devoid of race fitness at the head of the Liberty-Seguros team.
It also claims Mr. Armstrong perjured himself in January 2006 when SCA was trying to prove in arbitration hearings that he cheated to win the Tour de France.
Lance Armstrong, the cyclist who overcame a bout with testicular cancer to win the Tour de France seven times, has been accused by a French newspaper of using performance enhancing drugs.
And in the WTA event in Osaka, Heather Watson became the first British woman to win a Tour title in 24 years when she beat Chang Kai-chen in the Japan Open final.
In an interesting twist last year, Jim Furyk was disqualified from the Barclays (the first event) after missing the pro-am event, but went on to win the TOUR Championship event and the FedEx Cup anyway.
New York - Lance Armstrong, the cyclist who overcame a bout with testicular cancer to win the Tour de France seven times, has been accused by a French newspaper of using performance enhancing drugs.
Brailsford, 48, masterminded British dominance in cycling at the Olympics and Paralympics and, as Team Sky boss, helped Bradley Wiggins - also knighted in the New Year Honours list - to win the Tour de France.
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Wiggins, the 32-year-old who this year became the first U.K. cyclist to win the Tour de France, finished the 27-mile course at Hampton Court Palace in 50 minutes, 39.54 seconds, which was 42 seconds ahead of German cyclist Tony Martin.
Landis, who was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title for doping, accuses Armstrong of committing fraud against the Postal Service, which sponsored most of Armstrong's teams as the star rider used PEDs to win the Tour a record seven times.
While still a teenager, he saw Nelson, Sam Snead and Hogan each win the PGA Tour event in Dallas, and Hogan win the first Colonial Invitational, in 1946.
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Manassero became the first teenager to win three European Tour titles, having been the youngest to win one in 2010.
However, he holed from 15 feet for birdie on the first extra hole, the par-four 18th, to clinch a third European Tour win while his rivals, who were both chasing their first tour wins, could only manage pars.
"It gives me a lot of confidence going into this year, " Johnson told the Tour's official website after becoming the first player since Tiger Woods to win a PGA Tour title in each of his first six seasons out of college.
Horschel has made the cut in all nine of the events he's entered this year, extending his tour-best streak to 21 made cuts in a row, but he has yet to win a PGA Tour event.
Laird triumphed by two shots as he earned his third PGA Tour win, and his first since 2011, as he ended a run of 14 American winners on the PGA Tour this season.
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