RealClearSports: Tiger Putts Poorly, Talks Optimistically

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

MARANA, Ariz. — He fell short again. Or did he? Tiger Woods putted poorly and spoke optimistically, making us wonder whether we should believe what we saw or what we heard.

Woods was knocked out of the Accenture Match Play Championships on Thursday, maybe not exactly a shock, given his record of late in this tournament and almost every tournament. Yet there was something particularly unsettling about the way it happened.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Tiger falls to Watney at Match Play

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

MARANA, Ariz. -- He said he couldn't make a putt. And thus, Tiger Woods couldn't make the third round of the Accenture World Golf Championship match play.

Woods was knocked out Thursday 1 up by Nick Watney, who somewhat in awe said, "To go up against Tiger and beat him is something you'll always remember.''

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Newsday (N.Y.): Woods pulls out a victory in match play

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

MARANA, Ariz. -- There was a lefthanded shot out of the sagebrush, a couple of erratic putts and considerable bit of coughing from a cold he got from his kids last week in Florida. But in the end there was a narrow victory for Tiger Woods.

Woods said neither he nor his opponent in the first round of the Accenture World Golf Championships Match Play, the Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano,...

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RealClearSports: Tiger and Phil Still Own Golf's Star Power

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

LOS ANGELES — And now this week’s distillation of the PGA Tour: Phil is here, and Tiger isn’t.

Here being the Northern Trust Open, which used to be called the Los Angeles Open. Here being Riviera Country Club.

A lot of Hollywood in the history of Riviera. A lot of Hollywood is in pro golf, in every sport.

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Global Golf Post: Shadow of Doubt

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA — This isn't the old Tiger Woods. This is the Tiger Woods who teases and frustrates. This is the Tiger Woods who gets himself into position to win but doesn't win, in fact in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am doesn't even finish in the top 10.

This isn't the old Tiger Woods, and maybe it's time to wonder if it ever will be. All he had in front of him Sunday were Charlie Wi and Ken Duke...

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