Global Golf Post: Tiger Gets The Buzz Back

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By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA — Golf is whole again, and let us ignore what the skeptics and doubters might say. They'll argue that when Tiger Woods finally ended the silence, at last gave that full-voiced shout of victory on an 18th green, it came not in The Masters or U.S. Open, or even in a regular full-field PGA Tour event, but in what amounts to his own invitational, the Chevron World Challenge.

But a tournament is a tournament...

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Newsday (N.Y.): Tiger Woods ends 2-year drought with win

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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The putt went in, and the cap came off. For the first time in two years, Tiger Woods had won a golf tournament, and he celebrated with first pumps, a wave of his hat and a smile that for golf had been too long unseen.

Woods came from a shot behind Zach Johnson with birdies on the final two holes Sunday to take the $5-million Chevron World Challenge, a charity event which benefits his Tiger Woods Foundation and surely was beneficial to the host.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Tiger Woods struggles in wind, trails by one

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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Sherwood Country Club is cut into the rocky foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, fairways running up hillsides and down canyons, where Saturday afternoon, the wind gusted and swirled and tossed Tiger Woods for a loop.

Woods' three-shot lead entering the third round of the $5-million Chevron World Challenge was blown away, and he fell to second, a shot behind Zach Johnson.

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