PGA TOUR Notebook: Baddeley says he's just started winning  Aaron Baddeley hopes his second PGA TOUR victory is the start of something big, maybe even major. "I want to be the best," he said.  Aaron Baddeley is looking to win majors. (Marc Feldman/WireImage)
Tiger Woods has nothing to worry about for now, Baddeley conceded, but a one-stroke victory Sunday in the FBR Open had the 26-year-old Australian talking about bigger titles. "I want to win major championships. I mean, that's where I want to go," Baddeley said. "It's a long way to go yet, I know that, a lot of hard work to be put in. But I'm definitely setting my sights on that." Baddeley birdied three of the final four holes and took advantage of Jeff Quinney's late collapse to pick up his second win on TOUR. Baddeley, who also has U.S. citizenship, won the Verizon Heritage last year. Baddeley said he felt much different after his second PGA TOUR victory than he did after his first. "The first one felt more of a relief," he said, "where this one is more like `All right, now we're making headway to where I want to go." Baddeley said he felt best about his putting in the tournament. He'd been struggling with it and took his putter with him to practice in his hotel room for his best friend's wedding last weekend in Flat Rock, N.C. • Tiger Woods has targeted his putting for improvement before the Masters in April after failing to defend his Dubai Desert Classic title on Sunday. Henrik Stenson won the tournament on a thrilling final day, edging out Ernie Els by one shot, while Woods finished tied for third. The world No. 1 only really threatened the top of the leader board in the last round after steady progress on the previous three days, and when he did, it appeared he was on course for another victory until a pair of bogeys early on the back nine severely damaged his chances. "That is one of the worst putting weeks I have had in a long time," said Woods. "Very frustrating. I have just got a lot of work to do when I go home. "I hit well enough to give myself chance but I just did not putt at all well," he added. "I come over here to the best greens we have seen in a long time and I miss a bunch." • Tiger Woods wasn't pleased with the way he played early in his title defense at the Dubai Desert Classic, so he turned to Mark O'Meara, his best friend on the PGA TOUR, for a little advice. "I just asked him what he saw," Woods said. "I told him I felt I was standing too much back on my heels, which has always been a tendency of mine to get my butt out too far. He confirmed it and it felt better." O'Meara, who recently turned 50, played the Dubai Desert Classic for perhaps the final time before dedicating himself to the Champions Tour. He helped the young Woods when he first turned professional and they went on to forge a strong friendship. Copyright 2007 PGATOUR.com. All rights reserved. |
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