Target World Challenge: Final-Round Notebook  PGA TOUR Staff THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- For his win Sunday, Tiger Woods collected a first-place check worth $1.35 million. As he has done every year in this event, Woods announced that he is donating all of his earnings to the Tiger Woods Foundation. In nine years of the Target World Challenge, Woods has earned $6,947,500 and all of that money has been donated to his foundation.  Zach Johnson was the only player besides Tiger Woods to put together four straight rounds in the 60s this week. (Laberge/Getty Images)
• Though this event is not an official PGA TOUR event, it will go into the books as one of several tournaments where Woods has recorded multiple victories: 6 wins -- World Golf Championship-CA Championship; 5 wins -- World Golf Championship Bridgestone Invitational and Buick Invitational; and 4 wins -- Masters Tournament, Bay Hill Invitational, PGA Championship and Target World Challenge. • Tiger Woods becomes the fourth third-round leader/co-leader to go on and win this event in the first nine years. The others were Tom Lehman in 1999, Padraig Harrington in 2002 and Davis Love III in 2003. • Tiger Woods' winning score of 22-under-par 266 tied the tournament record set by Davis Love III when he won here in 2000. Love carded rounds of 67-64-71-64 in capturing the title. • Rory Sabbatini withdrew prior to the start of the final round due to personal reasons. Sabbatini is the first player in tournament history not to complete 72 holes. Sabbatini collected last-place money of $170,000. • As a result of Rory Sabbatini's withdrawal Sunday morning, Brett Wetterich played as a single. Wetterich shot a 3-under-par 69, his best round of the week, and completed his round in 2:22. • Colin Montgomerie continued his rebound from an opening-day 80, closing with a 6-under 66 Sunday. Montgomerie birdied his final two holes to finish at 6-under 282 for the week. After not posting a single birdie on Thursday, Montgomerie had 18 birdies and two eagles over his final three days. Montgomerie posted rounds of 67-69-66, 14-under par, for the final 54 holes. • Colin Montgomerie became the first player in tournament history to post three rounds in the 60s and one round in the 80s. • Fred Couples had three eagles, all on par 5s, this week. Couples eagled the 531-yard second hole in the first and second rounds and then added a third eagle at the 537-yard, 16th hole during Sunday's final round. • Tiger Woods owned a six-stroke lead heading into Sunday's final round. Woods has held/shared a third-round lead 44 times on the PGA TOUR (official events only) and has gone on to win 41 times. The three events he did not hold the lead and win were the 1996 Quad City Classic, the 2000 TOUR Championship and the 2004 TOUR Championship. • Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and Zach Johnson each posted their first three rounds in the 60s this week. Woods and Johnson carded rounds in the 60s Sunday, after only five players had previously managed to shoot four rounds in a single year. Those in this elite club are Tiger Woods (2007, 2004 and 2000), Zach Johnson (2007), Padraig Harrington (2004), Jay Haas (2004) and Tom Lehman (1999). • The best rounds of the day on Sunday were the 6-under 66s from Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood. • The easiest hole all week was the 522-yard 11th hole. The par 5 did not see a single over-par score recorded there in four days. For the week, there were 3 eagles, 32 birdies and 28 pars, resulting in a scoring average of 4.397. |
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