Tiger Woods' 28 birdies in the tournament were a personal best in a PGA TOUR event. His previous high was 27 at the 1997 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and the 2005 Ford Championship at Doral. •Woods fired four straight 66s on his way to the win and has now posted that score five straight times going back to his final round here in 2005. He also had a final-round 66 in both 2003 and 2004. •Woods led all players in Driving Distance at 316.0. That is the highest driving distance average by a winning player this year. •Woods' 24-under-par total of 264 was one shy of his career-best on the PGA TOUR (25-under-par 263 at the 2002 WGC-American Express Championship). •Woods' victory was his 50th win on the PGA TOUR in 210 career starts, including 14 as an amateur. He is the youngest player to reach the 50-win plateau at 30 years, 7 months and 6 days, surpassing Jack Nicklaus (won in his 280th career start, including 18 as an amateur). Below are the ages of the other players and when they achieved the feat:
Player -- Event -- Age(Yr-Mo-Day) •Woods' four straight rounds of 66 earned him the distinction of being the first winner to post four straight rounds of 66 or better at this tournament. •Vaughn Taylor made a critical 38-foot, par-saving putt on No. 18 which helped him finish T4 and earned him an additional $58,720, However, more importantly, the finish earned him 120 valuable Ryder Cup points which vaulted him four spots into seventh place in the standings with just two events remaining. Had he finished T7, he would have earned just 60 points and moved up just one spot. •Here is the current Ryder Cup standings -- 1. Tiger Woods (4,150.000 points), 2. Phil Mickelson (2,474.375), 3. Jim Furyk (2,076.000), 4. Chad Campbell (1,129.602), 5. David Toms (1,072.250), 6. Chris DiMarco (830.000), 7. Vaughn Taylor (780.833), 8. J.J. Henry (778.750), 9. Zach Johnson (756.477) and 10. Brett Wetterich (746.000). John Rollins is currently 11th with 685.000 points followed by Jerry Kelly with 653.750. In addition, Tom Pernice, Jr., earned 50 points but remained in 17th place, while Scott Verplank earned 120 points and moved from 22nd to 18th on the list. •Taylor had the fewest putts in the tournament -- 106. •Jim Furyk's runner-up finish was his third this season and the 16th of his career. •Furyk led all players in Greens in Regulation at 91.7% (66 of 72). •It took 27 years but John Cook finally recorded his first hole-in-one in PGA TOUR competition. For Cook, it couldn't have come at a better time. Cook made his "ace" on No. 17 with a 6-iron from 176 yards. As a result, Cook won a fully-loaded 2006 Buick Lucerne. •Joe Durant's third-place finish was his best finish of the 2006 season and his best effort since a T3 finish in May, 2005 at the Bank of America Colonial. •Woody Austin continued his strong play. One week after finishing T6 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, Austin earned a T7 finish on Sunday. In his last eight starts, Austin owns four top-10 finishes and has earned $669,470 during that period. Overall, he has won $975,066 for the season pushing him past the $8 million mark for career earnings. •Furyk extended his streak of consecutive sub-par rounds at Warwick Hills G&CC to 33 on Sunday with his 8-under 64. Others who extended their streaks -- Tiger Woods (66) to 31 and Vijay Singh (70) to 17. •Durant's solo third-place finish was his best showing this year and best since a T2 at the 2003 FBR Capital Open. •Harrison Frazar posted his first top-10 finish of the season with his T7 finish despite a triple bogey on his first hole on Sunday. He earned $144,600 for his effort and moved from 153rd on the current money list to 128th with $437,575. Frazar was second to Tiger Woods for the week with 26 birdies. •Sean O'Hair also registered his first top-10 finish in 2006 with his T4. |
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