12/18/2006 - Thousand Oaks, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tiger Woods fired a six-under 66 on Sunday to earn his third title at the Target World Challenge, an event he sponsors. Woods finished at 16-under-par 272 and won by four shots at Sherwood Country Club.
Woods is on one of those amazing runs to close out his 2006. After the death of his father Earl in the spring, Woods missed the cut at the U.S. Open. He came back to win the British Open and has not lost a stroke-play event since.
"It's been a year of two halves really," acknowledged Woods, who also won this tournament in 2001 and 2004. "On the golf course, it's been something else to have the things come together and winning two majors."
He captured another British Open title and another PGA Championship, in addition to a pair of World Golf Championships events and two regular PGA Tour titles.
Overnight leader and reigning U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy only managed a one-under 71 on Sunday. He finished alone in second place at 12-under-par 276, which was one shot better than Chris DiMarco, who also shot a final-round 71.
Woods began the final round one shot behind Ogilvy, but made up the deficit quickly. He sank a 10-foot birdie putt at the par-five second, then chipped in for birdie from the fringe at No. 3. Thanks to an Ogilvy bogey at the second, Woods found himself in the lead.
The No. 1 player in the world dropped a shot at four, but he two-putted for birdie from 15 feet at the par-five fifth. Woods stood two shots clear of the field, but as is the case with Woods, it was not enough.
At the par-four seventh, Woods rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt. Ogilvy and DiMarco kept pace until the turn as Woods drained a 10-footer for birdie, then converted a six-footer for birdie at 10. Woods was 15-under par and four shots ahead.
Woods did not play spectacularly on the back side. He gave himself a good look at birdie from nine feet at the 14th, but missed. However, neither member of the final group posted any birdies, so Woods walked to the 15th tee with a four-shot cushion.
Woods missed a five-foot par save at the 15th, but still held a formidable three-shot advantage. He atoned for the error at the par-five 16th, when, from a difficult stance, Woods chipped his third to seven feet. He ran home the birdie effort and parred the 17th.
At the closing hole, Woods hit a spectacular approach that stopped six feet from the hole. He collected the first, and only, birdie of the round at Sherwood's 18th and cruised into the winner's circle.
"Once you get the lead out here, the guys behind me, if they get aggressive, they can make mistakes," said Woods, who donated his entire $1,350,000 first- place check to his charity. "The whole idea is to force them come get me. I tried to do that the best I could."
This was a vintage Woods final round in which the players behind him knew the inevitable was coming.
"I didn't start well enough," admitted Ogilvy. "That just puts a bad taste in your mouth. I would have had to shoot a pretty special score to beat him today."
Henrik Stenson shot a three-under 69 to finish alone in fourth place at minus- nine. Paul Casey (71) and Colin Montgomerie (66) shared fifth place at eight- under-par 280.
Former U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell managed a one-under 71 and took seventh at six-under-par 282. Padraig Harrington, who won this title in 2002, posted a 71 and came in eighth place at minus-five.
David Toms struggled to a three-over 75, but finished ninth at minus-three. Fred Couples (71) and two-time former winner, Davis Love III (69) shared 10th at two-under-par 286.
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“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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