Tiger Woods en route to his 78th PGA Tour win. Photo: Kenneth E.Dennis / kendennisphoto.comRory McIlroy had a 4.72 point lead over world No 3 Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings when he captured the DP World Tour Championhip for the fifth win of his sensational 2012 campaign.
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Updated on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 8:47 by
Brian Keogh
Padraig Harrington had to rely heavily on his belly putter and driving to shoot 68 at Sawgrass’s Stadium CourseAs the golfing world licks its lips at the prospect of a genuine shootout between world No 1 Tiger Woods and heir apparent Rory McIlroy, Pádraig Harrington rose phoenix like from the ashes of last week’s Quail Hollow burnout to hole 102 feet of putts in an opening 68 in The Players at TPC Sawgrass.
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Rory McIlroy anxiously watches an iron shot at Augusta NationalRory McIlroy might think Tiger Woods’ escape from Masters disqualification was “questionable” but he believes he’s closer than ever to coming up with the right answers to his own Augusta inquisition.
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Padraig Harrington is playing his 14th Masters this weekPádraig Harrington biggest struggle at the start of this year was finding a pair of trousers that fit him. Finding a jacket to match is the next step and he’d like it to be green.
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Which way now? Rory McIlroy walks past a billboard depicting his silhouette in Abu Dhabi in January. Picture Stuart Adams www.golftourimages.comNewly-crowned world No 1 Tiger Woods was joking when he replied to Rory McIlroy’s congratulatory text and told him, as the youngster revealed in Texas yesterday, “to get my finger out of my ass and win this week.” At least, we think he was joking.
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Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods at Doral earlier this month. Picture Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ieGraeme McDowell believes that losing the No 1 ranking to Tiger Woods could me just the motivation Rory McIlroy needs to win the Masters.
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Tiger Woods is close to becoming world No 1 againGraeme McDowell has work to do to be ready for the Masters. Tiger Woods? Not so much.
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Graeme McDowell hits his approach to the 18th on Friday. Graeme McDowell had to produce another grinding performance just to make the cut but he was probably more frustrated than Tiger Woods, who bogeyed the last three holes to fall four strokes behind leaders Justin Rose and Bill Haas in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Graeme McDowell speaking at Bay Hill earlier this week. Graeme McDowell may have the game to compete with Tiger Woods but he needed all his famous fighting qualities just to keep the world No 2 in his sights at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. As for Justin Rose, the Englishman was simply in another league on the greens.
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Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were separate by more than four world rankings points in Abu Dhabi in January. Woods is now less than one point behind the world No 1. Picture: Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ieRory McIlroy can start bracing himself for heavy losses to Nike legends Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan over the next fortnight.