Tiger Woods ties Sam Sneads PGA Tour record with 8

Tiger Woods ties Sam Sneads PGA Tour record with 8

Tiger Woods added to his legend Monday morning in Japan.He closed out a win in the rain-delayed Zozo Championship in Chiba. It was his 82nd victory on the PGA Tour, tying him with Sam Snead for the most in Tour history."It's just crazy. It's a lot," Woods told Golf Channel right after 18.MORE: Woods, 43, was returning to competitive golf after a surgical procedure on his knee. He said he appreciates being able to move around on the course."Physically I can't do any of the things Iused to," he said. "But I can think my way around the golf course."Woods (19-under 261 for the tournament) played the last seven holes of his final round Monday in 1under par, which was good enough to defeat Hideki Matsuyama by three strokes. Woods played 29 holes on Sunday in Chiba as the Tour tried to make up for a washout earlier in the week. He resumed his fourth round on the 12th hole at Accordia Golf Narashino CC.Woods held or shared the lead all five days of the event."Five days at the top of the board is a long time, and it's stre sful," he said.MORE: Sporting News followedWoods' final round, shot by shot.Tiger Woods' score: Live updates, highlights from Round 4Hole (Par Demario Davis Jersey ) Round 4 score (Overall) Place 1 (4)1 under (17 under)12 (4)1 under (17 under)13 (3)1 under (17 under)14 (4)Even (16 under)15 (3)1 under (17 under)16 (5)2 under (18 under)17 (3)2 under (18 under)18 (4)2 under (18 under)19 (4)2 under (18 under)110 (4)2 under (18 under)111 (4)2 under (18 under)112 (4)1 under (17 under)113 (3)1 under (17 under)114 (5)2 under (18 under)115 (4)2 under (18 under)116 (3)2 under (18 under)117 (4)2 under (18 under)118 (5)3 under (19 Adam Trautman Jersey under)1Hole 18, Par 5, 562 yardsTiger has a few extra minutes to think about the potential win and history as Matsuyama plays ahead of him. Matsuyama found sand in the fairway.Shot 1: Woods is off the tee in fine shape. Matsuyama sprays shots all over 18 and then mi ses a long birdie putt. Tiger pretty much has this now.Shot 2: His second finds a bunker. The ball is close to an elevated lip.Shot 3: Tiger calmly blasts out to about to 10 feet.Shot 4: He then follows that with a no-doubt birdie. He's all smiles on the green as playing partner Keegan Bradley finishes.Hole 17, Par 4, 491 yardsShot 1: No drama off the tee. Woods is safely in the fairway.Shot 2: Tiger keeps it clean on his second; big part of the green, set up for a two-putt par.Shot 3: One . . .Shot 4: . . . and two for par. Tiger will go to 18 still up by two.Hole 16, Par 3, 183 yardsMatsuyama cuts the margin back to two with a birdie one group ahead. Drama builds.Shot 1: Tiger plays it safe, landing his tee shot in the center of the green. He has played with a lead before.Shot 2: Woods tries some body English as the putt Willie Roaf Jersey lags short and left.Shot 3: He taps in for par. Still up two.Hole 15, Par 4, 425 yardsShot 1: With his lead more secure, Tiger drives just into the first cut.Shot 2: Looks like the Tiger of the first three rounds is returning. He's in position for another birdie with his approach.Shot 3: Tiger tries to put more daylight between himself and Matsuyama as the sun breaks through on the course, but his putt mi ses left.Shot 4: A disappointed Woods taps in for par. Just three holes away now.Hole 14, Par 5, 608 yardsShot 1: Tiger watches on the tee as Matsuyama threatens to cutthe lead to one, then puts his drive in the middle of the fairway, on a downslope.Shot 2: Tiger watches from the fairway as Matsuyama mi ses a short a birdie putt before saving par. Then he cooks his second deep into the right rough.Shot 3: Woods' third rolls past the hole but in birdie range.Shot 4: Woods uses a short delay to regroup and drain the putt. He's up by three again.Hole 13, Par 3, 141 yardsShot 1: Tiger shakes off the bogey by sticking his tee shot to about eight feet, below the hole.Shot 2: Tiger mi ses the birdie putt right. That would have gone in Sunday, the way he was putting.Shot 3: Another tap-in. Five holes (minimum) to play, but Tiger is limping (figuratively) to the finish.Hole 12, Par 4, 490 yardsShot 1: Fifteen hours later . . . Tiger's first shot of the morningjust makes it onto the Bob Pollard Jersey fairway after flirting with the first cut.Shot 2: Tiger chunks his approach into a bunker in front of the green. His lie is excellent, however.Shot 3: His wedge out is . . . not excellent. It spins back downhill on the green, leaving him with a long par putt. Early danger for Tiger.Shot 4: Woods lags his putt to a foot or so.Shot 5: A tap-in bogey begins his Monday. The lead is quickly down to two.Hole 11, Par 4, 486 yardsShot 1: Tiger again drives to the front of the gallery. He's in control of the tournament, but it's not over. Matsuyama isn't going away.Shot 2: Woods leaves it short of the green but avoids the bunkers surrounding the hole. Regardle s, birdie is not looking realistic.Shot 3: The early 2000s short game makes an appearance: a chip that screeches to a halt about a foot away.Shot 4: Tiger taps it in, and that's how his day ends. He heads the clubhouse at 18 under but just three ahead of Matsuyama, who birdied 11 and 12.Hole 10, Par 4, 376 yardsShot 1: Not Tiger's best; he mi ses the fairway slightly to the right.Shot 2 Daniel Sorensen Jersey : Playing out of the rough and from a sidehill lie, Woods' short-iron approach releases way past the hole.Shot 3: Again, not Tiger's best; his birdie putt has no chance. It stops well short.Shot 4: Woods saves par with confidence. The lead, though, is down to four after Matsuyama birdies 11.Hole 9, Par 4, 486 yardsShot 1: Tiger in the gloaming: His drive sails down the right side of the fairway. It's getting darker in Chiba.Shot 2: Nothing fancy, just a high spinner that stops 20 feet or so from the hole. The fans at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club are seeing the full Tiger.Shot 3: Woodsnudges his birdie putt to the right but leaves himself little work coming back.Shot 4: It's a 2-under 32 on the front nine after the par putt. He makes the turn up by five. The race is on to get more holes in before the round is suspended.Hole 8, Par 4, 395yardsShot 1: That's another fairway hit. This drive rolls down the left side.Shot 2:

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