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CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
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Tiger Woods
A RECORD PERFORMANCE
Tiger Woods survived a back nine 38 on Sunday and managed to post a final
round 70 on his way to claiming his first Wachovia Championship title with
rounds of 70-68-68-69-275. Woods’ total of 13-under par 275 is a Wachovia
Championship record. It was the 57th career PGA TOUR win for Woods and
his first professional title in the state of North Carolina. Woods finished runner-up
to Michael Campbell in the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst #2.
While Woods is known as the PGA TOUR’s top front runner, his legend is
growing as a master of coming from behind to win on Sunday. Woods had
eight come from behind victories in his first nine years on TOUR (1996-
2004), while his 2007 Wachovia Championship victory marked his eighth in
his last 2+ years (2005-2007).
BIG NUMBERS ARE RARE
Woods’ double-bogey on the par-3 13th in the final round was his first on
TOUR since the final round of the 2007 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented
by MasterCard when he made a five on the par-3 17th.
Steve Stricker
18 WAS STRICKER’S NEMESIS
Steve Stricker’s attempt to claim the 2007 Wachovia
Championship title as his fourth PGA TOUR win fell
short at the par-4 18th hole. Stricker lost to Woods by
two shots and played the closing hole 4-over for the
tournament.
MAKE IT OUT TO OBERHOLSER
Arron Oberholser is the all-time leading money
winner at the Wachovia Championship for players
who have not won the event. He has amassed
$814,317 with his best finish being runner-up
after losing to Joey Sindelar in a playoff in 2004.
Vijay Singh
HE LOVES THIS PLACE
Vijay Singh remains the all-time leading money
winner in Wachovia Championship history with
$1,847,853. His T7 finish in 2007 was his fourth
top-10 at the Wachovia Championship, which is
also a tournament best.
2008 Wachovia Championship Official Event Program