Tiger Woods Video
Tiger Woods video is the world No 1 and widely regarded as the greatest player to have swung a golf club, but when he stood four shots off the lead with just seven holes to play on Sunday, it looked as though the Desert Classic trophy would not be heading back to the US on Tiger’s jet as it did in 2006.
Not renowned for his final-day charges – Tiger prefers to front-run and have the tournament sewn up by Sunday, as he did when winning the Buick by eight shots the previous week – Woods chipped in for birdie on 12 and then followed it with four more, including a dramatic downhill 25-footer on the 18th to win by a single shot from Abu Dhabi champion Martin Kaymer while forcing the 2005 and 2007 champions, Ernie Els and Henrik Stenson into submission.
One of the few boxes that Woods has left unchecked in his career is that of a come-from-behind win in a major championship. With this remarkable victory he proved that he is capable of coming from off the pace – and forcing his opponents to wilt under the sheer intimidation. If he stands five shots off the lead going into the last day at Augusta in April, don’t bet against him.
63
The number of tournament victories Tiger Woods video has now amassed in his 12-year career as a professional. His victory in Dubai allowed him to pass Arnold Palmer’s record of 62 and move into fourth on the all-time list behind only Ben Hogan (64 wins), Jack Nicklaus (73) and Sam Snead (82)
8
The number of tournaments Tiger Woods has won in his last nine starts. He was second in the other
2
The number of drivers Tiger Woods used in Dubai last week. He revealed after his victory that he had cracked the face of his favourite driver during the pro-am.
Worryingly for his rivals, including world No 4 Ernie Els, it means he won the Desert Classic with a club he had never used before and did not like. "I didn’t tell you this," he told XPRESS after his victory, "but I broke my driver on Wednesday and had to use my back-up, which I didn’t like very much.
"I spun it too much. It was fine on Thursday because the wind didn’t blow, but as soon as it did I had a hard time controlling the driver. So I’m happy just to get out a win somehow.
"The driver that broke I used for the last year and I had some pretty good success with it. This one is supposed to be the same, but I had a hard time keeping it down."
416,660
The number of Euros that Tiger Woods video received for winning the Desert Classic. Or put another way, Dh2,250,000 or $612,000
2
The number of hole-in-ones scored at Emirates Golf Club last week. Henrik Stenson, right, aced the ninth hole of the par-three course during the curtain-raising charity Challenge Match, then Miguel Angel Jimenez slam-dunked his tee-shot at the par-three fourth hole during Thursday’s first round.
18
The hole at the Majlis course on which there has recently been installed a plaque commemorating Colin Montgomerie’s 1996 second shot with a driver from the fairway, across the lake, and on to the green to secure him a Desert Classic victory. The shot was later awarded European Tour Shot of the Year.
During the first round this year, Tiger Woods, who was playing with Montgomerie, drove near the plaque. "Nice plaque, Monty," he is said to have remarked, before taking out a four-iron and popping the ball on to the putting surface.
62,446
The record number of fans who attended Emirates Golf Club to watch the proceedings during the Dubai Desert Classic week, beating the previous best 55,606 in 2007.
74
Sergio Garcia’s final round which saw him slip off the leaderboard.
But what those watching did not know was that Garcia, seven under-par overnight, had been concerned about the health of his mother Consuelo Fernandez, who had been taken ill with flu-like symptoms on Saturday night and taken to hospital in Jebel Ali earlier on Sunday morning as a precaution.
Garcia nevertheless still managed to shoot just two-over par and finish the tournament in the top 20.
XPRESS understands that his mother has now recovered.
How I won the Desert Classic: By Tiger Woods
"On 18 I hit a really nice drive, turned it around the corner, and hit a five-wood up there and just flushed it.
"I was trying to hit a high fade in there and hold up against the wind, and I thought I hit it perfect where it was going to be just past the hole and flew even further than I thought.
"Then I’m thinking it’s a hard bunker shot, but really not that bad and I get down there and it’s not in the bunker.
"And I’m thinking, I could easily chip the ball in the water.
"You have to make your mistake short and if I leave it too short just chip up and try to make a par and probably not going to win the tournament but see what happens.
"Got it on to the green, and the putt went in."
Not renowned for his final-day charges – Tiger prefers to front-run and have the tournament sewn up by Sunday, as he did when winning the Buick by eight shots the previous week – Woods chipped in for birdie on 12 and then followed it with four more, including a dramatic downhill 25-footer on the 18th to win by a single shot from Abu Dhabi champion Martin Kaymer while forcing the 2005 and 2007 champions, Ernie Els and Henrik Stenson into submission.
One of the few boxes that Woods has left unchecked in his career is that of a come-from-behind win in a major championship. With this remarkable victory he proved that he is capable of coming from off the pace – and forcing his opponents to wilt under the sheer intimidation. If he stands five shots off the lead going into the last day at Augusta in April, don’t bet against him.
63
The number of tournament victories Tiger Woods video has now amassed in his 12-year career as a professional. His victory in Dubai allowed him to pass Arnold Palmer’s record of 62 and move into fourth on the all-time list behind only Ben Hogan (64 wins), Jack Nicklaus (73) and Sam Snead (82)
8
The number of tournaments Tiger Woods has won in his last nine starts. He was second in the other
2
The number of drivers Tiger Woods used in Dubai last week. He revealed after his victory that he had cracked the face of his favourite driver during the pro-am.
Worryingly for his rivals, including world No 4 Ernie Els, it means he won the Desert Classic with a club he had never used before and did not like. "I didn’t tell you this," he told XPRESS after his victory, "but I broke my driver on Wednesday and had to use my back-up, which I didn’t like very much.
"I spun it too much. It was fine on Thursday because the wind didn’t blow, but as soon as it did I had a hard time controlling the driver. So I’m happy just to get out a win somehow.
"The driver that broke I used for the last year and I had some pretty good success with it. This one is supposed to be the same, but I had a hard time keeping it down."
416,660
The number of Euros that Tiger Woods video received for winning the Desert Classic. Or put another way, Dh2,250,000 or $612,000
2
The number of hole-in-ones scored at Emirates Golf Club last week. Henrik Stenson, right, aced the ninth hole of the par-three course during the curtain-raising charity Challenge Match, then Miguel Angel Jimenez slam-dunked his tee-shot at the par-three fourth hole during Thursday’s first round.
18
The hole at the Majlis course on which there has recently been installed a plaque commemorating Colin Montgomerie’s 1996 second shot with a driver from the fairway, across the lake, and on to the green to secure him a Desert Classic victory. The shot was later awarded European Tour Shot of the Year.
During the first round this year, Tiger Woods, who was playing with Montgomerie, drove near the plaque. "Nice plaque, Monty," he is said to have remarked, before taking out a four-iron and popping the ball on to the putting surface.
62,446
The record number of fans who attended Emirates Golf Club to watch the proceedings during the Dubai Desert Classic week, beating the previous best 55,606 in 2007.
74
Sergio Garcia’s final round which saw him slip off the leaderboard.
But what those watching did not know was that Garcia, seven under-par overnight, had been concerned about the health of his mother Consuelo Fernandez, who had been taken ill with flu-like symptoms on Saturday night and taken to hospital in Jebel Ali earlier on Sunday morning as a precaution.
Garcia nevertheless still managed to shoot just two-over par and finish the tournament in the top 20.
XPRESS understands that his mother has now recovered.
How I won the Desert Classic: By Tiger Woods
"On 18 I hit a really nice drive, turned it around the corner, and hit a five-wood up there and just flushed it.
"I was trying to hit a high fade in there and hold up against the wind, and I thought I hit it perfect where it was going to be just past the hole and flew even further than I thought.
"Then I’m thinking it’s a hard bunker shot, but really not that bad and I get down there and it’s not in the bunker.
"And I’m thinking, I could easily chip the ball in the water.
"You have to make your mistake short and if I leave it too short just chip up and try to make a par and probably not going to win the tournament but see what happens.
"Got it on to the green, and the putt went in."
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