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Tiger Woods outlasts Daly at AmEx Championship
(AP)
Updated: 2005-10-10 09:59
But he'll take it, along with the $1.3 million prize that pushed his season
to over $9.9 million and, with two tournaments left on his schedule, gave him a
shot at beating the record set by Vijay Singh a year ago.
Colin Montgomerie missed birdie putts of 6 and 10 feet to cost himself a
chance for his first official victory on U.S. soil, but kept alive his hopes
with a 12-foot birdie on the 17th to get within one shot.
But he missed the 18th green, chipped weakly and took bogey for a 70 that
left him in a three-way tie for third at 272 with Henrik Stenson (68) and Sergio
Garcia (69).
The 8-foot par putt Monty missed on the last hole was worth $159,500. Still,
he earned $353,666 to move past Michael Campbell atop the Order of Merit and is
poised to win Europe's money title for the eighth him.
The other winner was Harding Park, the municipal course with a $16 million
makeover that proved to be a worthy test for the best players in the world.
Woods and Daly shot 10-under 270, and only 24 of the 71 players who started
the event finished under par.
It was the third time this year Woods has rallied in the final round to win,
and his second victory in a playoff to increase his career record to 8-1 in
extra holes. The other was the Masters, which he won with a birdie.
This time, he needed some help.
Daly, who had never lost in two previous playoffs — won of those the British
Open in 1995 at St. Andrews — was magnificent with every club except the putter.
He lost his two-shot lead in regulation when Woods birdied the 16th, and Daly
three-putted from 30 feet at No. 17, missing a 5-footer for par.
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