MELBOURNE, Nov 15 - Tiger Woods celebrated his first visit Down Under in 11 years with a win at the Australian Masters today, the world number one banishing his swing demons in time to hold off a dogged local field by two strokes.
Woods, joint leader overnight with Australia’s James Nitties and Greg Chalmers, carded a four-under 68 to finish with a 14-under total of 274 at Kingston Heath Golf Club.
Chalmers ended the tournament in second place on 276, with American Jason Dufner and France’s Francois Delamontagne two shots further back.
After wayward driving and putting saw Woods cast a dejected figure on Saturday, the 14-times major champion quickly found his line during the final round, and leaped into a three-stroke lead over Chalmers after his fifth birdie on the par-three 15th.
Chalmers clipped the lead to two after a birdie on the same hole, but Woods held firm with three pars on his final three holes to secure the A$1.5 million (RM4.76 million) co-sanctioned tournament.
“I hit some good shots on the back nine. I really felt comfortable with my swing today. Yesterday, as I said, was just a bad day,” Woods said in a televised interview. — Reuters
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