Tiger Wins at Match Play, 8 and 7!

Posted by Alan L. Hammond Feb 24, 2008

It appears that if there's a chance at beating Tiger Woods at the World Golf Championships (WGC) Match Play Championship, it would be in the first round. On that first day, the smell of victory hasn't replaced his lack of enthusiasm for the match play format. As the week progresses, he begins to set his sights on winning. Nothing against J.B. Holmes, who fought more valiantly than Tiger's other competitors.

By the time Stewart Cink got his turn, he didn't have much of a chance, at least this week. Tiger, of course, won in convincing fashion, 8 and 7. Cink, a great player in by any standard, didn't play poorly, but it likely wouldn't have mattered. As Tiger has a particularly keen sense of history, he knew the WGC match play would be a good stage to pass Arnold Palmer in the all-time wins category. He did so and now sits at 63 in fourth place.