Tiger Woods Wins BMW Championship
September 14, 2009 by Kori Ellis
Filed under Golf
After Tiger Woods finished with a course-record 62 on Saturday, the BMW Championship was all but over. Entering Sunday with a seven-shot lead, Woods just had to avoid a collapse to take home the victory. As it turned out, his 68 on Sunday was easily enough.
Woods was -19 at the BMW Championship and won it by eight shots over Marc Leishman of Australia and Jim Furyk of the United States. Sean O’Hair, also of the United States, at -10 was the only other golfer to finish within ten shots of Woods.
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After the victory, Woods said the difference between this week and recent disappointments was his putting.
“It’s just been a matter of making a couple of putts here and there, and I would have won the tournaments,” remarked Woods. “And lo and behold — boom –I hit the ball just as well, just as consistent this week, and I made a few putts. And that’s how it happens.”
The win netted Woods $1.35 million to add to his ever-growing career earnings.
