August 22,2001
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Tiger Woods ca n ’t bear to
watch his birdie putt miss the cup
at the first hole during the final
round.
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Tiger Woods Goes Out
with a Whimper, Not a Roar
B y USAT oday
DULUTH, Ga. — A fter win­
ning The Masters in April, con­
cluding a historic string o f four
consecutive majors, Tiger Woods,
25. has gradual ly and mysteriously
spiraled dow nhill in the go lf
w orld's grandest events. His re­
sults? Tied for 12th at the U.S.
Open. Tied for 25th at the British
Open. Tied for 29th place at the
PGA Championship. W oods shot
par 70 Sunday, finishing at 1-un­
der 279. It’s the first time he has
finished out o f the top 10 in three
consecutive majors since 1997. In
six tries, he has never won a major
on a par-70 course.
Before he arrived at the Atlanta
Athletic Club, after taking some
time oft' at his W indermere, Fla.,
home for the first time in 2 1/2
months, the big question was,
“W hat’s wrong with Tiger?” The
answers, it seems, were many: He
has sw ing problem s, may be
overscheduled with business and
sponsorship responsibilities and
is emotionally drained from his
Tiger Slam.
How does W oods go from
dominating majors, winning the
2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach
by 15 strokes, to struggling to
make the cut and finishing 14 shots
behind the leaders?
After his final round, Woods
tried to put a positive spin on his
mediocre PGA Championship.
On his play this week: “It has
been disappointing that I
w asn’t able to play all week
the way I wanted to. Today
I really hit the ball well. I
showed some signs o f how
1 was hitting it earlier in the
year. I mean, I really stnped
it good.” On being in a
slump: “I think it’s part of
playing sports. You can’t
play well all the time. You can’t
have everything go your way, es­
pecially in individual sports, es­
pecially in this sp o rt.... I’ve been
very blessed to play the way 1
have for the past few years.” On
not being in contention Sunday:
“ If you want to play this game for
a long time, which, hopefully,
health permitting, and if every­
thing goes right, I may be playing
this game as long as Arnold
(Palmer) has been. If that’s the
case, you can’t really beat your­
self up over every single shot,
every single round and every
single tournament. Y ou’ve got to
leant from it.”
Tiger W oods
Woods has now finished out
o f top 10 in five straight tourna­
ments — a first for the game ’ sail-
time money leader.
Woods, who needed two long
putts Friday over his final few
holes just to make the cut, began
the day at 1 -under par and teed off
three hours behind the final pair­
ing o f David Toms and Phil
Mickelson.
Still, the crowds built to 10-
deep along the first fairway, many
hoping to see Woods make some
kind ofcharge. A sign hung around
one m an’s neck that said: “Woods
Toms Topples Mickelson for First
Major PGA Win
for President.”
“I came out to see him
shoot a 60 so everybody
will know they’re never
safe no matter how far
they are ahead," said Fred
Alley ofGreensboro.N.C.
“If he shot a 60, it would
scare the whole field."
No dice.
After driving it in the
rough on No. 1 and sav­
ing par. Woods bogeyed
No. 2 and it was clear no
low round was on the
horizon.
He finished the front
nine the same place he
started — at 1-under.
Woods then hit his tee
shot in the sand on No. 11
and threw his club after
his approach shot fell 30
yards shy o f the green
and he bogeyed.
Some in the stands sur­
rounding the 18th green
saluted Woods anyway
with a standing ovation
as he walked around the
lake on his way to a 1-
under279 finish.
But this was no tour­
nam ent for W oods to
shout about, even though
he says his game is not
that far off.
Normally long and ac­
curate off the tee. Woods
had only one o f those
components the last four
days. His average driv­
ing distance was 316
yards, but Woods man­
aged to hit just 32 o f 56
fairways, a57% clip.
“I just didn't have the
feel on the greens that I
did the last two days,” he
said.
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DULUTH, Ga. - David Toms made a 12-
foot putt on the 18,h hole, edging Phil
Mickelson by one stroke to win the 83rd
PGA Championship. Toms, the third-
round leader, went ahead the final time as
Mickelson made bogey on the 16th hole.
Mickelson had a chance to force a play­
off, but his birdie putt on the 18th hole
came up inches short. T om s’ sixth PGA
Tour victory was his first in a major tour­
nament and clinched a spot on the U.S.
Ryder Cup team.
Tyson-Nieisen Bout
Set for September
NEW YORK — Mike Tyson will fight
outside the United States for the third
time in four bouts when he takes on
Denmark’s Brian Nielsen atCopenhagen
on Sept. 8. The 35-year-oldform er undis­
puted heavyw eight cham pion's first
match in almost 11 months was announced
formally by Showtime, which will show
the fight on same-day tape delay begin­
ning at 9 p.m EDT.
Jockey Dies Falling Off Horse
During Race
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan - Jockey
Isiah Saia died, hours after he and his
m ount w ent dow n during a race at M ar­
quis D ow ns and he was tram pled by
another horse, authorities said. The 23-
year-old native o f N ew Jersey, the lead­
ing rider at the track, d id n ’ t regain con­
sciousness and had been on life sup­
port since the 4:30 p.m . accident, ac­
cording to officials at the Royal U niver­
sity H ospital. Saia was pronounced
dead about six hours later.
Sol Force Game Three
with Liberty
NEW Y O R K -Sheri Sam scored 15ofher
17 points in the second half as the Miami
Sol rallied to beat the New York Liberty 53-
50, forcing a third game in the first-round
Eastern Conference playoff. New York
the two-time defending conference cham­
pion, shot just 32% from the field and blew
a 10-point se c o n d -h a lf lead. Elena
Baranova added 16 for the Sol, who return
to M adison Square G arden. Crys'tal
Robinson had 13 points and Tamika
Whitmore 12 for the Liberty.
Cochran to Investigate
Wheeler's Death
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late Rashidi W heeler has hired famed
Los A ngeles attorney Johnnie Cochran
to investigate the circum stances o f the
N orthw estern football p layer’s death.
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photographs, funny stories and poetry
he w rote. A fterw ard, W heeler was bur­
ied at Forest Law n C ovina Hills.
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