Tiger Woods finished tied for the fourth position at the World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual
Tiger Woods carded a one-under par 71, in the final round of the World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual, to finish tied for the fourth position, on Sunday, December 2, 2012.
The tournament was being played at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, featuring only 18 players, who received invitations to play, by the host, Woods.
The 14-time major champion started his final round campaign, sharing the third position with Bo Van Pelt. After recording pars on each of the first six holes, he conceded a bogey on the seventh hole.
He then tried to make a late charge, by carding a birdie on the 13th hole, followed by an amazing eagle on the 16th hole.
However, he was still seven strokes behind the leader Graeme McDowell, who posted a brilliant 17-under par tournament score.
The last hole witnessed Woods conceding another bogey of the day, which dragged him down to the share of the fourth place on the leaderboard.
Despite failing to defend his title in California, Woods was happy with his overall performance in the tournament.
Talking to the PGA Tour’s official website, he stated that it was really difficult to maintain accuracy on the course, and he was having difficulty in attacking the pins.
“I think it's hard to hit the ball close, just because the greens were so soft,” he said. “There were a couple times out there I had 100, 105 yards and I was hitting little 9 irons in there and just kind of hit spin-offs. It was tricky out there, and the
guys who have lower ball flights, it's a little bit easier”.
He also expressed his pleasure in finding a six-week break, prior to starting another season next year.
“It's been a long year and I've played a lot. And just really looking forward to it, just having nothing to do with golf for a few weeks, just put them away, enjoy the holidays, be with my kids and just really enjoy that,” he said.
Zach Johnson, in the meantime, was really disappointed with his performance in the tournament, as he was the only player to post an over-par score. He carded rounds of 74, 70, 70 and 79 for a five-over par 293.
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