Tiger Wins Open
Tiger Woods won his third Open Championship, hitting driver only once. This was the most impressive display of shot-making with long irons I’ve ever seen.
Tiger wins third British Open, 11th career major
Woods was ruthless as ever on the brown, baked links of Royal Liverpool, relying more on brains than brawn.
He hit driver only one time the entire week — the 16th hole of the first round — and relied on iron play that was so impeccable his caddie kept a sheet of paper of all the shots Woods missed.
There were only three of them.
“I don’t think anyone has ever hit long irons that well,” Williams said.
It carried Woods to a 5-under 67 and a two-shot victory over Chris DiMarco, making him the first player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win golf’s oldest championship in consecutive years.