Newsday (N.Y.): Woods pulls out a victory in match play

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

MARANA, Ariz. -- There was a lefthanded shot out of the sagebrush, a couple of erratic putts and considerable bit of coughing from a cold he got from his kids last week in Florida. But in the end there was a narrow victory for Tiger Woods.

Woods said neither he nor his opponent in the first round of the Accenture World Golf Championships Match Play, the Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano,...

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RealClearSports: Tiger and Phil Still Own Golf's Star Power

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

LOS ANGELES — And now this week’s distillation of the PGA Tour: Phil is here, and Tiger isn’t.

Here being the Northern Trust Open, which used to be called the Los Angeles Open. Here being Riviera Country Club.

A lot of Hollywood in the history of Riviera. A lot of Hollywood is in pro golf, in every sport.

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Global Golf Post: Shadow of Doubt

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA — This isn't the old Tiger Woods. This is the Tiger Woods who teases and frustrates. This is the Tiger Woods who gets himself into position to win but doesn't win, in fact in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am doesn't even finish in the top 10.

This isn't the old Tiger Woods, and maybe it's time to wonder if it ever will be. All he had in front of him Sunday were Charlie Wi and Ken Duke...

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SF Examiner: Mickelson show he's still got it in victory at Pebble Beach

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

This is the way you conquer Pebble Beach: You go out in the final round on the opening holes, the ones historically the easiest, and make birdies and maybe an eagle. Which is exactly what Phil Mickelson did Sunday.

Phil the Mick, Lefty, the guy who a few months from his 42nd birthday seemed on the downside of his career, overtook Pebble, playing partner Tiger Woods, Charlie Wi and everything and everyone else.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Tiger, Phil near lead of AT&T

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Try these for a couple of names high on the leader board at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am heading into Sunday's final round: Tiger and Phil.

Throw in a historic course along the California coast and a journeyman who's never finished first, and the script couldn't be more appealing.

It's not a major, but...

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