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Mon 09 Sep 2006Top US scorer makes his point
Tiger Woods: Tiger Woods was back doing what he does best, playing his own golf ball, and on a humiliating final day for the Tom Lehman's charges, his ability to put red on a board which was a sea of blue was one of the very few high points for the Americans.
Yet again, Woods, like all of the American team, displayed an inability to adapt to a team environment and battle it out in a matchplay situation. But peel it back to the raw principles of the game - putting the ball in the hole in the least shots possible - and Woods positively revels in the challenge. Things change when it's out of his control and he has to rely or be relied on.
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