Tiger Woods produced an amazing six-iron from a fairway bunker on the final hole to clinch a one-stroke victory over Grant Waite at the Bell Canadian Open in Ontario yesterday.
Woods' shot flew over the lake and landed at the back of the 18th green to dash the New Zealander's dreams of victory.
The world number one carded a seven-under-par 65 as he went head-to-head with Waite, who has twice finished second on the US PGA Tour so far this season, throughout the final round and finished with a 22-under-par 266 - the lowest four-round total ever for the tournament. Woods emulates Lee Trevino's 1971 feat of winning The Open, the US Open and the Canadian title.
Woods had shrugged off the effects of flu to shoot a third-round 64 on Saturday to claim a share of the lead going into the final round of the competition. The victory is an incredible end to a summer during which he won three straight majors and completed the career grand slam.
Spain's Sergio Garcia finished best of the Europeans with a final round of 67, five under for the day, to claim third place.
Runner-up Waite revealed that his plan had been to take on Woods and outbattle him. But the New Zealander admitted: "My plan was to try and outplay him but that proved a difficult task."
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YVIRIOZQ35EWRPZXR27KGMO6YU.png)