Monday, December 4, 2000
Love overtakes Woods, Garcia to win
By KEN PETERS
AP Sports Writer
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Davis Love III charged from
behind with an 8-under 64 Sunday to overtake Tiger Woods and Sergio
Garcia and win the Williams World Challenge.
Love, who hasn't won a PGA Tour event in more than two years,
finished with a 22-under 266 total — including two 64s —
at Sherwood Country Club to take the $1 million first prize.
Woods, the tournament host, closed with a 69 that left him two
shots back in second.
Garcia, the 20-year-old Spanish star, had an up-and-down round
and finished with a 73 to finish third at 17 under.
Love, whose 13 tour victories include the 1997 PGA Championship,
began the day at 14-under, four shots behind Garcia and three
back of Woods.
Love took his first lead of the tournament with a birdie on the
385-yard, par-4 No. 10 to go to 18-under. He padded his lead to
two shots with an eagle on the 522-yard, par-5 No. 11 and stayed
at least two shots in front of Woods the rest of the way.
Garcia had led or been tied with Woods at the front since shooting
65 on the first day. He and Woods seesawed on the first nine holes
of the final round. Woods drew even with a birdie on the first
hole, then Garcia moved a shot in front with a birdie on No. 2.
Garcia bogeyed three consecutive holes beginning on No. 6, and
Woods moved two shots ahead when he went to 18 under with a birdie
on No. 9.
As the two front-runners hovered around par for the day, Love
closed the gap with three birdies on the front nine, then took
the lead when Garcia parred and Woods bogeyed No. 10.
Garcia, whose round included two eagles, also had three bogeys
and finally took himself out of it with a double-bogey on No.
17 that dropped him five shots behind Love.
Fred Couples finished third with a 68 to go to 12-under. David
Duval's 65 put him fifth at 10-under.
Tom Lehman, who won the inaugural Williams World Challenge in
Scottsdale, Ariz., last January, finished tied for sixth this
time with Vijay Singh at 8-under. Justin Leonard was next at 5-under,
followed by Stewart Cink at 2-under.
Jesper Parnevik finished at 1 under, and Hal Sutton at 1 over.
Mark O'Meara finished 12th at 3 over, but still earned $120,000
— the last-place money in the $3.5 million tournament.
The tournament benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation, which in turn
benefits youth programs. Woods donated his second-place check
of $500,000 to the foundation.
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