Charley champion but Tiger still number one
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Norton (USA), Sept. 7: Charley Hoffman made 11 birdies to close with a 9-under 62 and claim the Deutsche Bank golf championship by five strokes on Monday.
Hoffman ran off four straight birdies early to make up a four-shot deficit, and he kept right on going on the TPC Boston to hold out Geoff Ogilvy, Jason Day and Luke Donald.
Tiger Woods had three rounds in the 60s for the first time this year. He closed with a 69 to share 11th, and kept his No.1 ranking in the world when Phil Mickelson imploded again.
Mickelson needed only to finish fourth to become No.1 for the first time in his career. Instead, he opened the back nine with a triple bogey, made a double bogey on the 17th and shot 76 to finish 15 shots behind in a tie for 25th.
A month ago, Mickelson had an equally good chance at Firestone and shot 78.
The FedEx Cup is looking pretty good for Hoffman. He was No.59 in the standings and arrived at the TPC Boston wanting to make sure he advanced to the third round of the playoffs next week outside Chicago. He wound up a winner, moving to No.2 in the standings. That assures him a shot at the $10 million bonus, and puts him in all four majors next year after not playing any of them this year.
That includes his first trip to the Masters, one of many perks.
Hoffman tied the tournament record at 22-under 262, winning for the second time in his PGA Tour career.
Starting the final round four shots behind Day, Hoffman began his first big run with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 second, and a pair of 10-foot birdies sandwiched around a good tee shot to the front bunker on the par-4 fourth green for a tap-in birdie.
Hoffman must have known it was his day on the 13th, as Ogilvy was hitting his stride.
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Tiger Woods tees off on the second hole during the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts.
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