Dubai : As if to pile on the agony for his rivals on either side of the Atlantic, Tiger Woods let slip he achieved his seventh victory in eight outings without the aid of his favourite driver.
“I didn't tell you guys this but I broke my driver on the first tee of the pro-am on Wednesday,” Woods said after beating Germany's Martin Kaymer by one stroke to win the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday Feb 4, 2008.
“I cracked the face so I had to use my backup, which I didn't like too much. As soon as the wind started blowing I had a hard time controlling it because it kept spinning too much. I'm just happy to get a win somehow.”
Despite using a substitute driver in the European Tour event held at the Emirates Golf Club, Woods produced yet another extraordinary performance as a best of the week back nine of 31 gave him a closing seven-under 65 and a 14-under total of 274.
One week after romping to an eight-stroke win at the Buick Invitational in California, it seemed as though the 32-year-old American may be sending a message to opponents everywhere as eyes slowly begin to focus on the first major of the year at the US Masters in April.
Woods was quick to dispel that theory.
“I don't know about messages,” he said. “I'm just happy about winning two tournaments.”
Asked on Wednesday if churning out victories was the most important thing for him, family-man Woods replied: “Winning golf tournaments has never been my number one priority, no.”
Once the follow-up question came with the apologetic rider of, 'sorry, after your family?', Woods replied to howls of laughter: “There you go”.
Nonetheless, his rivals on each side of the Atlantic can breathe a sigh of relief in the knowledge the 13-time major champion is now taking a break to spend two weeks in the company of wife Elin and young daughter Sam.
His next golfing mission is due to be the WGC-Accenture Match Play in Tucson, Arizona starting on Feb 20. –
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