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Tiger: I’m glad I won even without my favourite driver

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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Shooting golf in an unusual way.

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Elaine kicks up a gold

OLYMPIAN Elaine Teo made up for her failure in Manila two years ago with a dramatic come-from-behind victory on the final day of the taekwondo competition at the Vongchavalitkul Hall in Korat yesterday.

The 26-year-old lass from Malacca snatched victory from Loraine Lorelie of the Philippines in the women’s Under-51kg final, winning the bout 3-2.

She was trailing the Filipino 1-3 in the third round and fought back to level the score at the end of the round after Lorelie was deducted a point. And a last kick in the final round landed Elaine her third gold medal in five SEA Games outings.

While jubilant Malaysian camp celebrated on the stage with Elaine, Lorelie was reduced to tears after coming so close to victory.

“I never gave up and I knew that I would get my break,” said Elaine, who also won gold in the 1999 and 2001 Games in Brunei and Kuala Lumpur respectively.

Elaine, however, made an embarrassing first-round exit at the last Games in Manila.

“My next target is to make it to the Beijing Olympics,” said Elaine, who featured in the 2004 Athens Games.

Malaysia earned a bronze through Mohd Sultan Kader in the men’s Under-54kg division. He was beaten 0-6 by Thailand’s Khawlaor Chutchawal in the semi-finals.

Two other exponents in action yesterday failed to get among the medals.

Rusfredy Petrus was a loser in the quarter-finals of the men’s Under-58kg competition and Chong Kin Nee was an early casualty in the women’s Under-47kg category.

Malaysia’s taekwondo squad ended their campaign in Korat with a haul of 2-1-5, meeting the target set by the National Sports Council. The other gold medallist was Che Chew Chan in the women’s Under-72kg division.