Woods in awesome approach to Augusta
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Your support makes all the difference.Tiger Woods is looking in ominous form with the first major of the year just three weeks away. The world No 1 fired a final-round two-under-par 70 here to capture the USPGA Bay Hill Invitational by four strokes from his fellow American Davis Love.
Woods, who finished on the 18-under total of 270, won his third title this year on the Tour. He secured the season-opening Champions event and last month's Pebble Beach Pro-Am. After only 11 events, Woods is the fastest player to win three titles in a year since Johnny Miller a quarter of a century ago.
He also broke three of his own records in the world rankings, boosting his points total from 1,024 to 1,075.11, and improved his highest ranking points average from 22.26 to 22.87 to move a record 10.28 points ahead of David Duval in second place. The previous best margin was 9.63.
Woods has now won 10 times in his last 16 PGA Tour events, triumphing in 23.7 per cent of his starts since turning professional in August 1996. He also has not finished lower than 18th in a strokeplay event in a year. "I think I'm heading in the right direction for Augusta," Woods said.
Wales's Phil Price looks certain to claim the last automatic spot in the Seve Ballesteros Trophy, following the Madeira Island Open. Price did not play at Santo da Serra, but watched as his main rival, Paul McGinley, failed to gain the third place he needed to overtake him in the order of merit in the event won by Sweden's Niclas Fasth.
With McGinley not playing in the last two qualifying events in Brazil this week and next week, the 33-year-old from Pontypridd is certain to take the last place in Colin Montgomerie's Great Britain and Ireland team for the inaugural event at Sunningdale next month.
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