Tiger Woods, who started the final round of the 88th US PGA Championship tied with England’s Luke Donald, closed with a 68 for an 18 under par total of 270 and a five stroke victory over Shaun Micheel with Donald, Sergio Garcia and Adam Scott sharing third place. His second Major Championship win of 2006 and his twelfth overall sees Woods extend his lead over Phil Mickelson to more than twelve average points.
Tiger Woods, who started the final round of the 88th US PGA Championship tied with England’s Luke Donald, closed with a 68 for an 18 under par total of 270 and a five stroke victory over Shaun Micheel with Donald, Sergio Garcia and Adam Scott sharing third place. His second Major Championship win of 2006 and his twelfth overall sees Woods extend his lead over Phil Mickelson to more than twelve average points.
Alejandro Cañizares of Spain produced a magnificent final round performance at the Imperial Collection Russian Open to win in just his third European Tour event as a professional and climb to World Number 238.
This week’s other winners were Craig Bowden at the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic on the Nationwide Tour, Chinarat Phadungsil at the Crowne Plaza Open on the Asian Tour andAlexander Noren at the Rolex Trophy on the European Challenge Tour.
