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No rest for Woods with lucrative China event in sights
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-08 10:35 "Overall to be in contention at all the majors this year, and then to win two
World Golf Championships and to be in contention at other events down the
stretch, that's awfully exciting and that's why I made all the changes."
Woods extends lead over Singh in world rankings
LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods strengthened his hold at the top of the
world rankings after his second place behind fellow American Bart Bryant at the
season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta.
Woods, who fired a one-under-par 69 to finish six strokes adrift of Bryant at
East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, boosted his points average to 18.07.
Second-ranked Vijay Singh trails Woods by an average of 7.30 world ranking
points after tying for fourth in Atlanta.
Fijian Singh, a four-times winner on the PGA Tour this season, has had three
spells as world number one since ending Woods's five-year reign at the top last
September.
U.S. PGA champion Phil Mickelson, who skipped the Atlanta tournament, and
twice U.S. Open winner Retief Goosen, who fell back into a share of fourth with
a final-round 74, stayed third and fourth in the official world rankings
announced on Monday.
Ernie Els, out of action since July because of a knee injury but scheduled to
return at next month's Nedbank Challenge in South Africa, remained fifth.
There were no changes in the top 10 this week.
Bryant, who produced a Cinderella finish to the U.S. season by clinching the
third PGA Tour title of his career, climbed 20 spots to a career-high 24th in
the world.
Compatriot Heath Slocum, who secured his second PGA Tour title with a
two-shot victory at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic in Madison, Mississippi on
Sunday, moved up 39 places to 101st.
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