Last Sunday, champion Padraig Harrington hopes were destroyed by an aquatic effect at the Firestone Country Club. Tiger Woods seize the chance and win his seventh world championship golf Bridgestone Invitational title. Woods, who won by four shots, three shots had decimated the third round lead held by Harrington in the first four holes of the final round before the Dubliner resumed with advantage five holes to play. Disaster struck Harrington, though, as he zig-zag descent 16 and then sent his fourth shot at par-five greenside rough to keep the pond in front of the green . triple-bogey eight was the final result that Woods carded four birdies on the way to the second consecutive year of 65 that sealed his victory in the world 90th, his 70th PGA Tour win her fifth title of the year and the second in as many weeks after landing last Sunday's Buick Open. Harrington began his final round 10-under with a three-stroke lead on the world number one. Having both parred the hole
opening Woods piled the pressure on Harrington par- five seconds by sinking a putt from 24 feet for eagle to move to nine under. Woods birdied the fourth and also
three-stroke lead had evaporated Harrington.
Woods putter has been so hot that time and another birdie on the fifth has given the lead. Harrington was not without its chances and the eighth of his 14ft birdie putt came up short by inches, but he gave the advantage to Woods at the ninth with his first significant mistake of round.
Woods hit his second shot to seven feet, but Harrington of the aisle, could not find a bunker greens. The Irish escaped from the sand to within six feet, but Woods birdied holes to move to a two-stroke lead at 12 under. Harrington recovered a shot back to the 11th and was back to conditions where the level of Bretton bogey on the par-four 13. There was more bad news for Woods at the next when he found the rough behind a bunker with his approach to the green and then his third shot into the sand . Harrington sank his putt 14 feet, celebrating with a fist pump while Woods cut to five feet and took a bogey to fall to 10 cents. The two men
parred the 15th, but the tables turned dramatically in favor of Woods par-five 16. The duo missed the fairway off the tee, Harrington right and left Woods. The world number one provided in the channel, but the Irishman found a mound of rough diamonds in front of a fairway bunker, and sent his next shot through the green. At that time Woods has produced a little magic from 182 yards, his eight-iron approach stopped a foot in the hole. There was more misery for
Harrington as his corner of crude jumped on the green and bounced into the water, leading to triple bogey eight.
Woods birdie gave him a three-stroke lead with two to play and he sealed victory in style with another birdie on the last. Woods showd that what the world of NO. 1 should be similar.