Tiger Woods gave record crowds at Kingston Heath what they wanted to see — exquisite shots and a closing round of 4-under 68 to win the Australian Masters today for his seventh victory of the year.
Back in Australia for the first time in 11 years, Tiger Woods is in a familiar place.
Song-Hee Kim shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational to take a two-stroke lead over Jiyai Shin, Paula Creamer and Mariajo Uribe — and six-shot advantage over the top-ranked Ochoa.
Photo right: Song-Hee Kim
Justin Rose shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday in the opening round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic, edging upstart Rickie Fowler for the top spot on the leaderboard.
Tiger Woods putted for birdie on every hole but the last one. He birdied all the par 5s. And the one time he took on one of the short par 4s at Kingston Heath, he came within inches of reaching the green.

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Follow Tiger Woods during his run for his fifteenth major win at the PGA Championship.
Yang stayed within himself to best Tiger and become the first Asian man to win a PGA major tournament - and the first player to beat him when Woods had a lead after 54 holes. He talks about how he did it.
Yang upsets Tiger
A focused Tiger Woods is ready for the rush involved in chasing his fifteenth major win.
CBS has set up a $110M complex at Hazeltine to cover the final major of the year. It takes an army of 500 people to bring the hours of coverage to your television.
Harrington wanted to pair with Tiger Woods, but his bogey on the 18th hole Saturday allowed Y.E. Yang to move into a pairing with Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship's final round on Sunday.
Not so fast, TigerAfter two rounds it looked like Tiger Woods was running away with the PGA Championship. But low scores by a couple contenders are making the finish to the season's last major more interesting.
The Star Tribune's Michael Rand discusses Tiger's most recent run and whether the rest of the field can catch up.
Tiger Woods meets with reporters following his second round of golf at this year's PGA Championship at Hazeltine National in Chaska.
Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington, Ross Fisher and Tom Lehman talk about the heat, the wind and how quickly Hazeltine can change.
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