Hoffman Wins Deutsche Bank Golf, Tiger Woods Stays in Playoffs
Day Leads Deutsche Bank Golf By One Shot
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Jason Day of Australia during the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Jason Day of Australia during the Deutsche Bank Championship. Photographer: Michael Cohen/Getty Images
Charley Hoffman won the Deutsche Bank Championship to climb to second place in the U.S. PGA Tour’s playoff rankings, while Tiger Woods did enough to retain his No. 1 golf ranking and stay in the FedEx Cup.
Hoffman had 11 birdies in a final round 62 at the TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts, yesterday to win the second tournament in the playoffs and $1.35 million. The 33-year-old American finished at 22-under par to win by five strokes from Jason Day, his fellow Australian Geoff Ogilvy and England’s Luke Donald, who tied for second place.
“Just got it going this week,” Hoffman, who began the tournament 59th in the FedEx Cup standings, told reporters after his second win on the PGA Tour.
Woods remained the world’s top-ranked player after a final round 68 took him to 10-under par for the tournament and a tie for 11th place. Phil Mickelson could have ended Woods’s 273-week reign as world No. 1 by finishing fourth or higher. Instead, he finished in a tie for 25th after two double bogeys on the last nine holes contributed to a final-round score of 5-over-par 76.
Woods climbed to 51 in the FedEx standings after entering the tournament at No. 65. The top 70 after the Deutsche Bank go on to the third playoff event, the BMW Championship. Woods must be among the top 30 after that to make the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta from Sept. 23-26.
“I’ve just got to keep playing well,” Woods told reporters. “Winning takes care of everything -- the world rankings, Player of the Year awards, all the trophies and things that come with it. That only happens when you win. Most of my career I’ve been able to do that and I just haven’t done it this year.”
The FedEx Cup goes to the top player after the four playoff tournaments and carries a $10 million bonus. Woods has won it twice in the past three years.
To contact the reporter on this story: Rob Gloster in New York at rgloster@bloomberg.net
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