Tiger wins, makes history

By Tony Cagala

Jan 28, 2013 • 1745 views • 0 comments

Tiger Woods hoists his arms in celebration of his first win of the 2013 PGA Tour season at Torrey Pines Monday. Photo by Bill Reilly

TORREY PINES — It was a tournament so good they held it over one more day — sort of.

The Farmers Insurance Open, a main draw for San Diego golf, had to finish on Monday due to heavy fog and weather halting play Saturday, delaying what should have been day three of the four-day tournament.

When play resumed Sunday, crowds came in droves despite mud slogs and colder than normal conditions, to see what was billed as one of the strongest fields in the tournament’s recent past.

The field of 54 players managed to complete round three and begin round four Sunday and when play was suspended due to darkness Tiger Woods would take a six-shot lead into Monday’s conclusion.

Woods resumed play Monday with 11 holes to play it still made for a long day with what he described as “slow play” out there. “I started losing my patience out there. It was just so friggin’ slow. We played just over three hours and nine holes, and three of them are par threes. It’s like, come on, you know. I started losing my patience a little bit, and that’s when I made a few mistakes,” Woods said.

Even with the mistakes Woods made off the tee, his lead built up throughout the tournament enabled him to get away with those mistakes. “I’m excited the way I played all week,” Woods said. “I hit the ball well. Pretty much did everything well this week, and built myself a nice little cushion. I had some mistakes at the end. But all my good play before that really allowed me to afford those mistakes.

“We had a couple of hard holes … and 14, 15, if I could get through those I thought it was pretty much over. I made a couple mistakes there, and had a mistake at 17, and I had to grind with it on 18,” he said.

With the win, Woods made history by winning his eighth tournament on one course, which had never been done before.

The 2012 champion Brandt Snedeker finished tied for second with Josh Teater at 10-under. Phil Mickelson finished the tournament tied for 51st with a score of even par.

: Jonas Blixt hits his tee shot on the 5th hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament Jan 27. Photo by Bill Reilly
Jonas Blixt hits his tee shot on the 5th hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament Sunday, Jan 27, 2013, in San Diego.

: Phil Mickelson watches his tee shot shot on the 1st hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament. Photo by Bill Reilly
Phil Mickelson watches his tee shot shot on the 1st hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament Sunday, Jan 27, 2013, in San Diego.

: Rickie Fowler watches his shot on the 5th hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament. Photo by Bill Reilly
Rickie Fowler watches his tee shot on the 5th hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament Sunday, Jan 27, 2013, in San Diego.

: Tiger Woods hits a tee shot on the par three, 3rd hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament. Photo by Bill Reilly
Tiger Woods hits a tee shot on the par three, 3rd hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament Sunday, Jan 27, 2013, in San Diego.

: Tiger Woods watches his shot on the 4th hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament. Photo by Bill Reilly
Tiger Woods watches his shot on the 4th hole of South Course at Torrey Pines during the 3rd round of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA golf tournament Sunday, Jan 27, 2013, in San Diego.

: Tiger Woods watches his ball head toward the 14th green on the South Course. Photo by Bill Reilly
Tiger Woods watches his ball head toward the the 14th green on the South Course at Torrey Pines during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in San Diego.

: Tiger Woods poses with a surfboard after winning the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at the Torrey Pines Golf Course. Photo by Bill Reilly
Tiger Woods poses with a surfboard after winning the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at the Torrey Pines Golf Course, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in San Diego.

: Tiger Woods lets his club fly in frustration after his tee shot goes right of the fairway on the ninth hole during the fourth round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Photo by Bill Reilly
Tiger Woods lets his club fly in frustration after his tee shot goes right of the fairway on the ninth hole during the fourth round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at the Torrey Pines Golf Course, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in San Diego.

: Tiger Woods waits his turn to putt on the 12th hole during the Final Round at the Farmers Insurance Open. Photo by Bill Reilly
Tiger Woods waits his turn to putt on the 12th hole during the Final Round at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course on January 28, 2013, in San Diego.