ATLANTA (AP) - Zach Johnson and Sergia Garcia were finishing out the ninth hole at East Lake when someone else’s ball came skidding through the green.

Guess who was too strong for his own good? Tiger Woods.
On his way to a dominating eight-stroke win in the Tour Championship, Woods also violated one of golf’s basic no-no’s Sunday by hitting into the group ahead of him.

It happened at the par-5 ninth to the penultimate twosome. Garcia needed extra time after knocking his second shot into the adjacent first fairway. Johnson also took three shots to reach the green on the 600-yard hole.

Coming up right behind them was Woods, whose booming drive still left him 286 yards from the flag. He went ahead and played his second shot with a 5-wood, aiming for a bunker. Instead, he wound up reaching the green that Garcia and Johnson were still playing.

“Obviously, he didn’t think he’d be able to get it there,” said Garcia, who salvaged a par. “Somehow he did. It was no big deal.”

It appeared to affect Johnson, who three-putted from 29 feet for a bogey at a hole that provided plenty of birdies. But he dismissed the breakdown in etiquette.

“I had no idea whose ball it was,” said Johnson, who tied for second with Mark Calcavecchia. “I figured it was Tiger’s. But it didn’t get to me. I just lost my focus a little bit.”

Woods apologized to Garcia and Johnson.

“I didn’t think I could hit it that far,” the winner said.

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Woods close to mega deal with Gatorade

Published: September 07, 2007

LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Along with being a Nike client since turning pro, Tiger Woods has endorsed everything from automobiles to financial services to watches to video games. His next deal likely will be a sports drink.

Woods said Friday he is close to signing an endorsement with Gatorade.

“We’re talking about Gatorade right now, and we’re working on hopefully finalizing a contract,” he said after a second straight 67 in the BMW Championship left him one shot out of the lead.

Golfweek magazine reported on its Web site that Woods has agreed to a five-year deal that could pay him as much as $100 million. The magazine cited sources it did not identify as saying the compensation would be based on an endorsement fee and royalties from the sales of at least three Gatorade products, included a new drink that would be named after Woods.

Woods said he considered another company, but did not say which one. Golfweek reported that Gatorade beat out a bid by Vitamin Water that was said to be worth up to $75 million.

The deal comes about four months after his longtime endorsement with American Express expired amicably, with both sides wanting to go in a different direction. Among the endorsements Woods currently has are Nike, Buick, Tag Heuer, Accenture, Gillette and Electronic Arts, which has a video game that Woods promoted last week in New York.

How much money does this guy need!!! I mean how much is too much!! What do you think??

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Phil Mickelson may regret taking the week off, judging by the way his two closest rivals are playing at the BMW Championship in Lemont, Ill.

Mickelson leads the points list in the FedEx Cup playoff series from Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods, who both were just one stroke from the halfway lead at Cog Hill Friday.

Stricker and Woods will pass Mickelson by finishing first or second in this event, while a third-place effort by Stricker will be enough to jump ahead of Mickelson.

At next week’s Tour Championship, the players will compete for the US$10-million bonus awarded to the points leader, but there are two more rounds to be finished this week first.

I don’t know who I will be cheering for to win this event (the tour championship) Tiger will probably win but maybe it’s time for someone else to take the spotlight!

Who do you think is going to win?? Please leave a comment!!

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