MIAMI — Tiger Woods’ unbeaten streak lives another day. Barring a big comeback, it’ll live for only one more day.
Geoff Ogilvy got to 17-under-par through nine holes and held a two-shot lead over Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh at the soggy CA Championship, which won’t finish until today because of a three-hour weather delay during the final round.
Furyk was 15-under through 10, while Singh played nine holes. Retief Goosen and Graeme Storm were three shots back, and Steve Stricker made a charge, shooting a final-round 63 to finish at 13-under, four shots back of Ogilvy and tied with Adam Scott.
Play was scheduled to resume today at 6:30 a.m. MDT, when most of the focus will be on Woods, who was five back with seven holes remaining.
“In his own mind, he probably still thinks he has a chance, and I’m sure we’ve seen him do crazy things before,” Ogilvy said. “But he doesn’t have to only catch me.”
World Golf Championship events are some of Woods’ favorites, given his 15 wins in 26 previous WGCs entering this week. But somehow, at Doral, he’s looked mortal. He hasn’t lost to anyone in six months, yet when play was halted, he was tied for ninth.
Ogilvy’s last win was the 2006 U.S. Open. Woods missed the cut that summer at Winged Foot and has been on an absolute tear ever since, winning 16 of his last 26 official PGA Tour events and carrying winning streaks of seven straight appearances worldwide and five tournaments on tour into Doral, a course on which he’s prevailed the past three years.
Unless he pulls off a stirring comeback, all those streaks will end, meaning he’ll be a winner in “only” nine of his past 11 events worldwide heading into the Masters.
Kraft wins by one.
Greg Kraft shot a 70 to outlast Bo Van Pelt down the stretch, finishing 14-under for a one-shot victory at the inaugural Puerto Rico Open.
Jerry Kelly (70), at No. 63 the highest-ranked golfer in the field, and Van Pelt (72) were second. Briny Baird (72) and Kevin Stadler (67) were another shot behind.
• Alastair Forsyth overcame a five-shot deficit and beat Hennie Otto on the first playoff hole to win the European Tour’s Madeira Islands Open.
