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Aching Tiger seals Presidents Cup win for US

Woods ends Internationals fightback with victory over Sterne after marathon weekend

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Tiger Woods kisses girlfriend Lindsey Vonn after defeating International player Richard Sterne of South Africa. Photo: Reuters

Tiger Woods ignored an aching back at the end of a marathon weekend to clinch a dramatic Presidents Cup victory for the United States over the Internationals.

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The 14-time major champion scored the clinching point in an 18 1/2-15 1/2 triumph by edging South African Richard Sterne 1-up in singles at rain-soaked Muirfield Village, then said he has had enough of golf for a while.

“I’m a little bit sore and certainly I’m looking forward to not touching a club for a while,” Woods said.

Sterne took a bogey at 16 to put Woods 1-up and the US star halved the last two holes to win, knowing that singles matches before the Cup is clinched go extra holes to decide a winner.

“I wasn’t feeling my best coming down the stretch and happened to get a 1-up lead. I was just trying to hang onto that,” Woods said.

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“I knew I wasn’t feeling good and if I happened to mess up 18 and we had to continue playing until it was decided – I was like, I really don’t want to play any more, just can I win, can I halve this last hole, and it ended up being that way.”

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