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Tiger burning brighter than ever

Tiger Woods again demonstrated the yawning chasm between his best golf and anyone else's when he turned the final of the US dollars 8 million (£4.1million) Accenture Match Play Championship into a one-man exhibition.

With 14 birdies in 29 holes, Woods posted the largest margin of victory in the event's championship match, an eight-and-seven hammering of hapless fellow American Stewart Cink at Dove Mountain.

"I put a lot of heat on Stew and got off to a quick start and never really let him get back in the match," said Woods, who collected US dollars 1,350,000 (£700,000) for his efforts.

"This is certainly the best stretch I think I've ever played.

"I just have a better understanding of how to play the game, how to fix my game, and have a lot more shots than I ever had.

"You can always be better (and) I worked on my short game pretty hard this winter. I didn't like what I was feeling at the end of last year. Even though I was winning tournaments, my short game was not very good.

"I was chipping it up there in a range I didn't think was close enough, but I was making putts, so it was misleading."

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