Tiger leaves field behind, Sabbatini draws critics

After taking 10 weeks off following The Presidents Cup, Tiger Woods was back, and in fine form at the Target World Challenge winning it for the 4th time. Finishing at 22-under and 7 clear of 2nd place finisher Zach Johnson, Tiger didn't display any real signs of rust. I think Colin Montgomerie summed it up best: "If he took a bloody year off, it wouldn't help. Never mind 10 weeks." Since it's his charity tournament, Tiger will donate his $1.35 million winnings to the Tiger Woods Foundation. He'll be back in action to defend his title at the Buick Invitational at the end of January.

South African Rory Sabbatini, who was in last place heading into Sunday's final round, withdrew from the 16-man field due to 'personal reasons'. His agent told everybody he was suffering from shin splints. In reality, he was takin' off early to head to Maui. Although collecting his last place cheque of $170,000, Mark Calcavecchia said, "I don't think the fans missed him." And my boy Fred Couples wasn't buyin' Rory's agents shin splint excuse and made an interesting comparison: "Of course, he did," Couples said. "And Roger Clemens' agent said he didn't do steroids." Atta boy Freddy. (PGATour.com)

Up close and (sort of) personal with Tiger Woods. (Fore Right)