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Wednesday 12 February 2020

Tiger's

pursuit STUNG!

resumes

for No. 83

at Riviera

By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There
is no better place for Tiger
Woods to set the PGA Tour
record for most career vic-
tories than at Riviera.
Because this is where he
played his first PGA Tour
event as a 16-year-old
amateur? No. Because he
now is tournament host of
the Genesis Invitational,
giving it the kind of elevat-
ed status — smaller field,
bigger purse — enjoyed
only by Jack Nicklaus at
the Memorial and the late
Arnold Palmer at Bay Hill?
Not necessarily. Because
it’s the course Woods has
played the most times
— 10 as a professional —
without ever having won
and he’s due? Not at all.
What makes Riviera ideal is
because it’s the next one
on his schedule. And the
sooner Woods can win No.
83 to break the record he
shares with Sam Snead,
the sooner everyone can
stop speculating about
the inevitable. The ques-
tion came up Tuesday —
how could it not? — about
how special it would be for
Woods to set the record at
Riviera. He interjected by Hornets beat Pistons 87-76,
saying with a smile, “Yes,
that’s been mentioned.” end 5-game losing streak
It was mentioned three
weeks ago at Torrey Pines
when he started the new
year, and that made just Detroit Pistons guard Bruce Brown (6) prepares to pass the ball
as much sense. Torrey Pines after running into Charlotte Hornets guard Devonte’ Graham (4)
was the first PGA Tour event
he attended with his fa- during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Feb.
ther, the course where he 10, 2020, in Detroit.
won eight times, including Associated Press
that 2008 U.S. Open that Page 20
he played with a double
stress fracture and shred-
ded knee ligaments.

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