Tiger Woods started his 2006 season with his 47th career victory in a two-hole playoff with Jose Maria Olazabal and PGA TOUR rookie Nathan Green. Woods' victory puts his record at 9-1 in playoffs on the PGA TOUR.

The Course
Playing over par every day, the South Course presented a challenge to the players all week, especially in the second round where players averaged over two strokes over par.

Tiger Woods' ShotLink Statistics

Ball Striking
• Averaging 306.3 yards off the tee, Woods was fifth in the field in driving distance.
• Finishing tied for ninth in GIR percentage, Woods hit 73.6 percent of the greens in regulation.
• Woods ranked first in proximity to the hole, averaging 26 feet, 8 inches on all his approaches on the South Course.
• It didn't matter where Woods was hitting from as he ranked second on approaches from the fairway and fifth from out of the rough.

Short Game
• Woods was in the top 35 in scrambling success and finished 12th in proximity to the hole from the sand.
• On the South Course, Woods was successful in converting all of his scrambling attempts from the fringe, all of his attempts from 20 to 30 yards from the green and all of his attempts inside of 10 feet.

Putting
• In 2005, Woods was the only player on TOUR who did not miss a putt inside of 3 feet, and he was perfect again this past week.
•  Woods' 60-foot, 7-inch putt was the longest putt Woods has made since ShotLink has started recording this data.
• Woods was fourth in birdie or better conversion rate, successfully converting on 39.6 percent of his attempts.

Scoring
• Making birdie or better on 75 percent of the par 5s, Woods finished first in par-5 scoring with an average of 4.19.